Research Catalog

Title

Climate change science and policy / [edited by] Stephen H. Schneider ... [et al.].

Publication

Washington [DC] : Island Press, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Schneider, Stephen Henry

Description

xx, 522 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.

Subjects

• Climatic changes > Government policy
• Environmental policy > International cooperation
• Greenhouse gases > Environmental aspects
• Science and state

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / John P. Holdren -- Impacts of Climate Change -- Ch. 1. Climate Change Science Overview / Michael D. Mastrandrea and Stephen H. Schneider -- Ch. 2. Detection and Attribution / Ben D. Santer and Tom M. L. Wigley -- Ch. 3. Wild Species and Extinction / Terry L. Root and Elizabeth S. Goldsmith -- Ch. 4. Ecosystems / Rik Leemans -- Ch. 5. Marine Ecosystems / Carol Turley -- Ch. 6. Water / Peter H. Gleick -- Ch. 7. Hurricanes / Judith A. Curry and Peter J. Webster -- Ch. 8. Wildfires / Anthony L. Westerling -- Ch. 9. Tropical Forests of Amazonia / Philip M. Fearnside -- Ch. 10. Global Crop Production and Food Security / David B. Lobell -- Ch. 11. Human Health / Kristie L. Ebi -- Ch. 12. Unique and Valued Places / W. Neil Adger, Jon Barnett and Heidi Ellemor -- Policy Analysis -- Ch. 13. Assessing Economic Impacts / Stephane Hallegatte and Philippe Ambrosi -- Ch. 14. Integrated Assessment Modeling / Hans-Martin Fussel and Michael D. Mastrandrea -- Ch. 15. Risk, Uncertainty, and Assessing Dangerous Climate Change / Stephen H. Schneider and Michael D. Mastrandrea -- Ch. 16. Risk Perceptions and Behavior / Anthony Leiserowitz -- Ch. 17. What Is the Economic Cost of Climate Change? / Michael Hanemann -- Ch. 18. Cost-Efficiency and Political Feasibility / Christian Azar -- Ch. 19. Carbon Taxes, Trading, and Offsets / Danny Cullenward -- Ch. 20. The Cost of Reducing CO[subscript 2] Emissions / Christian Azar -- International Considerations -- Ch. 21. International Treaties / M. J. Mace -- Ch. 22. EU Climate Policy / Tom R. Burns and Mikael Roman -- Ch. 23. Population / Frederick A. B. Meyerson -- Ch. 24. Inequities and Imbalances / Ambuj Sagar and Paul Baer -- Ch. 25. Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities / Paul Baer and Ambuj Sagar -- Ch. 26. Developing Country Perspectives / Jayant Sathaye -- Ch. 27. CDM and Mitigation in Developing Countries / David Wolfowitz -- Ch. 28. Measuring the Clean Development Mechanism's Performance and Potential / Michael Wara -- Ch. 29. Understanding the Climate Challenge in China / Joanna I. Lewis, Jeffrey Logan and Michael B. Cummings -- Ch. 30. Climate Change and the New China / Paul G. Harris -- Ch. 31. India / Ashok Gadgil and Sharachchandra Lele -- Ch. 32. Australia / Chris Hotham -- United States -- Ch. 33. National Policy / Armin Rosencranz Russell Conklin -- Ch. 34. Policy in California / Jason Mark and Amy Lynd Luers -- Ch. 35. California's Battle for Clean Cars / Fran Pavley -- Ch. 36. U.S. State Climate Action / Joshua Bushinsky -- Ch. 37. Policies to Stimulate Corporate Action / Eileen Claussen, Vicki Arroyo and Truman Semans -- Ch. 38. Corporate Initiatives / Paul Dickinson, James P. Hawley and Andrew T. Williams -- Ch. 39. Carbonundrums: The Role of the Media / Maxwell T. Boykoff -- Ch. 40. Newspaper and Television Coverage / Aaron M. McCright and Rachael L. Shwom -- Ch. 41. Media and Public Education / Dale Willman -- Mitigation Options to Reduce Carbon Emissions -- Ch. 42. The Road Forward / Robert T. Watson and Andre R. Aquino -- Ch. 43. Energy Efficiency / Audrey B. Chang, Arthur H. Rosenfeld and Patrick K. McAuliffe -- Ch. 44. Renewable Energy / Daniel M. Kammen -- Ch. 45. Designing Energy Supply Chains Based on Hydrogen / Whitney G. Collella -- Ch. 46. Nuclear Energy / Burton Richter -- Ch. 47. Tropical Forests / Philip M. Fearnside -- Ch. 48. Engineering the Planet / David W. Keith.

ISBN

• 9781597265669 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1597265667 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9781597265676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1597265675 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2009017103
• 40017509566

OCLC

• ocn319601779
• 319601779
• SCSB-5506569

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries