Dealing with Climate Change

Dealing with Climate Change: Setting a Global Ggenda for Mitigation and Adaptation

Contents Foreword Nitin Desai1 The scientific assessment of climate change new findings R K Pachauri 2 Carbon Budget Proposal Jiahua Pan and Ying Chen 3 Challenges in climate change adaptation Jessica Ayers and Saleemul Huq 4 Research and Development priorities for addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation Thomas J Wilbanks 5 Climate change a problem or an opportunity Bjorn Stigson 6 The last decade convergence of environmental and financial markets a practitioners View Richard L Sandor7 The global climate change regime a time for consolidation or fundamental reform Farhana Yamin and Joanna Depledge8 Climate change debate the story from India Prodipto Ghosh 9 Emission reduction targets a Pandoras Box in climate negotiations Leena Srivastava and Neha Pahuja Climate change is the most important existential threat that humanity faces at the moment There is an urgent need for a framework for international cooperation research and development technology finance market mechanisms as well as consensus on the role of business in addressing the issue This book presents authoritative contributions from international experts laying out the issues the options and the prospects of mitigation and adaptation Key Features Contributions from leading experts in the field Articles well researched and analytical Authoritative and up to date data Scientific data supported by graphs figures and tables Offers a global and historical perspective on the issue of climate change 300 pp. Artikel-Nr. 84283

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