ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book points out the major potential of existing technologies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and discusses the issue of monitoring and verification. It argues that the largest four, namely Brazil, Indonesia, China and India, carry the responsibility to select development strategies with a view to the limitation of global environmental threats. The book suggests that foreign interest, particularly multinationals, influence the use of resources in a way that may seem contrary to expressions of national sovereignty. It also argues that a large-scale and long-term program for major reductions is actually profitable on the macro level. The book examines the text and his conclusion may be surprising to those who only read the headlines in May and June 1992. It discusses the carbon cycle and what uncertainties we have to face.
