Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Websites -- Abbreviations -- 1 The Many Dimensions of Climate Change in the Twenty-first Century -- 2 The History of Climate Change Research from the 1820s -- 3 The Atmospheric Science Aspects of Climate Change -- 4 Impact and Adaptation Assessment Frameworks -- 5 Ecosystem Processes and Climate Change -- 6 The Economic Aspects of Climate Change -- 7 The Social Aspects of Climate Change Impacts -- 8 Mitigation Responses to Climate Change: Overview of the Process -- 9 Mitigation Responses to Climate Change: Trading and Investment Mechanisms -- 10 Integrated Assessments of Climate Change -- 11 Context: Climate Change and Other Global Environmental Problems -- 12 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.