Climate change : IPCC, water crisis, and policy riddles with reference to India and her surroundings /

Notwithstanding denials by climate-skeptics, the global scientific community considers the world environment is rapidly worsening. They argue that failure to adopt measures to reduce CO2 gas emission in the atmosphere could lead to disastrous social-economic, politico-security and environmental cons...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ray, Binayak
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2011.
Temas:
Climatic changes > India.
Climatology.
Fresh water > India.
Water-supply > India.
Environmental policy > India.
Climat > Changements > Inde.
Eau douce > Inde.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Inde.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Inde.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Climatic changes
Climatology
Ecology
Environmental policy
Fresh water
Water-supply
India > Environmental conditions.
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 01. Climate Change and the IPCC
  • Chapter 02. Climate Change and Freshwater
  • Chapter 03. Cold War: Mutual Suspicion and Political Psyche
  • Chapter 04. Critical Policy Concerns
  • Chapter 05. China: A Key Player, an Enigma, or a Pace Setter in the Climate Debate?
  • Chapter 06. Regional Perspectives
  • Chapter 07. Copenhagen: Where to Now?
  • Chapter 08. A Few Concluding Thoughts
  • Bibliography
  • Additional References for Further Reading
  • Index.

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