Global Warming & Climate Change

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473364236Author Auke Jacominus SchadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 514Imprint Nemonik-Thinking.OrgPublisher Nemonik-Thinking.OrgWeight(grams) 590g

The planet is in crisis. Time is short, but it is still possible to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions before disaster overtakes us all. Renowned philosopher Robin Attfield explains the moral reasons for urgent action based on current harms, threats to...

This open access book draws together key research from the UK Climate Resilience programme. It focuses on topics central to the programme’s research agenda, including improved characterisation and quantification of climate risks, enhanced understanding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685622053Author Richard WildermannFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Austin Macauley Publishers LLCPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers...

Photographs do not simply speak for themselves. Their meanings are built through interpretive frameworks that shift over time. Today, photographs of receding glaciers are one of the most well recognized visualizations of human-caused climate change...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorOsseily Hanna was born in London in 1978. He studied chemistry at King's College London, followed by a master's degree in computer science at the University of...

The interplay between land use and climate change is a crucial aspect of sustainable development, especially in Nepal. This book delves into the intricate connections between land-use and climate change in Nepal, shedding light on significant challenges...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788179935903Author Narayan SinghFormat HardbackPage Count 254Imprint The Energy and Resources Institute, TERIPublisher The Energy and Resources Institute,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398494268Author Tomasz SzczęsnyFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams) 381g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226829425Author Erica GiesFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams) 494g

Using case studies from Florida and the Caribbean region, this book summarizes the state of coral reef conservation today. The question this book answers is, what is the best way to protect the vulnerable coral reefs, with an ever-worsening climate...

To date, climate adaptation has mostly focused on protecting physical assets from potentially catastrophic climatic changes. While the lack of human vulnerability and equity components in adaptation plans and policies has been critiqued by many, this has...

In Climate Generation: Awakening to Our Children's Future environmentalist Lorna Gold issues a clarion call to take immediate action on climate or risk bequeathing a stark legacy to future generations.Book InformationISBN 9781800970731Author Lorna...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528967082Author Robert BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams) 630g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588347596Author Todd J. BrajeFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books

Ever since Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen coined the term "Anthropocene" to describe our current era-one in which human impact on the environment has pushed Earth into an entirely new geological epoch-arguments for and against the...

Climate change is affecting Indiana's environment, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather, increased...

Climate change affects every person and society, every community and industry. Education at all levels, in all disciplines, and both inside and outside official institutions must now address climate change and its many effects on social and environmental...

Competition for Water Resources: Experiences and Management Approaches in the U.S. and Europe addresses the escalation of global issues regarding water scarcity and the necessary, cost-effective strategies that must be put in place in order to deal with...

Andean Meltdown examines how climate change and its consequences for Peru's glaciers are affecting the country's water supply and impacting Andean society and culture in unprecedented ways. Drawing on forty years of extensive research, relationship...

Climate change affects every person and society, every community and industry. Education at all levels, in all disciplines, and both inside and outside official institutions must now address climate change and its many effects on social and environmental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631179600Author Jackson M GarciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 162g

On 25 June 2013, President Obama announced a national plan to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG), as well as to encourage adaptation to expected climate change. The President affirmed his commitment to his 2009...

Over the next several decades, as human populations grow and developing countries become more affluent, the demand for energy will soar. Parts of the energy sector are preparing to meet this demand by increasing renewable energy production, which is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750311984Author Dr Tristan KershawFormat HardbackPage Count 167Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

Power plants are essential to achieving the standard of living that modern societies demand and the social and economic infrastructure on which they depend. Yet their indispensability has allowed them to evade responsibility for their vast carbon...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922582331Author Paul BabieFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint ATF PressPublisher ATF PressWeight(grams) 330g

Perspectives from worldwide experts on how major cities across the globe are responding to the major environmental threats of our time, including global climate change Over half of the world’s population now lives in cities, and this share is expected...

One morning in Miami Beach, an unexpected guest showed up in a luxury condominium complex's parking garage: an octopus. The image quickly went viral. But the octopus-and the combination of infrastructure quirks and climate impacts that left it...

Environmental change is affecting Indiana's climate, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather, increased...

Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Mitigation and Adaptation focuses on the link between climate change threats and sustainable development goals. This book analyzes the polices of climate change mitigation and adaptation from an economic point...

Getting the Climate Science Facts Right discusses climate change science with reference to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Addressing climate change is the most important public priority of the 21st Century. Unlike many issues,...

In Time is Running Out: Reflections on an Alternative Way of Being, John Reed presents the reader with an honest and uncompromising appraisal of how politics, capitalism, social conditions and climate change are interrelating so as to constitute a...

Controlling deforestation, which is responsible for about one-fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, has become a major tool in the battle against global warming. An important new international initiative - Reduced Emissions from Deforestation...

Comparative Ocean Governance examines the world's attempts to improve ocean governance through place-based management - marine protected areas, ocean zoning, marine spatial planning - and evaluates this growing trend in light of the advent of climate...

The challenge presented by climate change is by its nature, global. The populations of the Mexican Caribbean, the focus of this book, are faced by everyday decisions not unlike those in the urban North. The difference is that for the people of the...

Ministerial administrations are pivotal in the process of defining problems and developing policy solutions due to their technocratic expertise, particularly when this process is applied to climate policy. This innovative book explores how and why...

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Climate...

Climate change has had a significant impact globally, predominantly for those vulnerable to its influence. The first book of its kind, The Climate Resilient Organization assesses the issues that have mounted for decision-makers in the field, while...

Think you've waited too long to do something about climate change? Think again. Am I Too Old to Save the Planet? A Boomer's Guide to Climate Action explains how America's most promising generation allowed climate change to become a planetary emergency -...