1. Concerns about climate change and global warming Donald J. Wuebbles, Atul K. Jain and Robert G. Watts

2. Posing the problem Robert G. Watts

3. Adaptive strategies for climate change Robert J. Lempert and Michael E. Schlesinger

4. Energy efficiency: a little goes a long way Susan J. Hassol, Neil D. Strachan and Hadi Dowlatabadi

5. The potential of renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions Walter Short and Patrick Keegan

6. Carbonless transportation and energy storage in future energy systems Gene D. Berry and Alan D. Lamont

7. What can nuclear power accomplish to reduce carbon dioxide emissions? Robert Krakowski and Richard Wilson

8. Nuclear fusion energy Arthur W. Molvik and John L. Perkins

9. Energy prosperity within the twenty-first century and beyond: options and the unique roles of the Sun and the Moon David R. Criswell

10. Geoengineering the climate: history and prospect David W. Keith

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