?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4212%2F&rft.title=Integrative+Assessment+of+Mitigation%2C+Impacts%2C+and+Adaptation+to+Climate+Change&rft.creator=Nakicenovic%2C+N.&rft.creator=Nordhaus%2C+W.D.&rft.creator=Richels%2C+R.&rft.creator=Toth%2C+F.L.&rft.description=This+volume+presents+the+proceedings+of+the+second+international+workshop+held+at+IIASA+in+October+1993+assessing+the+current+state+of+integrated+assessments.+Numerous+models+and+less+formalized+approaches+analyze+anthropogenic+sources+of+greenhouse+gas+emissions%2C+their+concentrations+in+the+atmosphere%2C+the+resulting+climate+forcing%2C+impacts+of+the+induced+climate+change+on+the+economy+and+other+human+activities%2C+as+well+as+possible+mitigation+and+adaptation+strategies.+Studies+that+include+all+or+several+of+these+salient+aspects+of+the+climate+change+problematique+are+known+as+integrative+assessments.+The+number+of+such+studies+is+increasing%2C+highlighting+the+need+for+consistent+analytic+frameworks+and+comparative+analyses.+This+volume+reviews+the+current+practice+of+integrative+assessments%2C+directions+for+improvement+and+further+research%2C+and+implications+for+climate+change+policies.+The+workshop+covered+issues+such+as+the+role+of+science%2C+integrated+assessment%2C+impacts+and+benefits%2C+mitigation+and+adaptation%2C+intergenerational+assessments%2C+and+the+role+of+technology.+The+volume+includes+the+original+papers+presented+at+the+workshop.&rft.publisher=CP-94-009&rft.date=1994-05&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4212%2F1%2FCP-94-009.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nakicenovic%2C+N.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F214.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-7176-4604+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-7176-4604%3E%2C+Nordhaus%2C+W.D.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2244.html%3E%2C+Richels%2C+R.%2C+%26+Toth%2C+F.L.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F3087.html%3E++(1994).++Integrative+Assessment+of+Mitigation%2C+Impacts%2C+and+Adaptation+to+Climate+Change.+++IIASA+Collaborative+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+CP-94-009+++++