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Americans and Climate Change Closing the Gap Between Science and Action A Synthesis of Insights and Recommendations from the 2005 Yale F&ES Conference on Climate Change Daniel R. Abbasi With a Foreword by James Gustave Speth yale school of forestry & environmental studies Americans and Climate Change Closing the Gap Between Science and Action A Synthesis of Insights and Recommendations from the 2005 Yale F&ES Conference on Climate Change Daniel R.Abbasi With a Foreword by James Gustave Speth yale school of forestry & environmental studies publication series Title Volume author Book design Cover design Cover image Page layout Print on demand Publication series editor Paper To obtain copies Americans and Climate Change: Closing the Gap between Science and Action Daniel R. Abbasi Peter W. Johnson and Maura Gianakos,YaleRIS Maura Gianakos,YaleRIS The image on the cover is a snapshot from a climate simulation model that runs from 1920-2080.The model is being run by harnessing desktop computers around the world at climateprediction.net,a collaborative project of the University of Oxford, the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and others.Used with permission.To participate in the model using your desktop computer,go to: www.climateprediction.net Dorothy Scott, North Branford, CT Yale Reprographics and Imaging Services (RIS) Jane Coppock Mohawk Creme 30% recycled This book is available as a free downloadable pdf at www.yale.edu/environment/publications. Hard copies may be ordered at the same website. The opinions,findings,and interpretations of research contained in this volume are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect positions of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies or participants in the conference described in this volume. Permission is granted to reproduce material in this volume without prior written consent so long as proper attribution is made. To learn more about how you can participate in implementation of the full set of 39 recommendations,please visit:http://environment.yale.edu/climate. ISBN 0-9707882-4-X @ 2006 Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are con-fronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity.The ‘tide in the affairs of men’does not remain at the flood; it ebbs.We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are writ-ten the pathetic words: ‘Too late. . . .’” — Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ... - tailieumienphi.vn
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