Global Environmental Change -- Contents -- An Overview of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Its Process of Science Assessment -- 1 Background -- 2 Formation of the IPCC -- 3 The IPCC 1990 Report -- 4 Ownership by Scientists and by Goverments -- 5 The Science Policy Interface -- 6 IPCC's Work in Science Applications and in Social Sciences -- 7 The 1992, 1994 and 1995 IPCC Reports -- 8 Attacks on the IPCC -- 9 The FCCC and the IPCC -- 10 The Third Assessment Report -- 11 The Future Work of the IPCC -- 12 The IPCC in the Context of Other Global Issues -- 13 Acknowledgements -- A Perspective on Global Air Pollution Problems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Impacts of Air Pollution -- 3 The Regional Status of Air Pollution -- 4 Policy Development for Air Pollution Abatement -- 5 Initiatives to Improve Urban Air Quality in Developing Countries -- 6 Future Action -- Influence of Climate Variability and Change on the Structure, Dynamics and Exploitation of Marine Ecosystems -- 1 Introduction: the Global Ocean's Response to Climate Variability and Change -- 2 Climate Variability and Change: Coupling Atmospheric and Biological Processes in the Ocean -- 3 Anthropogenic Effects -- 4 Conclusions and Way Forward -- 5 Acknowledgements -- Rising Sea Levels: Potential Impacts and Responses -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sea-level Rise and Climate Change in Coastal Areas -- 3 Impact and Vulnerability Assessment of Sea-level Rise -- 4 Responding to Sea-level Rise -- 5 The Future of Vulnerability Assessments -- 6 Discussion/Conclusions -- 7 Acknowledgements -- Climate Change, Global Food Supply and Risk of Hunger -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Initial Estimations for Climate Scenarios from Low Resolution Climate Models -- 3 Recently Estimated Effects for Climate Scenarios from Higher Resolution GCMs with New Socio-economic Projections.

4 Reducing Impacts by Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations at Lower Levels -- 5 Conclusions -- Global Environmental Changes and Human Health -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Local, Regional and Global Environmental Changes -- 3 Environmental Conflict and Security -- 4 Two Issues: Environmental 'Global Public Goods for Health' and Scientific Uncertainty -- 5 Acknowledgement -- Corporate Environmental Performance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Corporate Social Responsibility -- 3 Environmental and Social Reporting -- 4 Environmental Performance Measurement and Reporting -- 5 Standardization Initiatives -- 6 Analysis of Environmental and Financial Performance of Firms -- 7 Analysis of Environmental Performance in Firms: The MEPI Study -- 8 Summary of Results of the MEPI Study -- 9 Conclusions and Issues for Policy -- Subject Index.