Controlling Climate Change

Presents a cutting edge overview of tackling and adapting to climate change, written by a lead member of the IPCC.

Bert Metz (Author)

9780521747844, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 December 2009

376 pages, 167 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 44 tables
24.7 x 18.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.81 kg

'… the book manages to cover a breadth of material in a very accessible and somewhat varied format. … provid[es] a broad overview of the IPCC's scientific findings, whilst including interesting and engaging mini case-study insights on areas from biogas digester programmes in China to Tanzania's vulnerability to climate change impacts. … This book is most definitely a useful reference text if you quickly need to know what the Kyoto Protocol entails, a summary of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, or the potential impact of shifting transport modes.' Area

An unbiased and comprehensive overview, based on the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and adapting to man-made climate change, and works through the often confusing potential solutions. Bert Metz is the former co-chair of the IPCC, at the center of international climate change negotiations. His insider expertise provides a cutting edge assessment of issues at the top of the political agenda. He leads the reader succinctly through ambitious mitigation scenarios, in combination with adapting our future societies to different climate conditions and the potential costs of these measures. Illustrations and extensive boxed examples motivate students to engage with this essential global debate, and questions for each chapter are available online for course instructors. Minimal technical language also makes this book valuable to anyone with an interest in action to combat climate change.

Preface
1. Climate change and its impacts: a short summary
2. Greenhouse gas emissions
3. Keeping climate change within sustainable limits: where to draw the line?
4. Development first
5. Energy supply
6. Transportation
7. Buildings
8. Industry and waste management
9. Land use, agriculture and forestry
10. How does it fit together?
11. Policies and measures
12. International climate change agreements
Index.

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], International environmental law [LBBP], Environmental economics [KCN]