CONTENTS : Volume 1 Preface (v) 1.Introduction 1 PART I CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL WARMING 2. Nature and Consequences of Global Warming 21 3. Mitigation of Global Warming 51 4. Adaptation to Global Warming 73 5. Economics of Global Warming 81 6. Politics of Global Wanning 95 7. Effects of Global Warming 107 PART II ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION AND GLOBAL WARMING 8.Biosphere: How Life Alters Climate 137 9.Aerosols: Volcanoes, Dust, Clouds and Climate 167 10. Global Dimming 201 11. Temperatures from Fossil Shells 211 12. Snowball Earth 217 13. Ocean Currents and Climate 235 PART III GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL: ATTRIBUTION AND REFLECTION 14. Global Climate Model 273 15. Attribution of Recent Climate Change 285 16. Scientific Opinion on Climate Change 295 17. Reflections on the Scientific Process, as Seen in Climate Studies 309 Volume 2 PARTIV PROCESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 18. Models of Climate Change 323 19. Ice Age Speculations of Climate Cycles 377 20. Processof Climate Change 403 21. Trend of Temperature Changing 437 22. Climate Change Denial 459 23. Climate Change and Agriculture 471 PARTV SOLAR VARIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE 24. Solar Variation 483 25. Climate Change 499 26. The Greenhouse Effect of Planetary System: Venus and Mars 521 27. Ozone Depletion 529 PART VI CARBON DIOXIDE AND GREENHOUSE EFFECT ON CLIMATE CHANGE 28. Effect on Climate Change 555 29. Kyoto's Convention of Reducing Greenhouse Gas 581 30. Carbon offset 609 31. Low-carbon Economy 623 32. Carbon Tax 631 33. Greenhouse Effect 641 Volume 3 PART VII RENEWABLE ENERGY 34. Renewable Energy Development 653 35. Renewable Energy: Resources and Utilisation 667 36. Renewable Energy Commercialisation 695 PART VIII POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE 37. Social Contribution to Climate Change Research 715 38. Political Action on Climate Change 763 39. International Cooperation on Scientific Study of Climate Change 795 Appendices 841 Bibliography873 Index1