FRONT MATTER
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| 1. OPENING SESSION |
THE 34TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS ON PLANETARY EMERGENCIES AND ASSOCIATED MEETINGS
ANTONINO ZICHICHI | 3 |
A BRIEF REPORT ON SOME RECENT WFS/WL-CCAST ACTIVITIES IN CHINA
TSUNG DAO LEE | 11 |
| 2. ENERGY: NUCLEAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY |
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: THE ROLES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
ROBERT N. SCHOCK | 17 |
NUCLEAR POWER IN EUROPE
ADOLF BIRKHOFER | 28 |
CURRENT STATUS OF DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT
ROBERT J. BUDNITZ | 31 |
THE ASIAN NUCLEAR POWER ISSUE
AKIRA MIYAHARA | 33 |
THE NEXT GENERATION NUCLEAR ENERGY
DAVID C. WADE | 76 |
JET, ITER AND THE FUTURE OF FUSION
JEF ONGENA, AKIRA MIYAHARA and FRANÇOIS WAELBROECK | 84 |
| 3. CLIMATOLOGY: GLOBAL WARMING |
FROM CONCERN TO CONTROVERSY SCIENCE AND NON-SCIENCE IN GLOBAL CLIMATE
JOHN S. PERRY | 105 |
CELESTIAL CLIMATE DRIVER: A PERSPECTIVE FROM FOUR BILLION YEARS OF THE CARBON CYCLE
JÁN VEIZER | 116 |
ATTRIBUTING VARIATIONS TO VARIOUS FORCINGS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
NATALIA ANDRONOVA | 145 |
UNDERSTANDING NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE OF THE 20TH CENTURY
ANTS LEETMAA | 155 |
OBSERVATIONAL CLIMATE DATA AND COMPARISON WITH MODELS
D. H. DOUGLASS | 163 |
HOW EFFECTIVE IS GREENHOUSE (GH) WARMING OF SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST)?
S. FRED SINGER | 176 |
RECENT TEMPERATURE CHANGES IN GREENLAND: COASTAL STATIONS AND THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET
PETR CHYLEK | 183 |
UNDERSTANDING COMMON CLIMATE CLAIMS
RICHARD S. LINDZEN | 189 |
| 4. AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: NEW THREATS FROM INFECTIOUS AGENTS |
EMERGING VIRAL DISEASES: THE ROLE OF WILDLIFE IN DISEASE EMERGENCE
JOHN S MACKENZIE | 213 |
EBOLA VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER, NIPAH ENCEPHALITIS, SARS, AVIAN INFLUENZA: EPISODES IN A NEVER ENDING STORY?
JEAN CLAUDE MANUGUERRA | 214 |
VACCINE DEVELOPMENT: A MAJOR CHALLENGE
MARC P. GIRARD | 215 |
EMERGING VIRUS INFECTIONS IN A CHANGING WORLD
ALBERT D. M. E. OSTERHAUS | 220 |
| 5. BRAIN DISEASES: UPDATE |
UPDATE ON TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES
HERBERT BUDKA | 223 |
| 6. LIMITS OF DEVELOPMENT: MIGRATION |
MIGRATION AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH
AHMAD KAMAL | 227 |
A WEST AFRICAN POINT OF VIEW ON MIGRATION
MBARECK DIOP | 230 |
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONS: THE CASE OF ARGENTINA (RA)
JUAN MANUEL BORTHAGARAY | 233 |
MIGRATION IN THE 21st CENTURY: A MEXICAN PERSPECTIVE
ALBERTO GONZÁLEZ-POZO | 243 |
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION: THEORIES AND REALITIES
GERALDO G. SERRA | 260 |
| 7. POLLUTION: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
SUBSURFACE LASER DRILLING APPLICATIONS
RICHARD A. PARKER and LORNE EVERETT | 271 |
| 8. DESERTIFICATION: REMORE SENSING AND DESERTIFICATION |
DESERTIFICATION IN THE SAHEL REVISITED
LENNART OLSSON | 283 |
DESERTIFICATION, THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: DRYLAND DEGRADATION AND PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY
STEPHEN D. PRINCE | 284 |
INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO DESERTIFICATION
ERIC F. LAMBIN, HELMUT GEIST, JAMES F. REYNOLDS and D. MARK STAFFORD-SMITH | 289 |
THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF RAINFALL INCREASE ALONG A CLIMATIC GRADIENT IN A SANDY ARID AREA
AARON YAIR and RAM ALMOG | 294 |
| 9. PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL MEETINGS AND REPORTS |
PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND AIDS – 2005 REPORT
GUY DE THÉ | 303 |
FROM MISSIONARY INTERVENTIONS TO LOCAL ACADEMIES
FRANCO M. BUONAGURO | 306 |
REPORT OF THE DESERTIFICATION PMP MEETING ERICE, 19 AUGUST 2005
ANDREW WARREN | 307 |
ENERGY PMP: REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN
RICHARD WILSON | 309 |
REPORT OF THE PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL ON TERRORISM
AHMAD KAMAL | 313 |
PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL ON INFORMATION SECURITY CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
HENNING WEGENER | 315 |
SICILIAN WATER-RELATED PROBLEMS AND NEEDS
ROBERT A. CLARK | 317 |
PMP LIMITS OF DEVELOPMENT “INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION”
GERALDO G. SERRA | 320 |
MAJOR SHORTCOMINGS IN U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY: GET TOUGH OR GET REAL?
CHRISTOPHER D. ELLIS | 322 |
CONCEPTUAL APPROACH IN THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
MARIJA MILOSEVSKA | 329 |
MOTHER AND CHILD PMP REPORT
NATHALIE CHARPAK | 345 |
SICILIAN WATER TASK FORCE MEETING POLLUTION PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL
Richard Ragaini and Lome Everett | 350 |
| 10. DISARMAMENT AND CULTURAL EMERGENCIES: NON-PROLIFERATION, EVOLUTION — MINIMAL LIFE |
THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION DEBATE
AHMAD KAMAL | 357 |
WILL THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY SURVIVE?
HENNING WEGENER | 361 |
COMMENTS ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
RICHARD WILSON | 364 |
HEALTH OF THE NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME
RICHARD L. GARWIN | 365 |
| 11. ENERGY WORKSHOP |
WORLD FEDERATION OF SCIENTISTS
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CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND STORAGE – THE NEEDS
HISHAM KHATIB | 376 |
CONSENSUS AND DISAGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE DUE TO CARBON DIOXIDE
KLAUS S. LACKNER | 386 |
Workshop Participants
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| 12. INFORMATION SECURITY WORKSHOP |
IMPLEMENTING INFORMATION SECURITY AND ITS TECHNOLOGY: A LINE MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE
WILLIAM A. BARLETTA | 401 |
PMP ON INFORMATION SECURITY: CONTRIBUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
AXEL LEHMANN | 413 |
Workshop Participants
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| 13. WORKSHOP ON BUILDING RESILIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 33RD SESSION (TERRORISM) — 5-6 MAY 2005 |
Workshop Agenda
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MANAGING THE RISK OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL TERRORISM
RON G. MANLEY | 425 |
THE BIOLOGICAL THREAT
ROLAND DIERSTEIN and ADAM DRIKS | 432 |
REDUCING CBRNE RISK IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
SALLY LEIVESLEY | 437 |
DAMAGE MITIGATION OF BUILDINGS AGAINST BLAST LOADING
C. MAYRHOFER | 447 |
ARCHITECTURE AND DEFENCE: BALANCING CONTEMPORARY SECURITY CONCERNS WITH ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES
ERIC WORCESTER | 453 |
Workshop Participants
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BACK MATTER
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