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Climate change : global risks, challenges and decisions /
"Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, this book ranges from the basic science documenting the need for policy action to the technologies, economic instruments and political strategies that can be employed in response to climate change. Ethical...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of acronyms and abbreviations
- Part I. Climatic Trends: 1. Identifying, monitoring and predicting change in the climate system
- 2. The oceans and the climate system
- 3. Sea level rise and ice sheet dynamics
- 4. Carbon cycle trends and vulnerabilities
- Part II. Defining 'Dangerous Climate Change': 5. The impact of climate change on human societies
- 6. Impacts of climate change on the biotic fabric of the planet
- 7. Tipping elements: jokers in the pack
- 8. Linking science and action: targets, timetables and emission budgets
- Part III. Equity Issues: 9. The equity challenge and climate policy: responsibilities, vulnerabilities and inequality in the response to climate change
- 10. A long-term perspective on climate change: values and ethics
- Part IV. Mitigation and Adaptation Approaches: 11. Low-carbon energy technologies as mitigation approaches
- 12. Economic approaches and instruments
- 13. Geopolitics and governance
- 14. Adapting to the unavoidable
- Part V. Meeting the Challenge: 15. Integrating adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development
- 16. Mobilising the population
- 17. The human-Earth relationship: past, present and future
- Index.