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Climate change science and policy / [edited by] Stephen H. Schneider ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library QC981.8.C5 C55 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Government policy.
- Climatic changes.
- Greenhouse gases--Environmental aspects.
- Greenhouse gases.
- Environmental policy--International cooperation.
- Environmental policy.
- Science and state.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 522 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington [DC] : Island Press, [2010]
- Summary:
- New scientific assessments indicate that important aspects of climate change are even more severe than the U.N intergovernmental panel on climate change projected in 2007. climate change science and policy represents the most current and comprehensive reference resource on the subject availble today. It features forty-nine individual chapters by some of the world's leading climate scientists,impacts specialists, policy analysts, and though leaders. Its five sections address climate change in many dimensions:climate theory and modeling:ecological impacts;policy analysis; international considerations; united states considerations; and mitigation options to reduce carbon emissions.
- Contents:
- Impacts of Climate Change
- Chapter 1 Climate Change Science Overview / Michael D. Mastrandrea, Stephen H. Schneider 11
- Chapter 2 Detection and Attribution / Ben D. Santer, Tom M. L. Wigley 28
- Chapter 3 Wild Species and Extinction / Terry L. Root, Elizabeth S. Goldsmith 44
- Chapter 4 Ecosystems / Rik Leemans 56
- Chapter 5 Marine Ecosystems / Carol Turley 66
- Chapter 6 Water / Peter H. Gleick 74
- Chapter 7 Hurricanes / Judith A. Curry, Peter J. Webster 82
- Chapter 8 Wildfires / Anthony L. Westerling 92
- Chapter 9 Tropical Forests of Amazonia / Philip M. Fearnside 104
- Chapter 10 Global Crop Production and Food Security / David B. Lobell 113
- Chapter 11 Human Health / Kristie L. Ebi 124
- Chapter 12 Unique and Valued Places / W. Neil Adger, Jon Bamett, Heidi Ellemor 131
- Policy Analysis
- Chapter 13 Assessing Economic Impacts / Stp̌hane Hallegatte, Philippe Ambrosi 141
- Chapter 14 Integrated Assessment Modeling / Hans-Martin Füssel, Michael D. Mastrandrea 150
- Chapter 15 Risk, Uncertainty, and Assessing Dangerous Climate Change / Stephen H. Schneider, Michael D. Mastrandrea 162
- Chapter 16 Risk Perceptions and Behavior / Anthony Leiserowitz 175
- Chapter 17 What Is the Economic Cost of Climate Change? / Michael Hanemann 185
- Chapter 18 Cost-Efficiency and Political Feasibility / Christian Azar 194
- Chapter 19 Carbon Taxes, Trading, and Offsets / Danny Cullenward 204
- Chapter 20 The Cost of Reducing CO2 Emissions / Christian Azar 211
- International Considerations
- Chapter 21 International Treaties / M. J. Mace 221
- Chapter 22 EU Climate Policy / Tom R. Burns in collaboration with Mikael Roman 235
- Chapter 23 Population / Frederick A. B. Meyerson 241
- Chapter 24 Inequities and Imbalances / Ambuj Sagar, Paul Baer 251
- Chapter 25 Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities / Paul Baer, Ambuj Sagar 262
- Chapter 26 Developing Country Perspectives / Jayant Sathaye 270
- Chapter 27 CDM and Mitigation in Developing Countries / David Wolfowitz 277
- Chapter 28 Measuring the Clean Development Mechanism's Performance and Potential / Michael Wara 287
- Chapter 29 Understanding the Climate Challenge in China / Joanna I. Lewis, Jeffrey Logan, Michael B. Cummings 296
- Chapter 30 Climate Change and the New China / Paul G. Harris 317
- Chapter 31 India / Ashok Gadgil, Sharachchandra Lľ̌ 323
- Chapter 32 Australia / Chris Hotham 332
- United States
- Chapter 33 National Policy / Armin Rosencranz, Russell Conklin 343
- Chapter 34 Policy in California / Jason Mark, Amy Lynd Luers 356
- Chapter 35 California's Battle for Clean Cars / Fran Pavley 364
- Chapter 36 US. State Climate Action / Joshua Bushinsky 371
- Chapter 37 Policies to Stimulate Corporate Action / Eileen Claussen, Vicki Arroyo, Truman Semans 377
- Chapter 38 Corporate Initiatives / Paul Dickinson, James P. Hawley, Andrew T. Williams 389
- Chapter 39 Carbonundrums: The Role of the Media / Maxwell T. Boykoff 397
- Chapter 40 Newspaper and Television Coverage / Aaron M. McCright, Rachael L. Shwom 405
- Chapter 41 Media and Public Education / Dale Willman 414
- Mitigation Options to Reduce Carbon Emissions
- Chapter 42 The Road Forward / Robert T. Watson, Andre R. Aquino 423
- Chapter 43 Energy Efficiency / Audrey B. Chang, Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Patrick K. McAuliffe 433
- Chapter 44 Renewable Energy / Daniel M. Kammen 446
- Chapter 45 Designing Energy Supply Chains Based on Hydrogen / Whitney G. Colella 456
- Chapter 46 Nuclear Energy / Burton Richter 467
- Chapter 47 Coal Capture and Storage / David Hawkins 476
- Chapter 48 Tropical Forests / Philip M. Feamside 484
- Chapter 49 Engineering the Planet / David W. Keith 494.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781597265669
- 1597265667
- 9781597265676
- 1597265675
- OCLC:
- 319601779
- Publisher Number:
- 99936668592
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