A HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

By H. GAKAA

CONTENTS I THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE 1 NINETEENTH-CENTURY DISCOVERIES 2 THE NATURAL CARBON CYCLE AND LIFE ON EARTH 3 GLOBAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES IN METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY 4 EARLY INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE II THE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE BECOMES ONE OF GLOBAL CONCERN 5 SETTING THE STAGE 6 THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR A CLIMATE CONVENTION 7 SERVING THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE 8 THE IPCC SECOND ASSESSMENT REPORT 9 IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE IPCC SECOND ASSESSMENT 10 THE KYOTO PROTOCOL IS AGREED AND A THIRD ASSESSMENT BEGUN 11 A DECADE OF HESITANCE AND SLOW PROGRESS III ARE WE AT A TURNING POINT IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE? 12 KEY SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS OF PRIME POLITICAL RELEVANCE 13 CLIMATE CHANGE AND A FUTURE SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLY SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS