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UNINA9910464302903321 |
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Titolo |
Climate change : what it means for us, our children, and our grandchildren / / edited by Joseph F. C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : MIT Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (362 p.) |
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Collana |
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American and Comparative Environmental Policy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Climatic changes - History |
Climatic changes - Social aspects |
Communication in science |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Making Climate Change Understandable; 2 A Primer on Global Climate-Change Science; 3 Climate-Change Effects, Adaptation, and Mitigation; 4 The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How Do We Know We're Not Wrong?; 5 Climate Change: How the World Is Responding; 6 Climate Change as News: Challenges in Communicating Environmental Science; 7 Climate Change and Human Security; 8 Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren; Glossary; Contributors; Index; Series List |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"This revised and updated collection of essays on climate change incorporates the latest scientific research and policy initiatives on the subject. It describes recent major legislative actions, analyzes alternative regulatory tools (including new uses of taxes and markets), offers increased coverage of China and other developing nations, discusses the role of social media in communicating about climate change, and provides updated assessments of the effects of climate change."--Provided by publisher. |
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