Climate Change : Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions / Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Diana...
Climate Change : Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions / Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Diana...
Climate Change : Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions / Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Diana Liverman ; and, Terry Barker [and ten others] ; with contributions to chapters by Myles R. Allen [and many others].
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011.
Date
2011, ©2011.
Call Numbers
G 2013/7782
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxi, 501 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I. Climatic trends: 1. Identifying, monitoring and predicting change in the climate system; 2. The oceans and the climate system; 3. Sea-level rise and ice-sheet dynamics; 4. Carbon cycle trends and vulnerabilities -- Part II. Defining 'dangerous climate change': 5. The impact of climate change...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2011, ©2011.
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Summary
"Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, this book ranges from the basic science documenting the need for policy action to the technologies, economic instruments and political strategies that can be employed in response to climate change. Ethical and cultural issues constraining the societal response...
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Full title
Climate Change : Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions / Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Diana Liverman ; and, Terry Barker [and ten others] ; with contributions to chapters by Myles R. Allen [and many others].
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N363.73874/200.
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G 2013/7782
Record Identifier
74Vvq3KkARWX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvq3KkARWX
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ISBN
0521198364
9780521198363
DDC
363.73874
MMS ID
991006206849702626
