The climate solutions consensus / David E. Blockstein and Leo A.W. Wiegman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blockstein, David E., 1956-

Contributor:

Wiegman, Leo A. W.

National Council for Science and the Environment (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Climatic changes--International cooperation.

Climatic changes.

Carbon dioxide mitigation--International cooperation.

Carbon dioxide mitigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.] : Island Press, c2010.

Summary:

This book is the first major consensus statement on the solutions to climate change by the nation's leading scientists. Drawing on recommendations developed by more than 1,200 experts, it presents some 35 practical, results-oriented approaches for minimizing climate change and its impacts. The Climate Solutions Consensus clearly spells out options for technological, societal, and policy actions. And it deals head-on with controversial topics, including nuclear energy, ocean fertilization, and atmospheric geo-engineering.

Contents:

The dance of the mice and elephants

Three questions every citizen should ask

Human carbon as the smoking gun

Rising carbon, rising oceans

The five horsemen of extinction

The cheapest carbon

No silver bullet, many silver wedges

Energy in the cycle of material life

Multiple intensity disorder

Carbon meets Wall Street

The climate message starts to stick

Think globally, incubate locally

Where the science, policy, and public meet

Scaling up amidst the curse of knowledge

All of the above! : climate solutions in perspective

Actions 1-20 : strategies for stabilization, mitigation, and adaptation

Actions 21-28 : guiding and fostering multidisciplinary research

Actions 29-35 : expanding climate information, education, and communication.

Notes:

"The National Council for Science and the Environment."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61091-128-8

OCLC:

923187793