Global Warming & Climate Change

Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science. They are wrong on the science, but may be right with respect to its political implications. A hotter world, writes Andrew...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843199632Author Julian CaldecottFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Bladud BooksPublisher Mushroom Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506482057Author Elizabeth WeinbergFormat HardbackPage Count 201Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

We have a decade or less to radically slow global warming before we risk hitting irreversible tipping points that will lock in catastrophic climate change. The good news is that we know how to slow global warming enough to avert disaster. Cut Super...

An urgent call for climate justice from Teen Vogue, one of this generation's leading voices, using an intersectional lens - with critical feminist, indigenous, antiracist and internationalist perspectives. As the political classes watch our world burn, a...

The COVID-19 pandemic gives an opportunity to relaunch global economic systems with a better balance between the social and environmental dimensions. There is a need for a scientifically-based step towards a strong Green Deal: a Climate Pact for the EU. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770416093Author Arno KopeckyFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

An extraordinary look into doubt, denial, and distrustAs wildfires rip across the western United States and sea levels rise along coastal cities from Louisiana to Alaska, some people nevertheless reject the mainstream scientific consensus on...

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This book presents a systematic framework for risk assessment and predictions of extreme climate impacts using big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and intelligent monitoring technologies. Central to this effort is the concept of a smart water...

‘I love this book… each of the 39 case studies is inspiring and provides the reader with optimism for our future.’ ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, SCHWARZENEGGER CLIMATE INITIATIVEIn 39 Ways to Save the Planet, Tom Heap reveals some of the real-world solutions to...

The conceptualization and execution of Repowering Cities are terrific, and provides readers with a deep understanding of why, how, and to what effect cities have mobilized to mitigate the effects of climate change. Michael J. Rich, Emory University,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682753422Author Jerry AppsFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Fulcrum PublishingPublisher Fulcrum PublishingWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Today, extraordinary wealth seems to arrive from nowhere. The trick of conjuring this unearned wealth is, in fact, the key to understanding capital­ism's origins and a clue to why the catastrophe of climate collapse is upon us: value is created by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143477334Author Chetan Singh SolankiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House, IndiaWeight(grams) 232g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262052740Author Hannah RitchieFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 488g

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Australia's ambitions for global climate policy leadership have been seriously undermined in recent years, its reputation reduced by political inertia, policy blind spots and diplomatic isolation. At the same time, Pacific Island nations have gained...

A breathtaking and epic exploration of the Arctic, blending nature, travel and science writing. 'A book to treasure' - The Sunday Times'Magnificent and moving' - Steve Brusatte'Full of wonder and wildlife ' - Annie Worsley author of Windswept'There can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960882066Author Cassie Premo SteeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Anxiety/Outcast PressPublisher Anxiety/Outcast PressWeight(grams)...

The Clean Development Mechanism CDM, a framework created by the Kyoto Protocol, was an attempt to link the carbon market and sustainable development objectives in developing countries. Consequently, sequestered carbon is now a globally traded commodity...

This book provides a clear, accessible, and concise overview of climate change and its wide-ranging effects on our planet and society. This informative treatise outlines the scientific basis of climate change, explores its causes—both natural and...

This book provides a clear, accessible, and concise overview of climate change and its wide-ranging effects on our planet and society. This informative treatise outlines the scientific basis of climate change, explores its causes—both natural and...

This Element examines China's embrace of green development on the global stage, or 'Chinese global environmentalism.' It traces Chinese global environmentalism's historical evolution and motivations and analyzes its deployment through the governance...

This Element examines China's embrace of green development on the global stage, or 'Chinese global environmentalism.' It traces Chinese global environmentalism's historical evolution and motivations and analyzes its deployment through the governance...

In the lead up to what is bound to be another disappointing global climate conference in Brazil this November, in 'Climate Collapse? Calls to Action from Around the World', diverse global authors have come together to share their perspectives and...

Since 2009, international climate activism has focused on stopping coalmining in solidarity with local and Indigenous struggles that are resisting coalmining. Based on ethnographic and historic research in Australia and India, this book compares the...

What if we don't need 'miracle technologies' to solve the climate problem? What if the technologies we need are already available? And what if we can use those existing technologies to ensure reliable electricity, heat supplies, and energy security? In a...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798992171716Author Mary Fran ReedFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Choice by Mary Fran LLCPublisher Choice by Mary Fran LLCWeight(grams) 294g

‘To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth, you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert’ ROLLING STONE‘An essential voice’ HELEN MACDONALDUrgent and inspiring lessons from the frontlines of the climate catastrophe – by one of our most important and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798337348285Author Eduard BabulakFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Engineering Science ReferencePublisher IGI Global

This book highlights the obstacles to and potential for a just transformation as a way out of the current climate crisis.This volume examines the barriers, opportunities and incentives around the pursuit of climate-just behavior, based on a comprehensive...

Jeremy Webb draws on multiple disciplines to piece together the climate change puzzle, identifying what it would take to limit climate change and its impacts.The book starts with a summary of the climate change problem and develops a Climate Change,...

Academic discussion of climate‑related human mobility has understandably focused on the places where people are especially vulnerable to climate‑related harm: the Global South. Yet, the unique biophysical, legal and socio‑political characteristics of the...

This interdisciplinary book explores how CO2 can become a resource instead of a waste and, as such, be a tool to meet one of the grandest challenges humanity is facing: climate change.Drawing on a Norwegian narrative that has significance for a global...

There are many books on global warming written entirely from a layman's perspective, and there is a great deal of scientific literature on this subject. But few if any books attempt to bridge the science to those who lack a rigorous background in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541702899Author Michael E MannFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairsWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 165mm *...