The Long Time Scales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further Challenges for the Global Policy Process

• Main Author: Mahlman, Jerry D.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Colorado Law Scholarly Commons 2003
• Subjects: water; scientific uncertainty; prediction; science; climate; climate change policy; time; life systems; incentives; politicians; climate change; global warming dilemma; human activity; National Center for Atmospheric Research; environmental policy makers; institutional changes; reduce emission of greenhouse gases; GHGs; greenhouse warming phenomenon; not immediate; non-action; global ocean; climate-regulating role; natural reservoirs for atmospheric CO2; heat holding capacity; greenhouse effect; ice sheets; Greenland; Antarctica; millennial-scale trends in sea level; future temperature increases worldwide; climatic change; thousand years; proactive; difficult process; reducing emissions; IPCC Third Assessment Report; Climate Change 2001; climate scientists; policy solutions; technology; sociology; economics; policy; ethics; scientific facts; guidance; science-based; CO2 mitigation; values conflicts; population growth; Environmental Law; Environmental Policy; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Law; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Public Policy; Science and Technology Law; State and Local Government Law; Urban Studies and Planning; Water Law; Water Resource Management; Arlington; Pew; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/water-climate-uncertainty/7; https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=water-climate-uncertainty

28 pages. "Jerry D. Mahlman, Senior Research Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research" "Presented at the Pew Center Workshop on The Timing of Climate Change Policies, The Westin Grand Hotel, Washington, DC, October 10-12, 2001" "Cite As: Mahlman, J.D. 2001. The Long Time Scales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further Challenges for the Global Policy Process. Pew Center Workshop on the Timing of Climate Change Policies, October 10-12, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Arlington, VA."