Editorial: Meeting the climate challenge 3
The greenhouse effect: facts and figures 4
Science and speculation: knowing enough to act - Extracts
from the address of Ms Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Executive
Director of UNEP, at the Conference on Implementing the
Climate Change Convention 9
The Climate Change Convention: what role can business play?
- by Michael Zammit Cutajar 11
UNEP'S Atmosphere Programme - by Peter Usher 14
Challenges and prospects for power development in Africa
- by Ogunlade R. Davidson 15
The Thailand Energy Institute's Energy and Environment
programme - by Dr Dhira Phantumvanit 19
Climate change issues in China - by Ye Ruqiu 20
An Indian perspective on climate change
- by R. K. Pachauri 23
Clean coal technologies - by Christophe Bourillon 24
The petroleum industry's response to climate change:
the role of the IPIECA Global Climate Change Working
Group - by John S. Lemlin andlan Graham-Bryce 27
Energy efficiency: new focus for action in the EU
- by Andrew Warren 31
Abatement of CO2 emissions by energy efficiency improvement
- by Ernst Worrell, Jeroen de Beer und Kornelis Blok 32
The EU THERMIE energy support programme
- by Pedro de Sampaio Nunes 36
L'architecture climatique : situation, principes, mise
en ceuvre - by Paul Brejon 38
The emerging response of the insurance industry to the
threat of climate change - by Jeremy Leggett 41
Viewpoint - by Michael Jefferson, Deputy Secretary General,
World Energy Council 46
Managing with the aim of sustainable development
- by Pedro Couto Rosado and Guy Villax 49
Trade and environment: building a revolutionary framework
- by Scott Vaughan 53
World News 4
US environmental reporting rule poised to expand 56
Acid rain control: a mixed success 56
Sweden moves towards phaseout of dangerous chemicals 58
Asia's environment: progress and challenges 59
Industry Updates
Indian industry measures Agenda 21 implementation 60
Medal for environmental excellence 60
Canadian chemical industry reports emissions 61
Environmental training for industry: awareness, effluents
and audits 61
UNEP Focus
UNEP takes part in sustainable consumption meeting 62
UNEP co-hosts top level trade-environment talks 62
UNEP IE Update 63
New environmental training guide from UNEP IE 64
Books and Reports 64
Sections
Feedback 72
Aware 73
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