Climate-Change Science and Policy: What Do We Know? What Should We Do

Abstract

These briefing charts discuss climate change science and policy including: the essence of the challenge, five myths and their refutations, climate change risks and impact going forward, available options, how much mitigation, how soon?, mitigation supply curve and its implications, and the Obama Administration's strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 06, 2010
Accession Number
ADA529734

Entities

People

  • John P. Holdren

Organizations

  • Executive Office of the President of the United States

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Flood Barriers
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Storm Surges

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.