Stratospheric ozone
depletion (SOD), 149
layer (SOL), 147
Sulfates, 26, 34, 35, 145
aerosol, 133
Sulfur, deposition of, 43
Sulfur dioxide, 21—22, 24, 26, 27—34,
37, 41—43, 52—55
concentrations, 29
emissions, 21—22, 38, 40, 55
anthropogenic, 38
from fossil fuel burning, 38
pollution, 30, 37, 40
in NE Asian cities, 30
Surat, Northwest India, 153
Surface temperature variations, 19
SURVAS Project, 106
Sustainable development, 10
objectives, 17
Sweden, 47
Systems analysis, 81
Taipei, 147
Target loads, 47
Tectonics, 86
Temperature
stabilization lags behind CO
stabilization, 133
variations over the northern
hemisphere, 58
Thailand, 55, 80, 154
Thermohaline circulation (THC), 58,
60—61
Third Assessment Report (TAR) of
the IPCC, 16
Threshold values, 41
Tigris, 154
Toxaphene, 146
Tradable emission permits, 48
Trade, economic and population
growth scenarios, 116
Traditional fuels, 29
Traffic-related pollution, 29
Transboundary
air pollution, 48—49
PM impacts, 48
pollution, 50, 145
transfer of air pollution, 46
Transparency, 183
Transportation, 54
Transport-generated pollution, 53
Tree damage, 35
Tropical fish species, 68
Tropical rainforest canopy, 156
TSP, 26, 29, 31, 41
Ultraviolet-induced impairment of
photosynthesis, 149
Uncertainty, 4, 8, 13, 88, 157
quantification of, 13
ranges, 8
scientific, 4
treatment of, 13
UN-ECE ‘Multi-Pollutant,
Multi-Effect’ Protocol, 47
UN-International Standards of
Accounting and Reporting
(UN-ISAR), 169
UNEP
2000, 45
Five Stage Model of corporate
reporting, 165
Guidelines, 104
United Kingdom Clean Air Acts, 21,
27, 46, 48
United Kingdom Meteorological
Office (UKMO), 111
United Nations
Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP), 51
Economic Commission for Europe
(UN/ECE), 45, 46
Environment Programme (UNEP),
1—2, 145
Framework Convention in Climate
Change (FCCC), 9
United States of America
Agency for International
Development, 110
Clean Air Act of 1970, 48
crop yields, 116, 118, 124
grain production, 136
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), 171
Subject Index
196
depletion (SOD), 149
layer (SOL), 147
Sulfates, 26, 34, 35, 145
aerosol, 133
Sulfur, deposition of, 43
Sulfur dioxide, 21—22, 24, 26, 27—34,
37, 41—43, 52—55
concentrations, 29
emissions, 21—22, 38, 40, 55
anthropogenic, 38
from fossil fuel burning, 38
pollution, 30, 37, 40
in NE Asian cities, 30
Surat, Northwest India, 153
Surface temperature variations, 19
SURVAS Project, 106
Sustainable development, 10
objectives, 17
Sweden, 47
Systems analysis, 81
Taipei, 147
Target loads, 47
Tectonics, 86
Temperature
stabilization lags behind CO
stabilization, 133
variations over the northern
hemisphere, 58
Thailand, 55, 80, 154
Thermohaline circulation (THC), 58,
60—61
Third Assessment Report (TAR) of
the IPCC, 16
Threshold values, 41
Tigris, 154
Toxaphene, 146
Tradable emission permits, 48
Trade, economic and population
growth scenarios, 116
Traditional fuels, 29
Traffic-related pollution, 29
Transboundary
air pollution, 48—49
PM impacts, 48
pollution, 50, 145
transfer of air pollution, 46
Transparency, 183
Transportation, 54
Transport-generated pollution, 53
Tree damage, 35
Tropical fish species, 68
Tropical rainforest canopy, 156
TSP, 26, 29, 31, 41
Ultraviolet-induced impairment of
photosynthesis, 149
Uncertainty, 4, 8, 13, 88, 157
quantification of, 13
ranges, 8
scientific, 4
treatment of, 13
UN-ECE ‘Multi-Pollutant,
Multi-Effect’ Protocol, 47
UN-International Standards of
Accounting and Reporting
(UN-ISAR), 169
UNEP
2000, 45
Five Stage Model of corporate
reporting, 165
Guidelines, 104
United Kingdom Clean Air Acts, 21,
27, 46, 48
United Kingdom Meteorological
Office (UKMO), 111
United Nations
Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP), 51
Economic Commission for Europe
(UN/ECE), 45, 46
Environment Programme (UNEP),
1—2, 145
Framework Convention in Climate
Change (FCCC), 9
United States of America
Agency for International
Development, 110
Clean Air Act of 1970, 48
crop yields, 116, 118, 124
grain production, 136
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), 171
Subject Index
196