A Critical Assessment Of The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
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Author | : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2018-06-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309471699 |
Climate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond. By taking steps to adapt to and mitigate climate change, the risks to society and the impacts of continued climate change can be lessened. The National Climate Assessment, coordinated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, is a mandated report intended to inform response decisions. Required to be developed every four years, these reports provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date evaluation of climate change impacts available for the United States, making them a unique and important climate change document. The draft Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) report reviewed here addresses a wide range of topics of high importance to the United States and society more broadly, extending from human health and community well-being, to the built environment, to businesses and economies, to ecosystems and natural resources. This report evaluates the draft NCA4 to determine if it meets the requirements of the federal mandate, whether it provides accurate information grounded in the scientific literature, and whether it effectively communicates climate science, impacts, and responses for general audiences including the public, decision makers, and other stakeholders.
Author | : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II. |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521634557 |
Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Author | : Mike Hulme |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2014-06-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0745685269 |
Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called 'Plan B', a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space, creating a thermostat in the sky. In this book, Mike Hulme argues against this kind of hubristic techno-fix. Drawing upon a distinguished career studying the science, politics and ethics of climate change, he shows why using science to fix the global climate is undesirable, ungovernable and unattainable. Science and technology should instead serve the more pragmatic goals of increasing societal resilience to weather risks, improving regional air quality and driving forward an energy technology transition. Seeking to reset the planet’s thermostat is not the answer.
Author | : Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789291691432 |
Author | : Mike Hulme |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2019-11-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0429821158 |
Contemporary Climate Change Debates is an innovative new textbook which tackles some of the difficult questions raised by climate change. For the complex policy challenges surrounding climate migration, adaptation and resilience, structured debates become effective learning devices for students. This book is organised around 15 important questions, and is split into four parts: What do we need to know? What should we do? On what grounds should we base our actions? Who should be the agents of change? Each debate is addressed by pairs of one or two leading or emerging academics who present opposing viewpoints. Through this format the book is designed to introduce students of climate change to different arguments prompted by these questions, and also provides a unique opportunity for them to engage in critical thinking and debate amongst themselves. Each chapter concludes with suggestions for further reading and with discussion questions for use in student classes. Drawing upon the sciences, social sciences and humanities to debate these ethical, cultural, legal, social, economic, technological and political roadblocks, Contemporary Debates on Climate Change is essential reading for all students of climate change, as well as those studying environmental policy and politics and sustainable development more broadly.
Author | : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group III. |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 724 |
Release | : 2001-07-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521015028 |
IPCC assessment of the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and social aspects of the mitigation of climate change.
Author | : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 755 |
Release | : 2022-04-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781009157971 |
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Author | : Bjorn Lomborg |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2020-07-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1541647483 |
An “essential” (Times UK) and “meticulously researched” (Forbes) book by “the skeptical environmentalist” argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world. Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it's not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. Projections of Earth's imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education. False Alarm will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong -- and points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.
Author | : Mike Hulme |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2009-04-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107268893 |
Climate change is not 'a problem' waiting for 'a solution'. It is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon which is re-shaping the way we think about ourselves, our societies and humanity's place on Earth. Drawing upon twenty-five years of professional work as an international climate change scientist and public commentator, Mike Hulme provides a unique insider's account of the emergence of this phenomenon and the diverse ways in which it is understood. He uses different standpoints from science, economics, faith, psychology, communication, sociology, politics and development to explain why we disagree about climate change. In this way he shows that climate change, far from being simply an 'issue' or a 'threat', can act as a catalyst to revise our perception of our place in the world. Why We Disagree About Climate Change is an important contribution to the ongoing debate over climate change and its likely impact on our lives.
Author | : Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat. Working group 2 |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Climatic changes |
ISBN | : 9789291691418 |