Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada

Contents

Preface vii 1 Introduction 1 Jan Zwicky Part I What’s [Going to] Happen[ing]? 11 2 The Science of Climate Change 13 Andrew J. Weaver 3 The Human Challenges of Climate Change 45 Steve Lonergan 4 Impacts of Climate Change in Canada 73 James P . Bruce and Stewart J. Cohen Part II What Can We Do? 89 5 Terrestial Carbon Sinks and Climate Change Mitigation 91 Nigel J. Livingston and G. Cornelis van Kooten 6 Technology and Climate Change 109 Gerard F. McLean and Murray Love 7 Economic Aspects of Climate Change 131 G. Cornelis van Kooten 8 Regional Adaptation Strategies 151 Stewart Cohen, Brad Bass, David Etkin, Brenda Jones, Jacinthe Lacroix, Brian Mills, Daniel Scott, and G. Cornelis van Kooten 9 Legal Constraints and Opportunities: Climate Change and the Law 179 Alastair R. Lucas v Contents 5 Part III Hard Choices 199 10 A Canadian Policy Chronicle 201 James P . Bruce and Doug Russell 11 Beyond Kyoto? 215 Gordon S. Smith and David G.Victor 12 What Can Individuals Do? 233 Harold Coward 13 Concluding Remarks 253 Andrew J.Weaver About the Authors 257 Index 265 vi Contents ...