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Two degrees : the built environment and our changing climate / Alisdair McGregor, Cole Roberts, and Fiona Cousins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGregor, Alisdair, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climate change mitigation.
- Biodiversity conservation.
- Ecosystem management.
- Coastal zone management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Earth's temperature has been rising. To limit catastrophic outcomes, the international scientific community has set a challenging goal of no more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) average temperature rise. Economists agree we will save trillions of dollars by acting early. But how do we act successfully? And what's the backup plan if we fall short?Setting politics aside, Two Degrees reviews the current science and explains how we can set practical steps to reduce the extent of warming and to adapt to the inevitable changes, all while improving the bo
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Fundamentals
- pt. 2. Mitigation strategies
- pt. 3. Adaptation strategies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-18250-0
- 0-203-08299-0
- 1-283-87157-2
- 1-136-18251-9
- 9780203082997
- OCLC:
- 822025278
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