Note: COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SPONSORS -- FOREWORD -- SCIENCE -- THE CHANGING COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE -- CLIMATE, CLOUDS AND THE SULFUR CYCLE -- CLIMATE AND THE TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE -- PERSPECTIVES ON MODELLING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE -- PAST CLIMATIC CHANGE IN OCEANIA AND ANTARCTICA -- OBSERVED VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN CLIMATE AND SEA LEVEL IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC -- OCEAN PROCESSES, CLIMATE AND SEA LEVEL -- CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND -- IMPACTS -- IMPACTS OF ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL PASTORAL AGRICULTURE -- IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOILS AND LAND SYSTEMS IN NEW ZEALAND -- IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION ON THE GROWTH OF PLANTED FORESTS -- COASTAL IMPACTS OF ENHANCED GREENHOUSE CLIMATE CHANGE IN AUSTRALIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COAL USE -- CLIMATE CHANGE, FLOODING AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE -- IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AUSTRALIA'S SURFACE WATER RESOURCES -- CLIMATE, WATER RESOURCES AND ELECTRICITY -- A GENERIC APPROACH TO DEFINING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PESTS, WEEDS AND DISEASES IN AUSTRALASIA -- THE CONSEQUENCES FOR NATIVE BIOTA OF ANTHROPOGENIC-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE -- MIGRATION IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATIC CHANGE -- RESPONSES -- ADAPTATION TO CLIMATIC CHANGE: ITS FUTURE ROLE IN OCEANIA -- PLANNING FOR FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA-LEVEL RISE INDUCED COASTAL CHANGE IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND -- OPTIONS FOR ADAPTING AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND EXAMPLES -- PLANTATION FORESTRY: ITS ROLE AS A CARBON SINK -- OPTIONS FOR REDUCING METHANE EMISSIONS FROM RUMINANTS IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA -- SOCIAL ASPECTS OF ENERGY USE -- GREENHOUSE POLICIES AND THE AUSTRALIAN ENERGY-SUPPLY INDUSTRIES. , CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN ENERGY SECTOR: AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT SCENARIO -- RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTIONS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS: THE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE FEASIBILITIES -- ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR -- URBAN DESIGN AND TRANSPORT OPTIONS: STRATEGIES TO DECREASE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS -- COAL: THE INDUSTRY, TRADE AND THE FUTURE -- MEETING GREENHOUSE TARGETS IN AUSTRALIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COAL USE -- GLOBAL CARBON TAXES: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE -- MODELLING THE EFFECTS ON THE NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY OF THE USE OF ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS TO REDUCE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS -- ANALYSING THE ECONOMY-WIDE EFFECTS OF AN ENERGY TAX: RESULTS FOR AUSTRALIA FROM THE ORANI-E MODEL -- THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF CARBON TAXATION IN AUSTRALIA -- INTERNATIONAL GREENHOUSE ECONOMIC MODELLING -- INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY INSTRUMENTS AND POLICY ASSESSMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY -- CHANGING COURSE TO COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE: DIRECTIONS IN NATIONAL RESPONSE -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX 1: ARTICLES 1-6 OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE -- APPENDIX 2: REFEREES -- AUTHOR INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y -- Z.

Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Background to the greenhouse effect -- Greenhouse gases: evidence for atmospheric changes and anthropogenic causes -- Climate modelling: how does it work? -- Actual and anticipated changes in Australia's climate -- Evidence of recent temperature trends in the southern hemisphere -- Physiographic indications of a sea-level rise -- The expected sea-level rise from climatic warming in Antarctica -- Interactions with vegetation -- Coastal impacts -- Areas of Australia's coast prone to sea-level inundation -- Regional impacts of rising sea levels in coastal Australia -- A tentative but tantalizing link between sea-level rise and coastal recession in New South Wales, Australia -- Sea-level variability and its impact within the greenhouse scenario -- Changes in saltmarsh vegetation as an early indication of sea-level rise -- Designing for coastal structures in a greenhouse age -- Sea-level rise and climate: lessons from the Holocene -- The effects of rapid short-term sea-level rise on the Great Barrier Reef -- Cyclone storm surges: post greenhouse -- Possible impact of the greenhouse effect on commercial prawn populations in the Gulf of Carpentaria -- Hydrology and water resources -- Sediment delivery and stream behaviour, with a note on wind erosion -- Ground water and salinity response to climate change -- Possible impact of the greenhouse effect on salinity in Victoria, Australia -- Greenhouse - its impact on Australian hydrology: possible changes to flooding regimes -- The impact of the greenhouse effect on catchment hydrology and storage-yield relationships in both winter and summer rainfall zones -- The water resource implications of a drying climate in south west Western Australia -- Potential impact of the greenhouse effect on the water resources of the River Murray. , Potential impacts of the greenhouse effect on irrigation in northern Victoria -- Significance of greenhouse changes to irrigation water supplies in New South Wales: a case study of the Severn Valley -- Planning for climatic changes in the Sydney Water Board -- Natural environment -- Climatic change and its impact on nature conservation in Australia -- Possible effects of climate change on wildlife in Western Australia -- Potential implications of climate change on Australia's flora and fauna -- The consequences of climatic change for seventy percent of Australia -- Australian bushfire danger under changing climatic regimes -- The potential impact of climate changes on Australian ski fields -- Australian region tropical cyclones and the greenhouse effect -- The likely impact of climate change on the south-west Victorian estuaries -- Past environmental analogues -- Agriculture -- The effect of climatic change on the productivity of Australian agroecosystems -- Direct effects of higher carbon dioxide concentrations on vegetation -- The influence of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on the productivity of Australian forestry plantations -- Climatic change and Pinus radiata plantations in Australia -- The effect of climate change on crop and pastoral production in Queensland -- Climatic warming: Impact on the New Zealand growing season and implications for temperate Australia -- Impacts on society -- Climatic change: impact in international reinsurance -- Insurance and the greenhouse effect -- The energy policy implications of climate change -- Greenhouse effects on electricity generation in New South Wales -- Climatic influences on mosquito-borne diseases in Australia -- Implications of climatic change for water planning in Victoria -- Socio-economic impacts of climate change: potential for decision-making in Redcliffe, Queensland. , A climate of risk: an environmental response -- Planning systems and the greenhouse effect -- Policy and legal implications of the greenhouse effect -- Australia and the greenhouse effect: the science policy debate -- Greenhouse: international and national policy approaches -- Appendix -- Referees -- Participants.