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The science and politics of global climate change : a guide to the debate / Andrew E. Dessler, Edward A. Parson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: ix, 190 p. : ill. ; 24cmISBN:
  • 0521539412
  • 0521831709 (hbk.)
  • 9780521539418 (pbk.)
  • 9780521831703 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.73874 22
Contents:
1 Global climate change : a new type of environmental problem -- 2 Science, politics, and science in politics -- 3 Climate change : present scientific knowledge and uncertainties -- 4 The climate-change policy debate : impacts and potential responses -- 5 The present impasse and steps forward.
Review: Summary: "In this primer, Dessler and Parson combine their expertise in atmospheric science and public policy to help scientists, policy makers, and the public sort through the conflicting claims in the climate-change debate. The authors explain how scientific and policy debates work, summarize present scientific knowledge and uncertainty about climate change, and discuss the available policy options. Along the way, they explain why the debate is so confusing."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-188) and index

1 Global climate change : a new type of environmental problem -- 2 Science, politics, and science in politics -- 3 Climate change : present scientific knowledge and uncertainties -- 4 The climate-change policy debate : impacts and potential responses -- 5 The present impasse and steps forward.

Summary: "In this primer, Dessler and Parson combine their expertise in atmospheric science and public policy to help scientists, policy makers, and the public sort through the conflicting claims in the climate-change debate. The authors explain how scientific and policy debates work, summarize present scientific knowledge and uncertainty about climate change, and discuss the available policy options. Along the way, they explain why the debate is so confusing."--BOOK JACKET.

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