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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969633703321

Autore

Lever-Tracy Constance

Titolo

Confronting climate change / / onstance Lever-Tracy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-81984-3

0-415-57623-7

1-283-10428-8

9786613104281

0-203-83008-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Collana

Shortcuts : little books on big issues

Disciplina

363.738/74

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Social aspects

Global warming - Political aspects

Climatic changes - Forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. What do we know? -- pt. 2. What can we do? -- pt. 3. Who can do it?.

Sommario/riassunto

What are the manifest and likely future consequences of climate change? How will the world respond to the challenges of climate change in the twenty-first century? How should people think about confronting the politics of climate change?In this highly accessible introduction to the predicted global impacts of climate change, Constance Lever-Tracy provides an authoritative guide to one of the most controversial issues facing the future of our planet. Discussing how the social and natural sciences must work together more effectively in confronting climate change, Lever-Tracy provides a