17742. GLOBAL WARMING: EVIDENCE AND EFFECTS. This paper provides an overview and analysis of global warming. The paper begins with an overview of the global warming debate, outlining the major controversies over whether or not global warming is actually occurring as well as the debate about the role of human activities in causing global warming. International coordination on global warming research and policy-making is briefly profiled, including a discussion of the recent (18 November to 9 December 2005) United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal. The observed climate changes are placed in historical perspective. The evidence on global warming, and humans’ role in global warming is considered. Special attention is devoted to an examination of the predicted consequences of global warming for human health and food security. The concluding section summarizes the findings and argues that human-caused global warming is a real and present danger. KEYWORDS: global warming greenhouse effect 2005 unfcc cop 11 montreal kyoto protocol human health infectious disease severe weather events food supply climate change agriculture crops. Written 2006. 17 pages, 146 footnotes, 52 bibliographic sources. 5,261 words.