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61. Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(2006-12-26)
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Ok..
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Insightful, Easy-to-Read Exploration into Global Warming
Kolbert: Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Cheaper than the school bookstore. |
62. Planning for Climate Change: Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners | |
Hardcover: 288
Pages
(2009-09)
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63. Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics: A Global Perspective on Mid-Holocene Transitions | |
Hardcover: 602
Pages
(2007-10-26)
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64. Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | |
Paperback: 862
Pages
(2008-03-01)
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The Definitive Resource on Climate Change |
65. Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy (American and Comparative Environmental Policy) | |
Paperback: 352
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(2010-05-28)
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Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy (MIT Press) |
66. The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations by Brian Fagan | |
Paperback: 304
Pages
(2009-03-03)
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A Basic Introduction to the History of the "Medieval Warming Period"
The best for last
A Big Ozone of Hole of Evidence
Duh, not about current climate change, but great book
ignore the weather at your peril |
67. Climate Change (Writing the Critical Essay) by Lauri S. Friedman | |
Hardcover: 128
Pages
(2009-04-17)
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68. Planet Ice: A Climate for Change by James Martin | |
Hardcover: 175
Pages
(2009-10-30)
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Editorial Review Product Description Planet Ice documents the beauty and the power of ice and its unique role in revealing the changing condition of the planet. Glaciers and ice fields are critical to the health of our world--and we are making them disappear. Pairing the striking glacier photography of James Martin with essays by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, polar bear expert Ian Stirling, ice scientist Richard Alley, glaciologist Gino Casassa, and noted writers Gretel Ehrlich, Nick Jans, and Broughton Coburn, Planet Ice examines the characteristics of polar, mountain, and tropical ice. It also explores human concepts of ice and wilderness; the lives of penguins, polar bears, and other fauna that depend on ice; the far-reaching effects of climate change; and our responsibilities as stewards of the natural world. Yet this is not just a book of science. Together, these authors illuminate the profound connection between ice--a substance that is at once mutable and forceful--and the wellbeing of our global community. *Photographer has spent 15 years documenting ice all over the world Customer Reviews (1)
Planet Ice: A stunning worldwide survey of ice on the planet and its relation to climate change |
69. Energy and Climate Change: Creating a Sustainable Future by David Coley | |
Paperback: 672
Pages
(2008-06-30)
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Editorial Review Product Description Energy and Climate Change: Creating a Sustainable Future provides an up-to-date introduction to the subject examining the relationship between energy and our global environment. The book covers the fundamentals of the subject, discussing what energy is, why it is important, as well as the detrimental effect on the environment following our use of energy. Energy is placed at the front of a discussion of geo-systems, living systems, technological development and the global environment, enabling the reader to develop a deeper understanding of magnitudes. Learning is re-enforced, and the relevance of the topic broadened, through the use of several conceptual veins running through the book. One of these is an attempt to demonstrate how systems are related to each other through energy and energy flows. Examples being wind-power, and bio-mass which are really solar power via another route; how the energy used to evaporate sea water must be related to the potential for hydropower; and where a volcano’s energy really comes from. With fermi-like problems and student exercises incorporated throughout every chapter, this text provides the perfect companion to the growing number of students taking an interest in the subject. |
70. Making Climate Forecasts Matter by Panel on the Human Dimensions of Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Variability, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council | |
Hardcover: 192
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(1999-05-28)
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71. Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific (Earthscan Climate) by John Campbell, Jon Barnett | |
Hardcover: 234
Pages
(2010-04)
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72. Seasonal Forecasts, Climatic Change and Human Health: Health and Climate (Advances in Global Change Research) by Madeleine C. Thomson | |
Hardcover: 234
Pages
(2008-04-28)
