ABSTRACT

For anyone trying to separate the fact from the fiction, The Complete Guide to Climate Change is an indispensable resource. Taking you through the A to Z of the key scientific, geographical and socio-political issues involved in the study of the environment and the implications of mankind’s effect upon it, topics covered include:

  • environmental Science – the Carbon Cycle and the "Greenhouse Gases"
  • the impacts of climate change on life, land and sea
  • mitigation strategies from carbon capture to carbon taxes
  • the Kyoto Protocol and UNFCC
  • renewable fuel sources, from wind to solar power.

Including guides to the latest scientific and governmental thinking on climate change, this book will tell you all you need to know about perhaps the biggest issue facing mankind today.

chapter |5 pages

ADAPTATION

chapter |3 pages

AEROSOLS

chapter |5 pages

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SUPPLY IMPACTS

chapter |6 pages

ALBEDO

chapter |7 pages

ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

chapter |8 pages

BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS

chapter |7 pages

BIOFUELS

chapter |11 pages

BIOSEQUESTRATION

chapter |6 pages

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE

chapter |7 pages

CARBON CYCLE

chapter |6 pages

CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)

chapter |1 pages

CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT (CO2e)

chapter |1 pages

CARBON SINKS

chapter |4 pages

CARBON TAX

chapter |10 pages

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM)

chapter |8 pages

CLIMATE CHANGE FEEDBACKS

chapter |7 pages

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

chapter |3 pages

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY

chapter |6 pages

COASTAL ZONE IMPACTS

chapter |7 pages

DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE

chapter |2 pages

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO)

chapter |7 pages

EMISSIONS INTENSITY

chapter |8 pages

EMISSIONS PER CAPITA

chapter |10 pages

EMISSIONS TRADING

chapter |10 pages

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

chapter |6 pages

EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS

chapter |8 pages

FINANCE AND INSURANCE

chapter |9 pages

FOSSIL FUELS

chapter |9 pages

FUTURE EMISSIONS TRENDS

chapter |2 pages

GLOBAL DIMMING

chapter |4 pages

GLOBAL WARMING

chapter |3 pages

GREENHOUSE EFFECT

chapter |5 pages

GREENHOUSE GASES

chapter |7 pages

HEALTH IMPACTS

chapter |5 pages

ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS

chapter |7 pages

Joint Implementation (JI) 236

chapter |13 pages

KYOTO PROTOCOL

chapter |9 pages

LAND CARBON SINKS

chapter |5 pages

MARINE IMPACTS

chapter |7 pages

METHANE (CH4)

chapter |5 pages

METHANE HYDRATES

chapter |3 pages

MILANKOVICH CYCLES

chapter |10 pages

MITIGATION

chapter |4 pages

NITROUS OXIDE (N2O)

chapter |1 pages

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO)

chapter |9 pages

NUCLEAR POWER

chapter |5 pages

Ocean carbon sinks 307

chapter |5 pages

OZONE

chapter |7 pages

POLAR IMPACTS

chapter |4 pages

RADIATIVE FORCING

chapter |8 pages

RENEWABLE ENERGY

chapter |5 pages

SEA LEVEL RISE

chapter |9 pages

SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS

chapter |8 pages

SOLAR POWER

chapter |7 pages

STABILIZATION TARGETS

chapter |6 pages

SYNTHETIC GASES

chapter |5 pages

THERMOHALINE

chapter |7 pages

WATER IMPACTS

chapter |8 pages

WIND POWER