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Climate change : global risks, challenges and decisions /
Provides an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, for researchers, professionals and advanced students.
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Richardson, Katherine. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Climate change : |b global risks, challenges and decisions / |c Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Diana Liverman ; and Terry Barker [and others] ; with contributions to chapters by Myles R. Allen [and others]. |
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| 520 | |a Provides an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, for researchers, professionals and advanced students. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Writing team -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Part I Climatic trends -- 1 Identifying, monitoring and predicting change in the climate system -- 1.1 The interaction of many different processes make up the climate system -- 1.2 Identifying changes in the climate system -- 1.3 Other indicators of change in the climate system -- 1.4 Linking cause to effect -- 1.5 Predicting future climate conditions -- 1.6 Learning from prehistoric climate change -- 1.7 Summary and conclusions -- References -- 2 The oceans and the climate system -- 2.1 Modes of variability -- 2.2 Oceans as a sink/source for greenhouse gases -- 2.3 Ocean acidification -- 2.4 The oceans and the hydrological cycle -- 2.5 Tropical storms -- 2.6 Summary and conclusions -- References -- 3 Sea-level rise and ice-sheet dynamics -- 3.1 Observations of sea-level rise -- 3.2 Projections of sea-level rise from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) -- 3.3 Semi-empirical models to predict sea-level rise -- 3.4 Palaeo-observations of sea-level rise -- 3.5 The dynamics of the large polar ice sheets -- 3.6 Impacts of sea-level rise -- 3.7 Summary and conclusions -- References -- 4 Carbon cycle trends and vulnerabilities -- 4.1 Trends in human emissions of carbon dioxide -- 4.2 Trends in natural carbon sinks -- 4.3 Possible new sources of carbon emissions to the atmosphere -- 4.4 Implications of changing sources and sinks of carbon for projections of climate change -- 4.5 Summary and conclusions -- References -- Part II Defining 8216;dangerous climate change -- 5 The impact of climate change on human societies -- 5.1 Agriculture and food security -- 5.2 Access to water resources -- 5.3 Impacts on human health -- 5.4 Physical security (climate-related natural disasters) -- 5.5 Geopolitical relationships -- 5.6 Defining dangerous climate change: Lessons from the past -- 5.7 Defining dangerous climate change: synthesis of impacts analyses -- 5.8 Summary and conclusions -- References -- 6 Impacts of climate change on the biotic fabric of the planet -- 6.1 Observed impacts of climate change on biodiversity -- 6.2 Projected further impacts on biodiversity -- 6.3 Consequences for the provision of ecosystem services -- 6.4 Limits to adaptive capacity -- 6.5 The need for strong mitigation action -- 6.6 Implications for conservation policy -- 6.7 Summary and conclusions -- References -- 7 Tipping elements: jokers in the pack -- 7.1 Tipping elements involving melting of ice -- 7.2 Changes in atmospheric and oceanic circulation -- 7.3 Biome loss -- 7.4 Policy implications towards tipping-point risk management -- 7.5 Prospects for early warning -- 7.6 Response strategies -- 7.7 Recovery prospects -- 7.8 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Linking science and action: targets, timetables and emission budgets -- 8.1 Linking temperature and greenhouse gas concentrations -- 8.2 Linking greenhouse gas concentrations and emissions: targets and timetables -- 8.3 Linking temperature and emissions: the budget approach -- 8.4 Uncertainties in the natural carbon cycle -- 8.5 Land-use change and fossil fuel emissions: A carbon cycle perspective -- 8.6 Summary and conclusions -- References -- Part III Equity issues -- 9 The equity challen. | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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| 700 | 1 | |a Steffen, Will. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Liverman, Diana M. | |
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