“Twice a River: Rhine and Meuse in the
Netherlands,” 177
Dutch flood control plans in, 177
U.K. (United Kingdom), 3
carbon emission reductions in, 5
mean temperature changes in, 3
UNDP (United Nations Development
Programme), 69, 71
Climate Change Project, in Antigua, 69,
71
on sea levels, 69
UNEP (United Nations Environmental
Programme), 87–88, 92
on Asian brown cloud, 87
INDOEX and, 87, 92
Unger, Brian, 48, 51–53, 58
on shoreline access, 48
United Nations Development Programme,
15
U.S. (United States)
Alaska, 95–102
goods consumption in, 17
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 40, 44
New York City, report on, 40
on waterfront development (New York
City), 44
wetlands project evaluation of, 44
U.S. Board of Geographic Names, 162
“U.S. National Assessment of the Potential
Consequences of Climate Variability
and Change for the Nation,” 41
USG (U.S. Geological Survey), 142, 165
on glacier size, 142
Venice Against the Sea(Kehaey), 34, 177
Venice flood control plans in, 177
Venice, Italy, 33–38
“big gates” project in, 35–36
carbon-dating in, 36
flood control projects in, 34–35
flooding in, 33–34
geography of, 33–34
government response in, 34
population decrease in, 33
sewer system in, 36–37
Viner, David, 91
Washington Post, 20
West Nile encephalitis, 45–46
cases, in U.S., 46
Culex pipensand, 45–46
Despommier, Dickson, on, 46
Epstein, Paul, on, 46
in New York City, 45–46
spreading factors for, 45–46, 46
Western Europe, 25–39
alternative energy, investments in, 30
flood plains in, 29
global warming, response to, 26–27, 30
Netherlands, 25–33
Venice, Italy, 33–38
Western Fuels Coal Association, 4
on global warming, 4
Weston, Scott, 149–150
flooding predictions of, 149–150
“white gold,” 146
Williams, Richard S., 146
Willner, Andy, 48–49
on beach replenishment, 48
on littoral drift, 49
Wilson, Woodrow, 51
wind power, 31–32
as alternative energy source, 31–32
Denmark and, 31
in Netherlands, 31–32
Woodard, Colin, 175, 177
research sources for, 177
World Bank, 15, 21
death rates, in China, 15
energy management corporations, cre-
ation of, 21
World Economic Forum, 5–6
on climate change, 5–6
World Water Forum, 62–63, 76
World Wide Fund for Nature, 36
Wuppertal Institute for Climate,
Environment, and Energy, 27
Zhou Dadi, 19, 21, 23
Zimmerman, Rae, 42–43
on governmental cooperation, In New
York City, 43
Zipf, Cindy, 58
zooplankton, 120–121
in California Current, 120–121
El Niño, effect on, 120
in oceans, 120
phytoplankton and, 120
species decline and, 120194 Index