International Seminar On Planetary Emergencies: 45th Session: The Role Of Science In The Third Millennium

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2013

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9789814531788

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Proceedings of the 45th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This Seminar has again gathered, in 2012, over one hundred scientists from 43 countries in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 31 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which had been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists Permanent Monitoring Panels.
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1: Special Session: Lectio Magistralis.
2: The Manmade Contribution to Ongoing Global Warming Is Not a Planetary Emergency*.
3: Overcoming the Planetary Emergencies Is Possible Because Science, Technology and Culture Are Founded on Liberty, Right and Truth.
4: Opening Session.
5: Why Science Is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium.
6: Cyber Resilience: The Essence of Cyber Peace.
7: Recent Developments in Terrorism.
8: Message from Senator Dr. Antonio D'Ali.
9: Mitigation of Terrorist Acts.
10: Dose Thresholds for Evacuation Following Explosion of an Improvised Nuclear Device or Radiological Dispersal Device.
11: Gap Analysis of EU Counterterrorism Research Initiatives1.
12: Preventing Nuclear-Explosive Terrorism by Eliminating Fissile Material: A Progress Report.
13: Public Perception of Nuclear Radiation: Its Importance for Nuclear Energy, RDD, Terrorism and Nuclear Disarmament.
14: Climate & Climate Economics.
15: The Importance of Economics in the Framework of Climate Issues.
16: The Role of Science in the Third Millennium.
17: A Simple State-Contingent Pricing Policy for Complex Intertemporal Externalities.
18: ‘Climate Economics’: The Literature and Its Utility.
19: Thoughts on the Social Rate of Discount.
20: Is Co2 Mitigation Cost-Effective?.
21: Global Nuclear Energy Issues.
22: World Outlook for Nuclear Power after Fukushima.
23: Outlook for Nuclear Power in Japan.
24: Overview of Nuclear Power Development in China.
25: Nuclear Power in Europe.
26: Nuclear Power in the Middle East Following Fukushima.
27: Outlook for Nuclear Power in the United States.
28: Attributes of Sustainable Planetary-Scale Nuclear Fission Energy Systems.
29: Economics of Nuclear Power in Liberalized Power Markets1.
30: Energy & Sustainability in Cities.
31: Energy, Cities, and Global Sustainability.
32: Smart Grids for Sustainable Mega Cities and a De
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International Seminar On Planetary Emergencies: 45th Session: The Role Of Science In The Third Millennium

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