The Complete Guide to Climate Change - Hardcover

Dawson, Brian; Spannagle, Matt

 
9780415477895: The Complete Guide to Climate Change
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415477891 ISBN 13: 9780415477895
Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

For anyone trying to separate the fact from the fiction, The Complete Guide to Climate Change is an indispensable resource. Taking you through the A to Z of the key scientific, geographical and socio-political issues involved in the study of the environment and the implications of mankind’s effect upon it, topics covered include:

  • environmental Science – the Carbon Cycle and the "Greenhouse Gases"
  • the impacts of climate change on life, land and sea
  • mitigation strategies from carbon capture to carbon taxes
  • the Kyoto Protocol and UNFCC
  • renewable fuel sources, from wind to solar power.

Including guides to the latest scientific and governmental thinking on climate change, this book will tell you all you need to know about perhaps the biggest issue facing mankind today.

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About the Author

Brian Dawson is Climate Change and Energy Adviser for the Australian International Development Assistance Agency.

Matt Spannagle is Technical Manager of the MDG Carbon Facility of the United Nations Development Programme.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415477891
ISBN 13 
9780415477895
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
436

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