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Climate Change in Africaby Camilla Toulmin
Zed Books 2009; US$ 22.95Climate change is a major challenge for us all, but for African countries it represents a particular threat. This book outlines current thinking and evidence and the impact such change will have on Africa's development prospects. more...
Assessing Climate Changeby Donald Rapp
Springer 2008; US$ 179.00Despite the inadequacies of the temperature measurement network, there is little doubt that much of the Earth has been undergoing a moderate warming since about the start of the 20th century, although this warming has been more pronounced in some areas, and it wavered in mid-century. A critical question facing mankind is: Has this global warming been primarily due to natural fluctuations (e.g. increases in total solar irradiance (TSI) coupled to positive feedback effects, changes in ocean heat transport flows, or other variations) or anthropogenic impacts (primarily greenhouse gas production)? Global warming alarmists believe that the increases in 20th century temperatures are mainly due to increases in greenhouse gases and offer the "hockey... more...
Climate Change and Technological Optionsby Konrad Soyez; Hartmut Grabl
Springer 2008; US$ 139.00Covers the scientific basis of climate change and the instruments to prevent or reduce negative climate effects. This work discusses evaluation methods for climate impacts from industrial processes. It defines climate relevant processes and measures to reduce their impact such as sequestration. more...
Climate Change and Vulnerability and Adaptationby Neil Leary; Cecilia Conde; Jyoti Kulkarni; Anthony Nyong; James Adejuwon
Earthscan 2008; US$ 117.00'Sound and solid case studies on vulnerability and adaptation have been woefully lacking in the international discourse on climate change. This set of books begins to bridge the gap.' Achim Steiner UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme 'Important reading for students and practitioners alike.' Martin Parry Co-Chair Working Group II (Impacts Adaptation and Vulnerability) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 'Fills an important gap in our understanding ... It is policy-relevant and deserves to be widely read.' Richard Klein Senior Research Fellow Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Sweden The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in its... more...
Integrating Climate Change Actions into Local Developmentby Livia Bizikova; John Robinson; Stewart Cohen
Earthscan 2008; US$ 127.00To date, climate change adaptation and mitigation have been treated separately both in research and in the climate negotiations. However, a growing body of literature is now being developed that points to actual and potential synergies and trade-offs between responses to climate change and sustainability. This literature has evolved in a spontaneous way with diverse approaches and no common methodology to help practitioners explicitly plan for these synergies. This special issue of the Climate Policy journal addresses this gap between scientific knowledge and practitioners' needs by focussing on linkages between climate change and sustainable development at the level of conceptual framework and methods. In particular, the papers address... more...
The Clean Industrial Revolutionby Ben McNeil
Allen & Unwin 2009; US$ 24.53The race is on to find ways to reduce our impact on the environment. Ben McNeil shows us how we can make the most of our natural advantages and how Australia businesses can benefit economically when adapting to the new environmental realities. more...
Climate Changeby Trevor Letcher
Elsevier 2009; US$ 87.95The climate of the Earth is always changing. In the past it has altered as a result of natural causes. Nowadays, however, the term climate change is generally used when referring to changes in our climate which have been identified since the early part of the 1900's. The changes we've seen over recent years and those which are predicted over the next 80 years are thought to be mainly as a result of human behaviour rather than due to natural changes in the atmosphere. * gives all the scientific details of possible causes and all the scientific evidence we have for climate change, in one book. * purely written by expert scientists working in the field * logical, non emotional conclusions * a source book for all who needs to knwo the latest findings... more...
Climate Change and Sustainable Developmentby M.A.M. Salih
Edward Elgar Publishing 2009; US$ 60.00Offers an analysis of the complex relations that influence sustainable development within the context of global economic restructuring and the heritage of democracy. This book examines climate change implications for two major global agendas: sustainable development and poverty reduction. more...
The Economics of Climate Change Mitigationby OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2009; US$ 54.00Against the background of a projected doubling of world greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, this book explores feasible ways to abate them at least cost. Through quantitative analysis, it addresses key climate policy issues including: an ideal set of climate policy tools; the size of the economic and environmental costs of incomplete country or sector coverage of climate change mitigation policies; how to concretely develop a global carbon market; the case for, and what can we reasonably expect from, R&D and technology support policies; and the incentives for major emitting countries to join a climate change mitigation agreement. more...
Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operationby OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2009; US$ 40.00The negative impacts of climate change will hit poor people and poor countries disproportionately, and further compromise the achievement of their development objectives. Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation provides essential information and advice on how to facilitate the integration of adaptation into development processes. The objectives of this policy guidance are to: i) promote understanding of the implications of climate change on development practice and the associated need to mainstream climate adaptation in development co-operation agencies and partner countries; ii) identify appropriate approaches for integrating climate change adaptation into development policies at national, sectoral and project... more...









