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1 THE SCIENCE AND CULTURE SERIES Nuclear Strategy and Peace Technology INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON NUCLEAR WAR AND PLANETARY EMERGENCIES 42nd Session: "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture Erice, Italy, August 2009 Series Editor and Chairman: A. Zichichi Edited by R. Ragaini World Scientific NEW JERSEY LONDON SINGAPORE BEIJING SHANGHAI HONG KONG TAIPEI CHENNAI
2 CONTENTS 1. OPENING SESSION Antonino Zichichi Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium The Motor for Progress Nicholas P. Samios Acceptance Remarks on Receiving the 2009 Gian Carlo Wick Gold Medal Award Honglie Sun Glacial Retreat and Its Impact in Tibetan Plateau Under Global Warming Yuri Antonovitch Izrael Climate Stabilization on the Basis of Geo-Engineering Technologies Herman H. Shugart Modeling Forest Ecosystems, Their Response with Global Climate Change to and Interaction Jan Szyszko Forest Policies, Carbon Sequestration and Biodiversity Protection Henning Wegener and William Barletta Avoiding Disaster: Book Presentation 2. INFORMATION SECURITY FOCUS: CYBER CONFLICTS AND CYBER STABILITY FINDING A PATH TO CYBER PEACE Henning Wegener Cyber Conflict vs. Cyber Stability: Finding a Path to Cyber Peace ix
3 X Hamadoun L Toure Advancing the Global Cybersecurity Agenda and Promoting Cyberstability Globally 87 Mohd NoorAtnin Bridging the Global Gaps in Cyber Security 91 Jody R. Westby Cyber War vs.'cyber Stability 97 John G. Grimes Cyber Conflict vs. Cyber Security: a Finding Path to Peace 105 Rick Wesson Information Security, Ensembles of Experts 109 Jacques Bus Cyber Conflict vs. Cyber Stability: EU and Multi-National Collaboration 115 Jody Westby and William Barletta Erice Declaration on Principles for Cyber Stability and Cyber Peace POLLUTION FOCUS: INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND CHEMICAL INNOVATION John Peterson Myers Fomenting New Opportunities to Protect Human Health 123 John C. Warner Green Chemistry: A Necessary Step to a Sustainable Future 129 Jerrold J. Heindel Health Impact of Environmental Chemicals: Need for Green Chemistry 135 Terry Collins Moving the Chemical Enterprise Toward Sustainability: Key Issues 143
4 xi 4. ENERGY & CLIMATE FOCUS: ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR MODERATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVING ENERGY SECURITY Carl O. Bauer Balancing Perspectives on Energy Supply, Economics, and the Environment 151 Edward S. Rubin The Outlook for Power Plant C02 Capture 157 Wolfgang Eichhammer Making Rapid Transition to an Energy System Centered on Energy Efficiency and Renewables Possible 175 Giorgio Simbolotti Beyond Emerging Low-Carbon Technologies to Face Climate Change? 197 Lee Lane, W, David Montgomery and Anne E. Smith Institutions for Developing New Climate Solutions 205 Michael C. MacCracken Moderating Climate Change by Limiting Emissions of Both Short- and Long-Lived Greenhouse Gases 225 Masao Tamada Current Status of Technology for Collection of Uranium from Seawater 243 Roger W. Bentley An Explanation of Oil Peaking 253 Peter Jackson The Future of Global Oil Supply: Understanding the Building Blocks 271 Rodney F. Nelson The Importance of Technology The Constant Wild Card 283
