West-Northwest Volume 15, Number 1
West-Northwest
Issues
Winter 2009
Volume 15, Number 1
Table of Contents
1 The Human Dimension of Global Climate Change
by Edward Cameron
15 Climate Justice and the China Fallacy
by Daniel A. Farber
21 Sediment Streaked Icebergs Floating in Jökulsárlón, Iceland
Photograph by Robyn Carliss
23 After the Denial
by Tom Athanasiou
37 Phantom Ship, Crater Lake
Photograph by Fred Jay
39 Carbon Into Gold: Forest Carbon Offsets, Climate Change Adaptation, and International Law
by David Takacs
89 Icebergs Calved From Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier Jökulsárlón, Iceland
Photograph by Robyn Carliss
91 Carbon Intensity Standards: A Distraction and a Danger to Real Action on Climate Change
by Andrew Greene
131 A Day in Rancho del Oso Park
Photograph by Angel Muzzin
133 Evaluating the Private Sector Perspective on the Financial Risks of Climate Change
by Richenda Connell, Alan Miller and Vladimir Stenek
149 Hummingbird
Photograph by Fred Jay
151 Climate Change and Weather-related Disasters: What Role for Insurance, Reinsurance and Financial Sectors?
by Alberto Monti
173 Na Pali Coast, Kauai
Photograph by Angel Muzzin
175 Resilience as Emergent Behavior
by Peter Hayes
181 Sparks Lake, Cascades Mountains, Central Oregon
Photograph by Fred Jay
183 Preparing for Climate Change in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
by Lara Whitely Binder