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Global warming and climate change : what Australia knew and buried ... then framed a new reality for the public /
Relevant to both Australian and overseas audiences, here is the untold story of how Australia buried its knowledge on climate change science and response options during the 1990s " going from clarity to confusion and doubt after arguably leading the world in citizen understanding and a politica...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Canberra, ACT, Australia :
Australian National University Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminary pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; The legacy; Foreword: the hidden history of Australia's early response to climate change; 1. History is what we make it; 2. Loading the dice: humans as planetary force; 3. Framing information to influence what we hear; 4. What Australians knew 25 years ago; 5. Australians persuaded to doubt what they knew; 6. Influences on a changed story and the new normal 1990s: values and beliefs; 7. Influences on a changed story and the new normal: media locks in the new narrative.
- 8. Influences on a changed story and the new normal: scientists' beliefs and public scepticism9. In search of certainty and applying uncertainty; 10. Dicing with the climate: how many more throws?; A chronology of some major climate science/policy milestones; List of acronyms; Bibliography.