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Editorial Review Product Description Awareness that many key aspects of public health are strongly influenced by climate is growing dramatically, driven by new research and experience and fears of climate change and the research needed to underpin policy developments in area is growing rapidly. This awareness has yet to translate into a practical use of climate knowledge by health policy-makers. Evidence based policy and practice is the mantra of the health sector. If climate scientists are to contribute effectively to health policy at local and global scales then careful empirical studies must be undertaken focused on the needs of the public health policy and decision-makers. Results presented at the Wengen conference make clear that the science and art of integrating climate knowledge into the control of climate sensitive diseases on a year to year time frame as well as careful assessments of the potential impacts of climate change on health outcomes over longer time frames is advancing rapidly on many fronts. This includes advances in the empirical understanding of mechanisms, methodologies for modeling future impacts, new partnership developments between the health and climate community along with access to relevant data resources, and education and training. In a rapidly evolving field this book provides a snapshot of these emerging themes. |
73. Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities by Peter Fox-Penner | |
Paperback: 344
Pages
(2010-04-05)
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Editorial Review Product Description A new national policy on climate change is under debate in the United States and is likely to result in a cap on greenhouse gas emissions for utilities. This and other developments will prompt utilities to undergo the largest changes in their history. Smart Power examines the many facets of this unprecedented transformation. This enlightening book begins with a look back on the deregulatory efforts of the 1990s and their gradual replacement by concerns over climate change, promoting new technologies, and developing stable prices and supplies. In thorough but non-technical terms it explains the revolutionary changes that the Smart Grid is bringing to utility operations. It also examines the options for low-carbon emissions along with the real-world challenges the industry and its regulators must face as the industry retools and finances its new sources and systems. Throughout the book, Peter Fox-Penner provides insights into the policy choices and regulatory reform needed to face these challenges. He not only weighs the costs and benefits of every option, but presents interviews with informed experts, including economists, utility CEOs, and engineers. He gives a brief history of the development of the current utility business model and examines possible new business models that are focused on energy efficiency. Smart Power explains every aspect of the coming energy revolution for utilities in lively prose that will captivate even the most techno-phobic readers. Customer Reviews (3)
Smartest book about the smart grid
An excellent overview
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74. Global Warming and the American Economy: A Regional Assessment of Climate Change Impacts (New Horizons in Environmental Economics) | |
Hardcover: 209
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(2001-12-30)
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75. The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet by Heidi Cullen | |
Hardcover: 352
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(2010-08-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Droughts. Floods. Let's assume we do nothing about climate change. Imagine that we just continue to emit carbon at our current levels or even exceed those levels. How would our weather change? What would our forecast be? Welcome to The Weather of the Future. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Heidi Cullen, one of the world's foremost climatologists and environmental journalists, puts a vivid face on climate change, offering a new way of seeing this phenomenon not just as an event set to happen in the distant future but as something happening right now in our own backyards. Arguing that we must connect the weather of today with the climate change of tomorrow, Cullen combines the latest research from scientists on the ground with state-of-the-art climate-model projections to create climate-change scenarios for seven of the most at-risk locations around the world. From the Central Valley of California, where coming droughts will jeopardize the entire state's water supply, to Greenland, where warmer temperatures will give access to mineral wealth buried beneath ice sheets for millennia, Cullen illustrates how, if left unabated, climate change will transform every corner of the world by midcentury. What emerges is a mosaic of changing weather patterns that collectively spell out the range of risks posed by global warming—whether it's New York City, whose infrastructure is extremely vulnerable to even a relatively weak category 3 hurricane, or Bangladesh, a country so low-lying that millions of people could become climate refugees due to rising sea levels. Provocative and convincing, The Weather of the Future makes climate change local, showing how no two regions of the country or the world will be affected in quite the same way, and demonstrating that melting ice is just the beginning. Customer Reviews (9)
A solid overview of the possible impacts of global warming
A striking, dramatic survey key to any general or science lending library
Very disappointing
The sky is falling!