5 xii Maw-Kuen Wu Recent Scientific Development in Taiwan in Response to Global Climate Change CLIMATE FOCUS: GLOBAL WARMING AND GREENHOUSE GASES Mikhail J. Antonovsky Exponential Analysis in the Problem of the Assessment of the Contribution of Greenhouse Gases in Global Warming ENERGY, CLIMATE, POLLUTION AND LIMITS OF DEVELOPMENT FOCUS: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES IN CHINA FOR MEETING THE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY PREDICAMENT IN A GREENHOUSE CONSTRAINED SOCIETY Mark D. Levine Myths and Realities about Energy and Energy-Related C02 Emissions in China 329 Zhang Xiliang Technologies and Policies for the Transition to Low Carbon Energy System in China 335 Mingyuan Li Assessment of C02 Storage Potential in Oil/Gas-Bearing Reservoirs in Songliao Basin of China 357 Yuan Daoxian Carbon Cycle in Karst Processes 369 Jie Zhuang and Gui-Rui Yu Bioenergy in China: A Grand Challenge for Economic and Environmental Sustainability 387 Jun Xia Screening for Climate Change Adaptation: Water Problem, Impact and Challenges in China 397
6 xiii 7. CLIMATE & DATA FOCUS: SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE UNCERTAINTIES ADDRESSED BY SATELLITES John A. Haynes NASA Satellite Observations for Climate Research and Applications for Public Health 407 Judit M. Pap Climate Insights from Monitoring Solar Energy Output CLIMATE & CLOUDS FOCUS: SENSITIVITY OF CLIMATE TO ADDITIONAL C02 AS INDICATED BY WATER CYCLE FEEDBACK ISSUES William Kininmonth A Natural Limit to Anthropogenic Global Warming 431 Richard S. Lindzen and Yong-Sang Choi On the Observational Determination of Climate Sensitivity and Its Implications 445 Garth W. Paltridge Two Basic Problems of Simulating Climate Feedbacks CLIMATE WITHOUT COMPUTER SIMULATION FOCUS: MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, AND CLIMATE Kyle L. Swanson What is the Climate Change Signal? 471 Christopher Essex A Key Open Question of Climate Forecasting CLIMATE AND HEALTH FOCUS: WINDBLOWN DUST Mark B. Lyles Medical Geology: Dust Exposure and Potential Health Risks in the Middle East 497
7 xiv Dale Griffin Climate Change and Climate Systems Influence and Control the Atmospheric Dispersion of Desert Dust: Implications for Human Health SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: WMD PROLIFERATION ENERGY OF THE FUTURE- MATHEMATICS & DEMOCRACY Gregory Canavan Remote Detection with Particle Beams 511 Lowell Wood Exploring the Italian Navigator's New World: Toward Economic, Full-Scale, Low-Carbon, Conveniently-Available, Proliferation- Robust, Renewable Energy Resources 523 K. C. Sivaramakrishnan The Mathematics of Democracy in South Asia WFS GENERAL MEETING PMP REPORTS DEBATE AND CONCLUSIONS Lord John Alderdice Permanent Monitoring Panel on Motivations for Terrorism 551 Franco M. Buonaguro AIDS and Infectious Diseases PMP 555 Nathalie Charpak Mother and Child PMP 559 Christopher D. Ellis Permanent Monitoring Panel on Limits of Development 573 Lome Everett Pollution Permanent Monitoring Panel: Annual Report 579
8 XV Charles McCombie Multinational Repositories: Recent Developments and 2010 Session and Workshop Proposals 583 William Fulkerson, Carmen Difiglio, Bruce Stram and Mark Levire Energy PMP Report 589 Sally Leivesley Report of the Permanent Monitoring Panel for the Mitigation of Terrorist Acts: PMP-MTA 599 William A. Sprigg Permanent Monitoring Panel on Climate Activity Report 605 Henning Wegener and Jody R. Westby Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security Report from the Co-Chairs INFORMATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING World Federation of Scientists: Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security Erice Declaration on Principles for Cyber Stability and Cyber Peace 613 World Federation of Scientists: Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security Top Cyber Security Problems that need Resolution to Address Communications 615 World Federation of Scientists: Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security Quest for Cyber Peace LIMITS OF DEVELOPMENT PANEL MEETING Juan Manuel Borthagaray and Andres Borthagaray About Questions to be Discussed on Occasion of the 2009 Erice Meeting of the PMP Limits of Development: The Situation in Argentina 627
