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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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Titolo: Climate change : what it means for us, our children, and our grandchildren / / edited by Joseph F. C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : MIT Press, , 2014
©2014
Edizione: Second edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (362 p.)
Disciplina: 577.2/2
Soggetto topico: Climatic changes - History
Climatic changes - Social aspects
Communication in science
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.): DiMentoJoseph F. C.
DoughmanPamela
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: "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.
Titolo autorizzato: Climate change  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-262-32230-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464302903321
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Serie: American and comparative environmental policy.