Bill Fletcher retired as a Senior Vice President at Rockwell International Corporation responsible for corporate R&D and business planning. Most of his career involved business planning and international operations for large companies. He served as an officer and engineer in the navy working on the design and operation of nuclear powered ships, and was an engineer involved with the design and construction of commercial nuclear power plants. Later, he focused on industrial development and automation. His international experience includes an assignment in Saudi Arabia planning the large Jubail industrial development project on the Persian Gulf, with additional expatriate assignments in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Canada.Craig Smith retired as a President and Chairman, DMJM H+N, a subsidiary of AECOM Technology Corporation, an international engineering and construction management firm. He began as an Assistant Professor of Engineering at UCLA, where he was also the Assistant Director of the Nuclear Energy Laboratory. After UCLA, he cofounded ANCO Engineers, Inc., an engineering consulting firm in Los Angeles, later joining AECOM as the Vice President of Daniel Mann, Johnson, and Mendenhall (DMJM). He subsequently became the senior vice president, executive vice president, and COO. In 1999, he became the President of Holmes and Narver, Inc. He has been broadly involved in the field of energy and power, responsible for design and construction management, tests, and research on most types of electrical generating facilities.

• 1. Introduction2. Dealing with global warmingPart one3. The earth as a system4. Fundamental drivers of global warming5. Evidence of a warming planet6. How do we know greenhouse gases are the issue?7. What are the effects of global warming?8. International efforts to address global warmingPart two9. What it takes to stop global warming10. Energy alternatives11. Why is global warming such a difficult problem to solve?12. Some successes and failuresPart three13. Action plan: efficiency, power, transportation, and land use14. Can it be done?15. The way forwardPart four: appendicesAfterwordFurther readingUseful reportsUseful websitesAppendices

Bill Fletcher retired as a Senior Vice President at Rockwell International Corporation responsible for corporate R&D and business planning. Most of his career involved business planning and international operations for large companies. He served as an officer and engineer in the navy working on the design and operation of nuclear powered ships, and was an engineer involved with the design and construction of commercial nuclear power plants. Later, he focused on industrial development and automation. His international experience includes an assignment in Saudi Arabia planning the large Jubail industrial development project on the Persian Gulf, with additional expatriate assignments in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Canada.Craig Smith retired as a President and Chairman, DMJM H+N, a subsidiary of AECOM Technology Corporation, an international engineering and construction management firm. He began as an Assistant Professor of Engineering at UCLA, where he was also the Assistant Director of the Nuclear Energy Laboratory. After UCLA, he cofounded ANCO Engineers, Inc., an engineering consulting firm in Los Angeles, later joining AECOM as the Vice President of Daniel Mann, Johnson, and Mendenhall (DMJM). He subsequently became the senior vice president, executive vice president, and COO. In 1999, he became the President of Holmes and Narver, Inc. He has been broadly involved in the field of energy and power, responsible for design and construction management, tests, and research on most types of electrical generating facilities.

• 1. Introduction2. Dealing with global warmingPart one3. The earth as a system4. Fundamental drivers of global warming5. Evidence of a warming planet6. How do we know greenhouse gases are the issue?7. What are the effects of global warming?8. International efforts to address global warmingPart two9. What it takes to stop global warming10. Energy alternatives11. Why is global warming such a difficult problem to solve?12. Some successes and failuresPart three13. Action plan: efficiency, power, transportation, and land use14. Can it be done?15. The way forwardPart four: appendicesAfterwordFurther readingUseful reportsUseful websitesAppendices

Bill Fletcher retired as a Senior Vice President at Rockwell International Corporation responsible for corporate R&D and business planning. Most of his career involved business planning and international operations for large companies. He served as an officer and engineer in the navy working on the design and operation of nuclear powered ships, and was an engineer involved with the design and construction of commercial nuclear power plants. Later, he focused on industrial development and automation. His international experience includes an assignment in Saudi Arabia planning the large Jubail industrial development project on the Persian Gulf, with additional expatriate assignments in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Canada.Craig Smith retired as a President and Chairman, DMJM H+N, a subsidiary of AECOM Technology Corporation, an international engineering and construction management firm. He began as an Assistant Professor of Engineering at UCLA, where he was also the Assistant Director of the Nuclear Energy Laboratory. After UCLA, he cofounded ANCO Engineers, Inc., an engineering consulting firm in Los Angeles, later joining AECOM as the Vice President of Daniel Mann, Johnson, and Mendenhall (DMJM). He subsequently became the senior vice president, executive vice president, and COO. In 1999, he became the President of Holmes and Narver, Inc. He has been broadly involved in the field of energy and power, responsible for design and construction management, tests, and research on most types of electrical generating facilities.

• 1. Introduction2. Dealing with global warmingPart one3. The earth as a system4. Fundamental drivers of global warming5. Evidence of a warming planet6. How do we know greenhouse gases are the issue?7. What are the effects of global warming?8. International efforts to address global warmingPart two9. What it takes to stop global warming10. Energy alternatives11. Why is global warming such a difficult problem to solve?12. Some successes and failuresPart three13. Action plan: efficiency, power, transportation, and land use14. Can it be done?15. The way forwardPart four: appendicesAfterwordFurther readingUseful reportsUseful websitesAppendices