Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Part I; 4 1 Introduction: Science for Understanding and Responding to Climate Change; 5 2 What We Know About Climate Change and Its Interactions with People and Ecosystems; 6 3 A New Era of Climate Change Research; 7 4 Integrative Themes for Climate Change Research; 8 5 Recommendations for Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change Research; 9 Part II: Technical Chapters; 10 6 Changes in the Climate System; 11 7 Sea Level Rise and the Coastal Environment; 12 8 Freshwater Resources; 13 9 Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity; 14 10 Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Production; 15 11 Public Health; 16 12 Cities and the Built Environment; 17 13 Transportation; 18 14 Energy Supply and Use; 19 15 Solar Radiation Management; 20 16 National and Human Security; 21 17 Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Climate Policies; 22 References; 23 Appendix A: America's Climate Choices: Membership Lists; 24 Appendix B: Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change: Statement of Task; 25 Appendix C: Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change: Biographical Sketches; 26 Appendix D: Uncertainty Terminology; 27 Appendix E: The United States Global Change Research Program; 28 Appendix F: Geoengineering Options to Respond to Climate Change: Steps to Establish a Research Agenda; 29 Appendix G: Acronyms and Initialisms