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Climate Change: North Atlantic Comparisons

Andrew Kerr and Simon Allen
University of Edinburgh

The Scottish Executive Central Research Unit
2001

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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The views expressed in this report are the views of the researcher and do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.

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