The no-nonsense guide to climate change / Dinyar Godrej.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godrej, Dinyar, 1965-

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

No-nonsense guides (New Internationalist Publications)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

143 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : New Internationalist Publications ; London : Verso, [2001]

Summary:

Heatwaves, hurricanes, droughts, floods -- recent years have seen an increase in 'record-breaking' instances of extreme weather. Caught up in this whirlwind of extremes it's no wonder that speculation about more deep-rooted climatic change is a constant of today's news.

There's a palpable anxiety that it can no longer be explained away as natural variation and human fingerprints are being detected all over the crisis. With billion-dollar natural catastrophes occurring with alarming regularity, the insurance giants are getting jittery.

The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change sifts scientific theory from scientific fact and presents the impacts on health, farming and wildlife, along with an analysis of political negotiations on the issue and potential solutions to it.

Contents:

1 Overview of climate change 12

2 The role of ozone 37

3 Impacts: human health 44

4 Impacts: farming and food production 55

5 Impacts: wildlife and forests 70

6 The politics of climate change 85

7 Lasting solutions for a global crisis 119.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1859843352

OCLC:

47041230