Author : Thomas G. Weiss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1025 pages
File Size : 29,14 MB
Release : 2008-11-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199560102
This major new handbook provides the definitive and comprehensive analysis of the UN and will be an essential point of reference for all those working on or in the organization.
Author : William R. Cline
Publisher : Peterson Institute
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 47,75 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
This study examines the costs and benefits of an aggressive program of global action to limit the greenhouse effect. Cline summarizes the issues from the standpoint of an economist and estimates the damages of long-term warming.
Author : United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,33 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9789292190316
This handbook provides an overview of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as of August 2006. It focuses on the institutional framework of the Convention and the actions taken by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.
Author : Dave Reay
Publisher : CABI
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 1845931904
In this first comprehensive handbook of the earth's sinks for greenhouse gases, leading researchers from around the world provide an expert synthesis of current understanding and uncertainties. It will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners in conservation, ecology and environmental studies.
Author : Daniel Bodansky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 26,36 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199664293
A perfect introduction to climate change law, this textbook offers students and scholars an overview of the international law governing this fundamental issue. It demonstrates how to interpret the language used in the applicable instruments and conventions, and sets climate change law in its broader international legal context.
Author : U.S. Global Change Research Program
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 2009-08-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521144078
Summarizes the science of climate change and impacts on the United States, for the public and policymakers.
Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 945 pages
File Size : 32,41 MB
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309043867
Global warming continues to gain importance on the international agenda and calls for action are heightening. Yet, there is still controversy over what must be done and what is needed to proceed. Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming describes the information necessary to make decisions about global warming resulting from atmospheric releases of radiatively active trace gases. The conclusions and recommendations include some unexpected results. The distinguished authoring committee provides specific advice for U.S. policy and addresses the need for an international response to potential greenhouse warming. It offers a realistic view of gaps in the scientific understanding of greenhouse warming and how much effort and expense might be required to produce definitive answers. The book presents methods for assessing options to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, offset emissions, and assist humans and unmanaged systems of plants and animals to adjust to the consequences of global warming.
Author : James Gustave Speth
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 30,26 MB
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0262542986
A devastating, play-by-play account of the federal government's leading role in bringing about today's climate crisis. In 2015, a group of twenty-one young people sued the federal government for violating their constitutional rights by promoting the climate catastrophe, depriving them of life, liberty, and property without due process of law. They Knew offers evidence for their claims, presenting a devastating, play-by-play account of the federal government's role in bringing about today's climate crisis. James Speth, tapped by the plaintiffs as an expert on climate, documents how administrations from Carter to Trump--despite having information about climate change and the connection to fossil fuels--continued aggressive support of a fossil fuel based energy system. What did the federal government know and when did it know it? Speth asks, echoing another famous cover up. What did the federal government do and what did it not do? They Knew (an updated version of the Expert Report Speth prepared for the lawsuit) presents the most compelling indictment yet of the government's role in the climate crisis, showing a forty-year failure to take action. Since Juliana v. United States was filed, the federal government has repeatedly delayed the case. Yet even in legal limbo, it has helped inspire a generation of youthful climate activists. An Our Children’s Trust Book
Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 39,83 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521634557
Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Author : Joshua P. Howe
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,93 MB
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0295741406
This collection pulls together key documents from the scientific and political history of climate change, including congressional testimony, scientific papers, newspaper editorials, court cases, and international declarations. Far more than just a compendium of source materials, the book uses these documents as a way to think about history, while at the same time using history as a way to approach the politics of climate change from a new perspective. Making Climate Change History provides the necessary background to give readers the opportunity to pose critical questions and create plausible answers to help them understand climate change in its historical context; it also illustrates the relevance of history to building effective strategies for dealing with the climatic challenges of the future.
