America's climate choices / Committee on America's Climate Choices, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2011], ©2011.

xv, 118 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Accompanying CD-ROM includes the four panel reports along with "Reports in Brief" and promotional videos.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-92).

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Context for America's Climate Choices -- Greenhouse Gas Emission Trends -- The Current Context -- 2.Causes and Consequences of Climate Change -- Observed Climate Change -- Future Climate Change -- 3.The Unique Challenges of Climate Change -- 4.A Framework for Making America's Climate Choices -- An Iterative Risk Management Approach to Climate Change -- Decision Criteria in an Iterative Risk Management Framework -- 5.Key Elements of America's Climate Choices -- Limiting the Magnitude of Climate Change -- Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts -- Investing to Expand Options and Improve Choices -- International Engagement -- Toward an Integrated National Response -- Notes and References -- Appendixes -- A.America's Climate Choices Membership Lists -- B.Committee on America's Climate Choices Member Biographical Sketches -- C.Additional Information Regarding the Content of the ACC Panel Reports -- D.Agenda from the Summit on America's Climate Choices.