It predicts that rising sea levels which threaten low-lying areas, damage to forest and coral reef ecosystems, intense droughts, damage to agriculture and water supplies, higher incidents of malaria and dengue fever will be likely outcomes of continuing trends. The main factor behind the faster than anticipated rise in global temperatures is the reduction of sulfur emissions. Such emissions account for acid rain problems, compelling industrial societies to reduce them. However, sulfur emissions also help cool the earth's atmosphere whereas greenhouse gases prevent heat from leaving the atmosphere, thereby warming earth's temperature. In his presentation on B-SPAN, Watson presents some of the IPCC's modeling on future scenarios.
Key determinants assessed include population growth, economic growth, and changes in technology.
It's not just hardware, it's information and knowledge. Perspectives on law enforcement activities to reduce illegal forestry and logging practices. William Magrath, a senior forestry economist in the Bank's East Asia region provides an overview of work done in Cambodia. In 1997, illegal logging in Cambodia had reached four million cubic meters annually, but experts estimated sustainable harvesting could not exceed a half million cubic meters. This posed a severe threat.