goods for health, 156
Reporting Initiative (GRI), 169
snow cover, 58
temperature change, 133, 150
thermohaline circulation, 61
warming, 1—2, 57, 60—61, 64, 69, 73,
76, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 109, 116,
120, 156
projections of, 8
GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystem
Dynamics), 63, 69
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
(GISS), 111
Grain, crop yields, 32, 124, 133
Greenhouse
effect, 3, 150
emissions, 18, 88, 107
forcing, 123
gases, 1, 3, 16, 51—52, 73, 76, 81, 129,
141
natural inventories of, 10
sources or sinks, 7, 10
Greenland, 58, 70, 85—86
ice mass, 58
Green products and services, 173
Gross National Product (GNP) per
capita, 23
Groundwater mining, 85
Gulf Stream, 60, 67, 72, 85
HadCM2, climate change scenarios,
124, 125, 127—129
HadCM3, climate change scenario,
124, 126—128
Hake, Merluccius gayi, 72
Haze Technical Task Force, 50
Health
costs, 30
effects, 26, 41, 141, 150—151
impacts, 27, 41, 153
of climate change, 153
improvement, 55
of human populations, 140
Heavy metals, 26, 145
Heptachlor, 146
Herring, 77
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), 146
Hierarchy of uncertainties, 159
Holocene, 90, 150
Hong Kong Air Pollution Control
Ordinance (1990), 54
Horse mackerel catches, 68
Human
health, 27, 42, 139, 140—141,
143—145, 147, 150, 154
impact on Earth’s natural capacity,
140
Hunger, 136
Hungry people, 109, 125, 152
Hydrological cycle, 16
IBSNAT models, 111—112
Ice ages, 73
Ice caps, 85
Iceland Low, 64
Impact
and adaptation, 103
and vulnerability analyses, 84
of gaseous air pollution on
vegetation, 30
Incineration, 146
Index of Sustainable Economic
Welfare (ISEW), 23
India, 144, 153—154
Indian Ocean small islands, 98
Indian subcontinent, 124, 135
Indicators
of environmental performance,
174—175
of financial performance, 174
Indonesian forest fires, 49
Industrial
chemicals, 146
environmental performance, 176,
184
fisheries, 76
sector, 18—19
Industrialization, 21
Infant and child mortality, 153
Infectious disease outbreaks, 153
Information as an instrument in
environmental improvement,
168
Intensity of energy use, 45
Subject Index
191
Reporting Initiative (GRI), 169
snow cover, 58
temperature change, 133, 150
thermohaline circulation, 61
warming, 1—2, 57, 60—61, 64, 69, 73,
76, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 109, 116,
120, 156
projections of, 8
GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystem
Dynamics), 63, 69
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
(GISS), 111
Grain, crop yields, 32, 124, 133
Greenhouse
effect, 3, 150
emissions, 18, 88, 107
forcing, 123
gases, 1, 3, 16, 51—52, 73, 76, 81, 129,
141
natural inventories of, 10
sources or sinks, 7, 10
Greenland, 58, 70, 85—86
ice mass, 58
Green products and services, 173
Gross National Product (GNP) per
capita, 23
Groundwater mining, 85
Gulf Stream, 60, 67, 72, 85
HadCM2, climate change scenarios,
124, 125, 127—129
HadCM3, climate change scenario,
124, 126—128
Hake, Merluccius gayi, 72
Haze Technical Task Force, 50
Health
costs, 30
effects, 26, 41, 141, 150—151
impacts, 27, 41, 153
of climate change, 153
improvement, 55
of human populations, 140
Heavy metals, 26, 145
Heptachlor, 146
Herring, 77
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), 146
Hierarchy of uncertainties, 159
Holocene, 90, 150
Hong Kong Air Pollution Control
Ordinance (1990), 54
Horse mackerel catches, 68
Human
health, 27, 42, 139, 140—141,
143—145, 147, 150, 154
impact on Earth’s natural capacity,
140
Hunger, 136
Hungry people, 109, 125, 152
Hydrological cycle, 16
IBSNAT models, 111—112
Ice ages, 73
Ice caps, 85
Iceland Low, 64
Impact
and adaptation, 103
and vulnerability analyses, 84
of gaseous air pollution on
vegetation, 30
Incineration, 146
Index of Sustainable Economic
Welfare (ISEW), 23
India, 144, 153—154
Indian Ocean small islands, 98
Indian subcontinent, 124, 135
Indicators
of environmental performance,
174—175
of financial performance, 174
Indonesian forest fires, 49
Industrial
chemicals, 146
environmental performance, 176,
184
fisheries, 76
sector, 18—19
Industrialization, 21
Infant and child mortality, 153
Infectious disease outbreaks, 153
Information as an instrument in
environmental improvement,
168
Intensity of energy use, 45
Subject Index
191