Climate Change, second edition: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (American and Comparative Environmental Policy) - Softcover

Buch 4 von 12: American and Comparative Environmental Policy
 
9780262525879: Climate Change, second edition: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0262525879 ISBN 13: 9780262525879
Verlag: The MIT Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

An updated and accessible account of what science knows about climate change, incorporating the latest scientific findings and policy initiatives.

Most of us are familiar with the term climate change but few of us understand the science behind it. We don't fully comprehend how climate change will affect us, and for that reason we might not consider it as pressing a concern as, say, housing prices or unemployment. This book explains the scientific knowledge about global climate change clearly and concisely in engaging, nontechnical language, describes how it will affect all of us, and suggests how government, business, and citizens can take action against it.

This completely revised and updated edition incorporates the latest scientific research and policy initiatives on climate change. It describes recent major legislative actions, analyzes alternative regulatory tools including new uses of taxes and markets, offers increased coverage of China and other developing nations, discusses the role of social media in communicating about climate change, and provides updated assessments of the effects of climate change.

The book first explains the basic scientific facts about climate change and its global impact. It discusses the nature of scientific consensus and the strong consensus of mainstream science on climate change. It then explores policy responses and corporate actions in the United States and the rest of the world, discusses how the communication of climate change information by journalists and others can be improved, and addresses issues of environmental justice—how climate change affects the most vulnerable populations and regions. We can better tackle climate change, this book shows us, if we understand it.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Joseph F. C. DiMento is Professor in the School of Law and former Director of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society at the University of California, Irvine. He is coeditor of Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (MIT Press).

Pamela Doughman is an Energy Specialist with the California Energy Commission.

Joseph F. C. DiMento is Professor in the School of Law and former Director of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society at the University of California, Irvine. He is coeditor of Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (MIT Press).

Pamela Doughman is an Energy Specialist with the California Energy Commission.

Joseph F. C. DiMento is Professor in the School of Law and former Director of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society at the University of California, Irvine. He is coeditor of Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (MIT Press).

Pamela Doughman is an Energy Specialist with the California Energy Commission.

Joseph F. C. DiMento is Professor in the School of Law and former Director of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society at the University of California, Irvine. He is coeditor of Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (MIT Press).

Pamela Doughman is an Energy Specialist with the California Energy Commission.

Naomi Oreskes is Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University.

Joseph F. C. DiMento is Professor in the School of Law and former Director of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society at the University of California, Irvine. He is coeditor of Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (MIT Press).

Pamela Doughman is an Energy Specialist with the California Energy Commission.

Richard A. Matthew is Associate Professor of International and Environmental Politics in the Schools of Social Ecology and Social Science at the University of California, Irvine.

Joseph F. C. DiMento is Professor in the School of Law and former Director of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society at the University of California, Irvine. He is coeditor of Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (MIT Press).

Pamela Doughman is an Energy Specialist with the California Energy Commission.

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Verlag
The MIT Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0262525879
ISBN 13 
9780262525879
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
368
Herausgeber
Dimento Joseph F.C., Doughman Pamela
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