Two degrees : the built environment and our changing climate / / Alisdair McGregor, Cole Roberts, and Fiona Cousins
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McGregor Alisdair
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| Titolo: |
Two degrees : the built environment and our changing climate / / Alisdair McGregor, Cole Roberts, and Fiona Cousins
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.738/74 |
| Soggetto topico: | Climate change mitigation |
| Biodiversity conservation | |
| Ecosystem management | |
| Coastal zone management | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
CousinsFiona
RobertsCole (Stephen Cole)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Fundamentals -- pt. 2. Mitigation strategies -- pt. 3. Adaptation strategies. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Earth's temperature has been rising. To limit catastrophic outcomes, the international scientific community has set a challenging goal of no more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) average temperature rise. Economists agree we will save trillions of dollars by acting early. But how do we act successfully? And what's the backup plan if we fall short?Setting politics aside, Two Degrees reviews the current science and explains how we can set practical steps to reduce the extent of warming and to adapt to the inevitable changes, all while improving the bo |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Two degrees |
| ISBN: | 0-203-08299-0 |
| 1-283-87157-2 | |
| 1-136-18251-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452890803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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