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Energy Options and Climatic Effects

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Climate and Development

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Abstract

There are many uncertainties surrounding the climate change issue, but the two most important are

  1. 1.

    What quantity of greenhouse gases will be added to the atmosphere and at what rate? and

  2. 2.

    How will the climate system respond?

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  1. University of California, San Diego, USA

    Roger Revelle

  2. Climate Project American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA

    David Burns

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  1. INFU Institut für Umweltschutz, Universität Dortmund, D-4600, Dortmund 50, Deutschland

    H.-J. Karpe

  2. DII, Deutsches Institut zur Erforschung der Informationsgesellschaft, Universität Osnabrück, An der Blankenburg 64, D-4500, Osnabrück, Deutschland

    D. Otten

  3. UNCSTD, United Nations, New York, USA

    Sergio C. Trinidade (Executive Director) (Executive Director)

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Revelle, R., Burns, D. (1990). Energy Options and Climatic Effects. In: Karpe, HJ., Otten, D., Trinidade, S.C. (eds) Climate and Development. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45670-1_19

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