Andrew E. Dessler, Edward A. Parson

The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a concise, thorough overview of the science, technology, economics, policy, and politics of climate change in a single volume. Ideal for undergraduate/graduate courses in environmental policy and climate change. Explains interactions between science and politics that make climate change a contentious and potentially confusing topic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781316631324
• ISBN-10: 131663132X
• Artikelnr.: 56713020

Autorenporträt

Andrew E. Dessler is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and holder of the Reta A. Haynes Chair in Geosciences at Texas A & M University. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University in 1994 and performed postdoctoral work at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1994-96). In 2000, he worked as a Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he collaborated with Edward A. Parson. Dessler's academic publications include two other books, including the award-winning textbook Introduction to Modern Climate Change (Cambridge, 2nd edition, 2015). He has also published extensively in the scientific literature on stratospheric ozone depletion and the physics of climate.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Global climate change: a new type of environmental problem; 2. Science, politics, and science in politics. 3. Human-induced climate change: present scientific knowledge and uncertainties; 4. Climate change policy: impacts, assessments, and responses; 5. Climate policy and politics in 2019, and a path forward.

Rezensionen

'This updated edition of a highly acclaimed book on the complex issues of climate change, societal implications, rational policy options and political challenges, is skillfully written for readers of all backgrounds. The presentation strikes the right balance by giving enough technical detail to explain the scientific evidence while candidly describing the remaining uncertainties and addressing the objections of the climate skeptics and deniers. I highly recommend it as a graduate and undergraduate textbook and as a book that should be high on everyone's reading list, including policy makers - the issues are that important.' Neal Lane, Rice University; former science advisor to President Clinton; former director of the U.S. National Science Foundation