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Global Change and Our Common Future includes 22 edited presentations from the Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future. The Forum, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and Sigma Xi, was organized to inform the public about the changes occurring in the global environment and the implications for public policy.Table of Contents Front Matter Part A: Society's Stake in Global Change 1. Toward a Global Environmental Policy 2. Global Change and Our Common Future: The Benjamin FranklineLecture 3. Global Change and Carrying Capacity: Implications for Life onEarth Part B: The Earth System 4. The Earth System 5. Mission to Planet Earth Revisited 6. Historical Perspectives: Climatic Changes Throughout theMillennia 7. Mathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Warming: How Much Do WeKnow? 8. The Earth's Fragile Ozone Shield 9. Terrestrial Ecosystems 10. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change 11. The Human Causes of Global Environmental Change Part C: Impacts of Global Change 12. What Does Global Change Mean for Society? 13. Impacts of Future Sea Level Rise 14. Threats to Biological Diversity as the Earth Warms 15. Deforestation and Its Role in Possible Changes in the BrazilianAmazon 16. Impacts of Global Change Part D: Implications For Public Policy 17. The Global Environment: A National Security Issue 18. Implications for Public Policy: Options for Action 19. View from the North 20. View from the South 21. Political Leadership and the Brundtland Report: What Are theImplications for Public Policy 22. Global Warming: Is It Real and Should It Be Part of a GlobalChange Program? Appendixes A: Program -- Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future B: Committee on Global Change and Oversight Committee Members