Priorities for the Human Dimensions of Global Change Research Include

• Impacts of population growth, migration, and social and institutional change on the environment and on international environmental negotiations.

• Processes through which individuals and groups anticipate and adapt to global change.

• Impacts of changing environmental conditions on human health, including increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation and the altered epidemiology of communicable diseases.

• Economic issues, including the impacts of environmental change on international trade and the development of global models for different economic sectors.

• Governmental and legal dimensions of global change, including institutional decision-making processes.

• Economic and social processes related to the development and diffusion of industrial, energy, and environmental technologies.