LEADER 03811nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910964770703321 005 20251117080248.0 010 $a0-7735-8130-8 010 $a0-7735-8129-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773581296 035 $a(CKB)2670000000148848 035 $a(EBL)3281308 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000736759 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11499346 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736759 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10789643 035 $a(PQKB)10127612 035 $a(CEL)435889 035 $a(OCoLC)767671115 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00230046 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332317 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10577901 035 $a(OCoLC)923236687 035 $a(DE-B1597)655150 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773581296 035 $a(Perlego)3551119 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332317 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000148848 100 $a20120716d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aClimate change in the 21st century /$fStewart J. Cohen with Melissa W. Waddell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (408 p.) 311 08$a0-7735-3327-3 311 08$a0-7735-3326-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe many dimensions of climate change in the twenty-first century -- The history of climate change research from the 1820's -- The atmospheric science aspects of climate change -- Impact and adaptation assessment frameworks -- Ecosystem processes and climate change -- The economic aspects of climate change -- The social aspects of climate change impacts -- Mitigation responses to climate change: overview of the process -- Mitigation responses to climate change: trading and investment mechanisms -- Integrated assessments of climate change -- Context: climate change and other global environmental problems. 330 $aPublic and media interest in the climate change issue has increased exponentially in recent years. Climate change, or "global warming," is a complex problem with far-reaching social and economic impacts. Climate Change in the 21st Century brings together all the major aspects of global warming to give a state of the art description of our collective understanding of this phenomenon and what can be done to counteract it on both the local and global scale. Stewart Cohen and Melissa Waddell explain and clarify the different ways of approaching the study of climate change and the fundamental ideas behind them. From a history of climate change research to current attempts to mitigate its impact such as the Kyoto Protocol and carbon trading, they explore key ideas from many fields of study, outlining the environmental and human dimensions of global warming. Climate Change in the 21st Century goes beyond climate modeling to investigate interdisciplinary attempts to measure and forecast the complex impacts of future climate change on communities, how we assess their vulnerability, and how we plan to adapt our society. The book explores the impact of climate change on different ecosystems as well as what the social and economic understanding of this phenomenon can tell us; it also links discussions of climate change with the global discourse of sustainable development. 606 $aClimatic changes 606 $aGlobal warming 615 0$aClimatic changes. 615 0$aGlobal warming. 676 $a304.2/5 700 $aCohen$b Stewart J$01810574 701 $aWaddell$b Melissa W$01810575 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964770703321 996 $aClimate change in the 21st century$94361963 997 $aUNINA