Climate change : turning up the heat / A. Barrie Pittock.
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TextPublication details: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, c2005.Description: xii, 316 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0643069313
- 0643069313
- 1844073009
- 363.73874 22
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| 363.73874 MOO Storm world : hurricanes, politics, and the battle over global warming / | 363.73874 MOR Global warming / | 363.73874 PIT Climate change : the science, impacts and solutions / | 363.73874 PIT Climate change : turning up the heat / | 363.73874 SAU Climate change and Australia : warming to the global challenge | 363.73874 STE The economics of climate change : the Stern review / | 363.73874 SUT Climate code red : the case for emergency action / |
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 297-301.
Webliography: p. 301-308.
Climate change matters -- Learning from the past -- Projecting the future -- Uncertainty is inevitable, but risk is certain -- What climate changes are likely? -- Impacts : why be concerned? -- Adaptation : living with climate change -- Mitigation : limiting climate change ---Climate change in context -- The politics of greenhouse -- International concern and national interests -- Accepting the challenge.
Debates about the reality of climate change and what measures to take are slowing our response. This book explains how our attitudes to risk and uncertainty influence our decision making and how much we stand to lose from rapid climate change. - BOOK COVER.
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