9 xvt Alberto Gonzdlez-Pozo Sustainable Development in Mexico: Facing the Multi-Headed Hydra MITIGATION OF TERRORIST ATTACKS MEETING Richard Wilson Permanent Monitoring Panel Mitigation of Terrorist Acts (MPM-MTA) Workshop Agenda 647 Friedrich Steinhdusler Development of CBRN Event Mitigation 649 Annette L, Sobel One Science for CBRN Mitigation 657 Richard Wilson The Need for a Corps of Radiation Workers for Immediate Assignment 661 Ramamurti Rajaraman India's Response to the Prospect of WMD Terrorism 669 Vasily Krivokhizha Politization in the Process of International Cooperation to Mitigate Nuclear Terrorism: Some Dubious Results 677 Robert V. Duncan Immediate Communications in the CBRN Environment 691 Richard L. Garwin Immediate Evaluation of Radiological and Nuclear Attacks 693 Richard Wilson Establishment of a Scientifically-Informed Rapid Response System ENERGY PANEL MEETING Akira Miyahara Status of ITER Broader Approach Activities 711
10 xvii Akira Miyahara Topics of Energy Research in Japan 713 Hisham Khatib Impact of the Financial Crisis of 2008 on World Energy GREEN CHEMISTRY WORKSHOP Evan S. Beach and Paul T. Anastas Plastics Additives and Green Chemistry 721 Nicolas Oka Plastics, Plasticizers and Consumer Products 729 Bruce Blumberg, Felix Grtin and Severine Kirchner Organotins are Potent Inducers of Vertebrate Adipogenesis: The Case for Obesogens 737 Wim Thielemans Bio-Based Polymers: A Green Chemistry Perspective 747 Karen Peabody 0 'Brien Revolutionary Sciences: Green Chemistry and Environmental Health 757 Frederick S. vom Saal, Julia A. Taylor, Paola Palanza and Stefano Parmigiani The High-Volume Hormonally Active Chemical Bisphenol A: Human Exposure, Health Hazards and Need to Find Alternatives AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES Franco M. Buonaguro 2009 Progress Report of the MCD-2/7 Project and 2010 Research Project, East-Africa AIDS Research Center at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (Uvri), Entebbe, Uganda 775
11 xviii 19. SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS Seminar Participants ETTORE MAJORANA ERICE SCIENCE FOR PEACE PRIZE SCIENTIFIC SESSION Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium Antonio M. Battro The Impact of Digital Technologies Among Children of Developing Countries 797 Richard Wilson The Crucial Role of Science (and Scientists) in Public Affairs: A Suggestion for Coping with Terrorism 799 Christopher Essex When Scientific Technicalities Matter 807 Anastasios Tsonis The Use and Misuse of Science An Example 813 Robert Huber Innovation Cannot Be Planned 817 Henning Wegener Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium 821 Albert Arking Global Warming and the Energy Crisis: How Science Can Solve Both Problems 825 Carmen Difiglio Co-Benefits of Climate Policies: The Role of Science 835 Zenonas Rokus Rudzikas Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium: Historical Experience of a Small Country (Lithuania) 839
12 xix Maw-Kuen Wu Means to Propagate our Ideas in Scientific and Decision-Making Circles 845 Bruno Maraviglia The Human Brain Function Investigated by New Physical Methods 855 Jan Szyszko Quality of Life- How to use Ecological Science for Sustained Development 861 M. J. Tannenbaum Fundamental Science and Improvement of the Quality of Life-Space Quantization to MRI 865 Frank L. Parker Improving the Chances for Peace by Providing Almost Limitless Energy 877 Lord John Alderdice A Science of the Irrational Can Help Protect Science from Irrational Attacks 884
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