Introduction / John P. Holdren
Impacts of Climate Change
Chapter 1. Climate Change Science Overview / Michael D. Mastrandrea / Stephen H. Schneider
Chapter 2. Detection and Attribution / Ben D. Santer / Tom M. L. Wigley
Chapter 3. Wild Species and Extinction / Terry L. Root / Elizabeth S. Goldsmith
Chapter 4. Ecosystems / Rik Leemans
Chapter 5. Marine Ecosystems / Carol Turley
Chapter 6. Water / Peter H. Gleick
Chapter 7. Hurricanes / Judith A. Curry / Peter J. Webster
Chapter 8. Wildfires / Anthony L. Westerling
Chapter 9. Tropical Forests of Amazonia / Philip M. Fearnside
Chapter 10. Global Crop Production and Food Security / David B. Lobell
Chapter 11. Human Health / Kristie L. Ebi
Chapter 12. Unique and Valued Places / W. Neil Adger / Jon Barnett / Heidi Ellemor
Chapter 13. Assessing Economic Impacts / Stéphane Hallegatte / Philippe Ambrosi
Chapter 14. Integrated Assessment Modeling / Hans-Martin Füssel / Michael D. Mastrandrea
Chapter 15. Risk, Uncertainty, and Assessing Dangerous Climate Change / Stephen H. Schneider / Michael D. Mastrandrea
Chapter 16. Risk Perceptions and Behavior / Anthony Leiserowitz
Chapter 17. What Is the Economic Cost of Climate Change? / Michael Hanemann
Chapter 18. Cost-Efficiency and Political Feasibility / Christian Azar
Chapter 19. Carbon Taxes, Trading, and Offsets / Danny Cullenward
Chapter 20. The Cost of Reducing CO 2 Emissions / Christian Azar
International Considerations
Chapter 21. International Treaties / M. J. Mace
Chapter 22. EU Climate Policy / Tom R. Burns / Mikael Roman
Chapter 23. Population / Frederick A. B. Meyerson
Chapter 24. Inequities and Imbalances / Ambuj Sagar / Paul Baer
Chapter 25. Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities / Paul Baer / Ambuj Sagar
Chapter 26. Developing Country Perspectives / Jayant Sathaye
Chapter 27. CDM and Mitigation in Developing Countries / David Wolfowitz
Chapter 28. Measuring the Clean Development Mechanism's Performance and Potential / Michael Wara
Chapter 29. Understanding the Climate Challenge in China / Joanna I. Lewis / Jeffrey Logan / Michael B. Cummings
Chapter 30. Climate Change and the New China / Paul G. Harris
Chapter 31. India / Ashok Gadgil / Sharachchandra Lélé
Chapter 32. Australia / Chris Hotham
Chapter 33. National Policy / Armin Rosencranz / Russell Conklin
Chapter 34. Policy in California / Jason Mark / Amy Lynd Luers
Chapter 35. California's Battle for Clean Cars / Fran Pavley
Chapter 36. U.S. State Climate Action / Joshua Bushinsky
Chapter 37. Policies to Stimulate Corporate Action / Eileen Claussen / Vicki Arroyo / Truman Semans
Chapter 38. Corporate Initiatives / Paul Dickinson / James P. Hawley / Andrew T. Williams
Chapter 39. Carbonundrums: The Role of the Media / Maxwell T. Boykoff
Chapter 40. Newspaper and Television Coverage / Aaron M. McCright / Rachael L. Shwom
Chapter 41. Media and Public Education / Dale Willman
Mitigation Options to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Chapter 42. The Road Forward / Robert T. Watson / André R. Aquino
Chapter 43. Energy Efficiency / Audrey B. Chang / Arthur H. Rosenfeld / Patrick K. McAuliffe
Chapter 44. Renewable Energy / Daniel M. Kammen
Chapter 45. Designing Energy Supply Chains Based on Hydrogen / Whitney G. Colella
Chapter 46. Nuclear Energy / Burton Richter
Chapter 47. Coal Capture and Storage / David Hawkins
Chapter 48. Tropical Forests / Philip M. Fearnside
Chapter 49. Engineering the Planet / David W. Keith