Sarah Burch, Sara E. Harris

Understanding Climate Change

Science, Policy, and Practice, Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The second edition of Understanding Climate Change provides readers with a concise, accessible, and holistic picture of the climate change problem, including both the scientific and human dimensions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 189mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9781487522797
• ISBN-10: 1487522797
• Artikelnr.: 59078271

Autorenporträt

Sarah L. Burch is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Sustainability Governance and Innovation in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo. She is a Lead Author in the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Climate Change in the Public Sphere
2. Basic System Dynamics
3. Climate Controls: Energy from the Sun
4. Climate Controls: Earth’s Reflectivity
5. Climate Controls: The Greenhouse Effect
6. Climate Change Mitigation: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and
Transforming the Energy System
7. Climate Models
8. Future Climate: Emissions, Climatic Shifts, and What to Do about Them
9. Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Systems
10. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Human Systems
11. Climate Change Policy and Governance
12. Understanding Climate Change: Pathways Forward