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Tables of Contents for Climate Affairs
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgments
xix
Introduction: Are We Entering ``The Climate Century''?
1
3
Reviewing the 1900s
4
2
Climate Roulette at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
6
2
Climate Affairs in the Twenty-First Century
8
2
Sustainable Development
10
3
What is Climate?
13
29
Defining ``Climate''
15
3
The Climate System
18
4
Climate Behavior
22
16
Bridging Climate and Weather
38
4
Climate and Society
42
25
Three Perspectives about Climate
43
5
Droughts
48
2
Floods
50
1
Tropical Storms
50
3
Ice Storms and Frosts
53
1
Fires
54
2
Infectious Diseases
56
2
Urban Impacts
58
1
Population Migration and Climate
59
1
Recreation and Ecotourism
59
1
Financial Aspects
60
2
Impacts at the Global Scale
62
3
Summary
65
2
Climate and Geography
67
32
North America
68
7
Europe
75
3
Latin America
78
2
Australia
80
3
Asia
83
4
Antarctica and the Arctic
87
2
Africa
89
10
What Is Climate Affairs?
99
84
Climate Science
101
9
Climate Impacts
110
13
Climate Politics
123
18
Climate Policy and Law
141
15
Climate Economics
156
9
Climate Ethics and Equity
165
10
Could Weather Affairs Be Far Behind?
175
8
Use of Climate Information in Decision Making
183
31
Weather- and Climate-Proofing
185
3
Climate Information
188
5
Successful Uses of Climate Information: Some Examples
193
3
Misuses of Climate Information (Including Forecasts)
196
6
Putting Forecasts in Political Context
202
3
Using Climate Information for Early Warning: Climate-Related Hotspots and Flashpoints
205
7
Forecasts Are the Answer, But What Was the Question?
212
2
How We Know What We Know
214
25
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods to Assess Impacts
215
1
Integrated Assessment
216
2
Foreseeability
218
2
Attribution: What Impact to Blame on Which Anomaly
220
3
Psychological Aspects of Climate and Weather
223
5
Climate Ignorance Versus Climate ``Ignore-ance''
228
1
Does Climate History Have a Future?
229
10
Conclusion
239
10
Climate Dimensions of Social Science
239
3
Problem Climates
242
1
Problem Societies
243
2
Political Versus Climate Boundaries: Problem Borders
245
4
Appendix: The Twentieth Century's Climate Extremes
249
8
NOAA's Ranking of Twentieth Century Climate-Related Disasters
249
6
The WMO and Other Reviews of the Twentieth Century's Climate
255
2
References
257
20
About the Author
277
2
Index
279