Simplifying Climate Change
(Based on the findings of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
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Year:2009 Size:15.87 x 23.49 cm ; 140 pages (Soft bound) Language:English ISBN: 9788179932360 Cover price:Rs 295.00 / US $42.00 Special price:Rs 266.00 / US $38.00
Description
Simplifying Climate Change aims to simplify the scientific details outlined in the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report and thereby produce a document that can be understood by the general reader. It presents a review of the focus laid under each of the Working Group reports on the science; impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and mitigation issues in a reader-friendly manner.
Target Audience
The book is a useful resource for all those who are concerned with the environmental and social consequences of changes in the climate—students; researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners in the field of natural sciences, social science, hazard management, economics, and public health; and stakeholders in the corporate sector.
About the book
Contents
• Understanding the science of climate change
• Impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability
• Mitigation of climate change
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