Synopsis This book presents in particular a pair of models of the economics of climate change. The models are called RICE-99 (the Regional Dynamic Integrated Model of Climate and the Economy) and DICE-99 (the dynamic integrated model of climate and the economy). They can help decision makers design better economic and environmental policies. This encyclopaedia focuses on different aspects of global environmental change, like global warming and the depletion of stratospheric ozone. It also presents the latest findings of global warming researches, focusing on international efforts. Further, in this book, latest know-how and future research directions are offered for the study areas of the initiative: monitoring and process study, projection modelling and climate change study, impact and risk assessment, and response policies. Readers can well appreciate the major topic-areas of global warming and climate change.