Engineering response to climate change : [Workshop on the Engineering Response to Global Climate Change: Planning a Research and Development Agenda ; in June 1991] PREFACE In June 1991 we convened the Workshop on the Engineering Response to Global Climate Change: Planning a Research and Development Agenda. Approximately 70 scientists and engineers spent 4 days discussing what research was necessary in order to identify the causes and the extent of climatic change to assess its consequences and to prepare for mitigative and adaptive measures. Seven working groups were established: Sources and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases; Energy Demand Energy Supply; Agricultural and Biological Systems; Water Resources; Coastal Hazards; and Geo engineering. Each working group was asked to identify a set of goals and a set of approaches to accomplish these goals. Common goals and approaches were then identified and small interdisciplinary groups were convened to expand upon the various approaches. Some chapters of the present book are updates of chapters from the book Engineering Response to Global Climate Change that was published in 1997. However in a real sense it is a new book. Several chapters introduce new material. Even so the general idea is the same: the climate energy problem has become largely an engineering problem. The book is more about what we as engineers can do to prevent mitigate or adapt to climate change.