The Weather of the Future (Harper) |
76. Climate Change and Forests: Emerging Policy and Market Opportunities | |
Paperback: 366
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(2010-03-01)
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An absolute must for any environmental discussion and for community and college library environmental collections |
77. International Business and Global Climate Change by Ans Kolk, Jonatan Pinkse | |
Hardcover: 216
Pages
(2009-01-02)
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Editorial Review Product Description Climate change has become an important topic on the business agenda with strong pressure being placed on companies to respond and contribute to finding solutions to this urgent problem. This text provides a comprehensive analysis of international business responses to global climate change and climate change policy. Embedded in relevant management literature, this book gives a concise treatment of developments in policy and business activity on global, regional and national levels, using examples and systematic data from a large number of international companies. The first part outlines the international climate policy landscape and voluntary initiatives taken by companies, both alone and together with others. The second part examines companies’ strategies, covering innovation for climate change, as well as compensation via emissions trading and carbon offsetting. Written by well-known experts in the field, International Business and Global Climate Change illustrates how an environmental topic becomes strategically important in a mainstream sense, affecting corporate decision-making, business processes, products, reputation, advertising, communication, accounting and finance. This is a must-read for academics as well as practitioners concerned with this issue. |
78. Weird Weather: Everything You Didn't Want to Know About Climate Change But Probably Should Find Out by Kate Evans | |
Paperback: 96
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(2007-07-28)
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A terrific book on the impact of global warming |
79. The Social and Behavioural Aspects of Climate Change: Linking Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation by Pim Martens, Chiung Chang | |
Hardcover: 352
Pages
(2010-09-14)
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Editorial Review Product Description Over the past few years, and certainly since the publication of the "Stern Report", there has been increasing recognition that climate change is a not only an environmental crisis, but one with important social and economic dimensions. There is now a growing need for multi-disciplinary research and for the science of climate change to be usefully translated for policy-makers. Until very recently, scientific and policy emphasis on climate change has focused almost exclusively on mitigation efforts: mechanisms and regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The success of such efforts to date is debatable. In fact, the impact of ever more stringent emission control programmes could potentially have enormous social consequences. Little effort has been expended on the exploration of a systematic evaluation of climate stabilisation benefits or the costs of adapting to a changed climate, let alone attempting to integrate different approaches. There is an increasing recognition that the key actors in the climate crisis also need to be preparing for change that is unavoidable. This has resulted in a greater consideration of vulnerability and adaptation. The book, based on a four-year research project funded by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) under the programme "Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation" (VAM), presents a cluster of case studies of industries, communities and institutions which each show how vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation analyses can be integrated using social behavioural sciences. Each chapter makes specific recommendations for the studied industry sector, community or institution, analyses the latest research developments of the field and identifies priorities for future research. The book argues that the inherent complexity of climate change will ultimately require a much more integrated response both scientifically - to better understand multiple causes and impacts - as well as at the scientific/policy interface, where new forms of engagement between scientists, policy-makers and wider stakeholder groups can make a valuable contribution to more informed climate policy and practice. The book is particularly timely as the scientific research and policy debate is shifting from one of problem-framing to new agendas that are much more concerned with implementation, the improvement of assessment methodologies from a multi-disciplinary perspective, and the reframing of current scientific understanding towards mitigation, adaptation and vulnerability. A critical element in responding to the climate change challenge will be to ensure the translation of these new scientific insights into innovative policy and practice 'on the ground'. This book provides some fundamental elements to answer this need. "The Social and Behavioural Aspects of Climate Change: Linking Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation" will be essential reading for social science researchers and policy managers in the area of climate change, as well as for those who want to know what the social and behavioural sciences can contribute toward coping with climate hazards. NGOs, law firms and businesses in the energy sector or other climate related fields will also find the book of great value. |
80. Global Climate Change: The Science, Economics, and Politics (New Horizons in Environmental Economics) | |
Hardcover: 288
Pages
(2003-04)
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Editorial Review Product Description This volume is written for policymakers and informed citizenry who want to understand at a general level the complexities of global climate change without becoming enmeshed in technical minutia. The introduction emphasizes the core fact that climate change issues cut across disciplines. William Schlesinger and Gerald North explain the carbon cycle and how increased greenhouse gases impact temperature. The economics papers deal with the applicability of benefit/cost analysis and then proceed to examine the benefits of avoiding temperature change versus the costs of the various CO2 abatement options. Finally, David Victor, a Stanford political scientist, asks which policies are feasible in a world where the incentives differ dramatically among countries. The book closes with open letters to the President of the United States. Policymakers along with academics, students and any reader interested in a broad look at the important issues in the global climate change story will find this book indispensable. Customer Reviews (1)
Good Economic Analysis of Global Climate Change |
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