Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment: Report of a Workshop

by National Research Council, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

The implications of climate change for the environment and society depend on the rate and magnitude of climate change, but also on changes in technology, economics, lifestyles, and policy that will affect the capacity both for limiting and adapting to climate change. Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment reviews the state of science for considering socioeconomic changes over long time frames and clarifies definitions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309161444
• ISBN13: 9780309161442
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 76 Pages