Climate change: the science, impacts and solutions
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Previous ed.: 2005 |
| Beschreibung: | XVII, 350 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 27cm |
| ISBN: | 9781844076482 9781844077861 |
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| adam_text | Titel: Climate change
Autor: Pittock, A. Barrie
Jahr: 2009
CONTENTS
Foreword jx
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction xiii
1 Climate change matters 1
Turning up the heat 2
Why is the present rapid warming happening? 7
The importance of delayed climate responses 10
Observed impacts 12
Trends in human vulnerability 15
Projections of future climate change 16
Facing the challenge 17
Conclusion 18
Endnotes 19
2 Learning from the past 23
Proxy data: clues from the past 24
The record of the ice ages 26
The causes of past climate change 27
Variations in the Earth s orbit 28
Role of greenhouse gases in amplifying climate changes 29
Variations in solar output 30
Volcanoes, cosmic collisions and aerosols 31
Rapid climate changes in the past 32
The last 10000 years 35
Conclusions from the past record 37
Endnotes 39
3 Projecting the future 43
The need for, and nature of, foresight 43
Predictions, scenarios and projections 44
iv CLIMATE CHANGE: THE SCIENCE, IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS
The emissions scenarios used by the IPCC 45
Projections of socio-economic futures 49
Forecasting the weather 51
Why climate projections are different 52
How good are climate models? 53
The state of climate projections 56
Endnotes 57
4 Uncertainty is inevitable, but risk is certain 59
Despite uncertainties, decisions have to be made 59
Uncertainty in climate change projections 60
From polarisation to probability and risk 63
Estimating risk 67
Uncertainty and the role of sceptics 69
Application of the precautionary principle 73
Endnotes 74
5 What climate changes are likely? 77
Projected climate changes 78
Surface warming 80
Regional warmings 82
Precipitation and evaporation 82
Extreme events 84
Sea-level rise 87
Thresholds and abrupt or irreversible changes 93
Scenarios in a nutshell 97
Endnotes 99
6 Impacts: why be concerned? 107
Climate change impacts - reasons for concern 109
Thresholds and abrupt changes 110
Risks to unique and threatened systems 111
Risks from extreme climate events 115
Distribution of impacts 118
Aggregate impacts 121
CONTENTS v
Waking the sleeping giants 122
Effects of a breakdown in the ocean circulation 122
Rapid sea-level rise from melting ice sheets 124
Runaway carbon dynamics 125
Security implications 126
Stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations 126
Growing reasons for concern 128
Endnotes 129
7 Adaptation: living with climate change 133
Adaptation concepts and strategies 133
Costs and benefits of adaptation 136
Implementation 137
Effects of different rates of climatic change 140
Equity issues in adaptation 141
Enhancing adaptive capacity 144
Endnotes 145
8 Mitigation: limiting climate change 149
Why mitigation is necessary 149
Targets: how much mitigation is needed? 150
Where we are now 157
How difficult is mitigation? 159
The looming peak in oil production 165
Mitigation options 167
Increased energy efficiency 167
Changes in infrastructure and behaviour 170
Fuel substitution 172
Nuclear power 174
Hydropower 176
Solar energy 177
Wind power 180
Biomass energy 182
Tidal and wave energy 186
vi CLIMATE CHANGE: THE SCIENCE, IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS
Geothermal power 187
The hydrogen economy 188
Carbon capture and sequestration 190
Land-based carbon sinks 194
Geoengineering possibilities 197
Technological innovation: attitude is vital 201
The road to effective mitigation 202
Endnotes 206
9 Climate change in context 223
Surface air pollution and climate change 225
Stratospheric ozone depletion 225
Land-use change, biodiversity, agriculture and forestry 226
Land degradation and desertification 227
Freshwater supply 227
Population growth 229
Synergies and trade-offs 231
Integration, sustainable development and equity 232
Postscript: connections between economic and climate crises 234
Endnotes 236
10 The politics of greenhouse 239
Is the science credible? 239
What about the uncertainty? 241
How realistic are the scenarios? 242
Choosing global and local emissions targets 243
How urgently do we need to act? 246
How much will reducing emissions cost? 247
Meeting targets most efficiently 249
International equity: what is fair? 254
The importance of equity within countries 260
Equity between generations 261
The role of governments and NGOs 262
What role should business take? 264
CONTENTS vii
The role of state and local governments 268
So what are the politics of greenhouse? 270
Endnotes 271
11 International concern and national interests 277
A brief history 277
The Kyoto Protocol 280
National interests and climate change 282
African nations 283
Australia and New Zealand 284
China 289
European Union 291
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh 293
Latin America 295
The Russian Federation 296
Small Island States 298
United States of America 300
The common interest in global solutions 306
Endnotes 307
12 Accepting the challenge 317
Looking beyond the Kyoto Protocol 321
Addressing the key issues 324
Endnotes 326
Glossary (with acronyms) 329
Index 337
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