Climate change science and policy / Stephen H. Schneider ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schneider, Stephen H.

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:

1 online resource (545 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

This is the most comprehensive and current reference resource on climate change available today. It features forty-nine individual chapters by some of the world's leading climate scientists. Its five sections address climate change in five dimensions: ecological impacts, policy analysis, international considerations, United States considerations, and mitigation options to reduce carbon emissions. In many ways, this volume supersedes the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Many important developments too recent to be treated in the 2007 IPCC documents are covered here. Overall, Climate Change Science and Policy paints a direr picture of the effects of climate change than do the IPCC reports. It reveals that climate change has progressed faster than the IPCC reports anticipated and that the outlook for the future is bleaker than the IPCC reported.

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of figures""; ""List of tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Impacts of Climate Change""; ""Chapter 1: Climate Change Science Overview""; ""Chapter 2: Detection and Attribution""; ""Chapter 3: Wild Species and Extinction""; ""Chapter 4: Ecosystems""; ""Chapter 5: Marine Ecosystems""; ""Chapter 6: Water""; ""Chapter 7: Hurricanes""; ""Chapter 8: Wildfires""; ""Chapter 9: Tropical Forests of Amazonia""; ""Chapter 10: Global Crop Production and Food Security""; ""Chapter 11: Human Health""

""Chapter 12: Unique and Valued Places""""Policy Analysis ""; ""Chapter 13: Assessing Economic Impacts""; ""Chapter 14: Integrated Assessment Modeling""; ""Chapter 15: Risk, Uncertainty, and Assessing Dangerous Climate Change""; ""Chapter 16: Risk Perceptions and Behavior""; ""Chapter 17: What Is the Economic Cost of Climate Change?""; ""Chapter 18: Cost-Efficiency and Political Feasibility""; ""Chapter 19: Carbon Taxes, Trading, and Offsets""; ""Chapter 20: The Cost of Reducing CO2 Emissions""; ""International Considerations ""; ""Chapter 21: International Treaties""

""Chapter 22: EU Climate Policy""""Chapter 23: Population""; ""Chapter 24: Inequities and Imbalances""; ""Chapter 25: Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities""; ""Chapter 26: Developing Country Perspectives""; ""Chapter 27: CDM and Mitigation in Developing Countries""; ""Chapter 28: Measuring the Clean Development Mechanism�s Performanceand Potential""; ""Chapter 29: Understanding the Climate Challenge in China""; ""Chapter 30: Climate Change and the New China""; ""Chapter 31: India""; ""Chapter 32 Australia""; ""United States ""; ""Chapter 33: National Policy""

""Chapter 34: Policy in California""""Chapter 35: California�s Battle for Clean Cars""; ""Chapter 36: U.S. State Climate Action""; ""Chapter 37: Policies to Stimulate Corporate Action""; ""Chapter 38: Corporate Initiatives""; ""Chapter 39: Carbonundrums: The Role of the Media""; ""Chapter 40: Newspaper and Television Coverage""; ""Chapter 41: Media and Public Education""; ""Mitigation Options to Reduce Carbon Emissions ""; ""Chapter 42: The Road Forward""; ""Chapter 43: Energy Efficiency""; ""Chapter 44: Renewable Energy""; ""Chapter 45: Designing Energy Supply Chains Based on Hydrogen""

""Chapter 46: Nuclear Energy""""Chapter 47: Coal Capture and Storage""; ""Chapter 48: Tropical Forests""; ""Chapter 49: Engineering the Planet""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""About the Authors""

Notes:

Two columns to the page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61091-127-X

OCLC:

923188110