climate change Books and Publications

Climate Change

Following the style and spirit of the IOC Forum series, this book provides the non-specialist with the basic scientific background and information essential for understanding the complex processes that bring about climate change. This book is a valuable aid, facilitating public and private debate - and ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Climate Change 2007 - Mitigation of Climate Change

The Climate Change 2007 volumes of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provide the most comprehensive and balanced assessment of climate change available. This IPCC Working Group III volume is a state-of-the-art assessment of the scientific, ...

By Cambridge University

Climate Change -

This survey of the ancient levels of lakes, rivers and the sea, as well as changes in the compositions of stalagmites and sediments reveals an astonishing correlation of climate changes with the emergence and collapse of civilizations in the Middle East. Each warm period has been characterized by aridization, ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Climate Change Litigation

In the absence of mandatory requirements on companies and governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advocacy groups, public authorities and individuals are turning their attention to legal mechanisms as part of their efforts to compel corporations and governments to address global warming issues. Aimed at lawyers, scientists, policy makers, environmentalists and others with an interest in ...

By Presidian Legal Publications

Chinese Translation of Climate Change Reconsidered

Climate Change Reconsidered, a two-volume report from the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) originally published by The Heartland Institute in 2009 and 2011, was translated into Chinese by a translation ...

By The Heartland Institute

Food and Resilience

43.2 FOOD AND RESILIENCE explores the impacts of climate change on our food systems, with a particular eye on the innovations that will allow us to create a more resilient nutritional ...

By Alternatives Journal

Glaciers and Climate Change

In this text meteorology and the theory of glacier flow are brought together, providing a basic understanding of how glaciers respond to climate change. Attention is given to the microclimate of glaciers and the physical processes that regulate the exchange of energy and mass between glacier surface and ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Europe and Global Climate Change

The core objective of this book is to better understand the role of foreign policy – the crossovers and interactions between domestic and international politics and policies – in efforts to preserve the environment and natural resources. Underlying this objective is the belief that it is not enough to analyze domestic or international political actors, institutions and processes by themselves. We ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science

The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) released a major new report on climate change science produced by an international team of 40 scientists at a press conference on Sept. 17, 2013, at the James ...

By The Heartland Institute

The Atlas of Climate Change

Today's headlines and recent events reflect the gravity of climate change. Heat waves, droughts, and floods are bringing death to vulnerable populations, destroying livelihoods, and driving people from their homes. Rigorous in its science and insightful in its message, this atlas examines the causes of climate ...

By University of California Press

Climate Change and Water Resources

Covering the various aspects of water and climate change, Climate Change and Water Resources presents the principles of climate change science and its effects on earth’s water supply. Utilizing the knowledge and expertise from well-known experts in the field, the text provides a broad outline of ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

The Economics of Climate Change

There is now clear scientific evidence that emissions from economic activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels for energy, are causing changes to the Earth´s climate. A sound understanding of the economics of climate change is needed in order to underpin an effective global response to this ...

By Cambridge University

Water and Climate Change Adaptation

This publication sets out the challenge for freshwater in a changing climate and provides policy guidance on how to navigate this new "waterscape". It examines the range and complexity of possible changes in the water cycle and the challenges of making practical, on-site adaptation decisions for water. It ...

By IWA Publishing

Hurricanes and Climate Change

fluctuation and others suggesting climate change related to anthropogenic increases in forcing from greenhouse ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Climate Change Reconsidered

This 880-page rebuttal of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), three years in the making, was released in June 2009 by The Heartland Institute. Coauthored and edited by S. Fred Singer, ...

By The Heartland Institute

Changing Climate, Changing Economy

How did climate change become an economic issue ? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change ? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates ? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding and how the ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Climate Change Handbook

Climate change legislation is inevitable. Congressmen are lining up in support of an ever increasing number of bills to address growing public concern on climate change. More than half the U.S. states have not waited for Congress to act and have taken their own actions. No U.S. company will be ...

By Environmental Resource Center

Dryland opportunities : a new paradigm for people, ecosystems and development

Drylands cover 41 percent of the earth’s terrestrial surface. The urgency of and international response to climate change have given a new place to drylands in terms both of their vulnerability to predicted climate change impacts and their potential contribution to climate change mitigation. This ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Dictionary of Global Climate Change

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Climate and Trade Policies in a Post-2012 World

Climate change represents more than just an environmental challenge—it is also a challenge to future economic development. Overlaps between climate change and trade policies are inevitable and are already evident. Issues such as promoting trade in climate-friendly technologies and the use of border ...

By Earthprint Ltd