Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Yoichi Kaya and Keiichi Yokobori
  • Past issues and new problems : a plea for action / G.M. Sfligiotti
  • Policy measures for global environmental problems : a Japanese perspective / S. Okamatsu
  • Environment, economy, energy, and sustainable development / Y. Kaya
  • Climate changes due to the increase in greenhouse gases as predicted by climate models / T. Tokioka
  • Deforestation and desertification in developing countries / R.K. Pachauri and R.S. Kanetkar
  • Modelling economically efficient abatement of greenhouse gases / W.R. Cline
  • Macroeconomic costs and other side-effects of reducing CO2 emissions / A. Amano
  • The effects of CO2 reduction policies on energy markets / J.P. Ferriter
  • The role of technology in energy/economy interactions : a view from Japan / C. Watanabe
  • Global warming and renewable energy : potential and policy approaches / T.B. Johansson
  • Energy efficiency : new approaches to technology transfer / W.U. Chandler and M.R. Ledbetter
  • Decarbonization as a long-term energy strategy / N. Nakičenovič
  • The crisis of rural energy in developing countries / K. Takase
  • The developing world : the new energy consumer / A.A. Churchill
  • The role of rural energy / J. Yang
  • Leapfrogging strategies for developing countries / J. Goldemberg
  • A development-focused approach to the environmental problems of developing countries / A.K.N. Reddy
  • Economic development, energy, and the environment in the People's Republic of China / F.Zhou.