Agricultural Dimensions of Global Climate Change

1. Introduction, Nature of the Problem 2. Is Climate Change Occurring? Evidence from the Instrumental Record, 3. Some Issues in Detecting Climate Change Induced by Greenhouse Gases Using General Circulation Models, 4. Current Climate and Population Constraints on World Agriculture, 5. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply: A Summary of a Recent International Study, 6. Impacts of Climate Change on the Agriculture and Economy of the Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas (MINK) Region, 7. Adaptation to Global Climate Change at the Farm Level, 8. Carbon Dioxide Effects on Plants: Uncertainties and Implications for Modeling Crop Response to Climate Change, 9. Distributional Effects of Global Warming and Emissions Abatement, 10. After Rio: The Status of Climate Change Negotiations, 11. Four Questions of Justice, 12. Status and Issues Concerning Agricultural Emissions of Greenhouse Gases 13. Agricultural Emissions of Greenhouse Gases: Monitoring and Verification, 14. Bridging the Gap between Policymakers and Academics, 15. Communications between Decision Makers and Researchers: An Overview of the Joint Climate Project