Climate Change: North Atlantic Comparisons

DescriptionThis report was commissioned to gain a clearer understanding of possible opportunties for future co-operation and links on climate change issues.
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    Climate Change: North Atlantic Comparisons
    Andrew Kerr and Simon Allen
    University of Edinburgh

    The Scottish Executive Central Research Unit
    2001

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    Contents
    Acknowledgements

    List of abreviations

    Executive summary
    Introduction
    The Study in context
    Climate impacts and adaptation
    Mitigation of greenhouse gas emmissions
    Opportunities for future co-operation

    Chapter one Introduction
    Aims of the study
    The study in context
    Report Structure
    Climate change issues in Europe
    UK developments on climate change
    Scottish Developments on Climate change

    Chapter two national contexts
    Introduction
    Driving forces
    Environmental pressures
    Environmental Conditions in the North Atlantic

    Chapter three National climate issues
    Introduction
    Denmark
    Norway
    Sweden
    Finland

    Iceland
    Ireland

    Northern Ireland
    Scotland

    Chapter four Regional comparison of climate issues
    Introduction
    Energy
    Transport
    Business
    Domestic
    Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries

    Chapter five Implications for scotland
    Introduction
    Climate impacts and adaptation
    Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions

    Chapter six conclusions
    Introduction
    Climate impacts
    Adaptation to climate impacts
    Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions
    Summary

    Bibliography

    Annex Web sites of climate-relevant information used in this study
    Denmark
    Norway
    Sweden
    Finland
    Iceland
    Ireland
    Northern Ireland
    Scotland
    European Community
    Nordic Council of Ministers
    European Environment Agency
    Other Useful Sources of Climate Policy Information

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