The atlas of climate change mapping the world's greatest challenge Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Earthscan [2007]Edition: Rev. and updated [ed.]Description: 112 p. ill. 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781844075225 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 551.6 22
Contents:
Warning signs -- Polar changes -- Glacial retreat -- Everyday extremes -- The greenhouse effect -- The climate system -- Interpreting past climates -- Forecasting future climates -- Emissions past and present -- Fossil fuels -- Methane and other gases -- Transportation -- Disrupting the carbon balance -- Agriculture -- Disrupted ecosystems -- Threatened water supplies -- Food security -- Threats to health -- Rising sea levels -- Cities at risk -- Cultural losses -- International action -- Meeting Kyoto targets -- Carbon trading -- Financing responses -- Local commitment -- Carbon Dioxide and economic growth -- Renewable energy -- Adapting to change -- Personal action -- Public action
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MAIN LIBRARY Suva 551.6 DOW 2007 Checked out 29/12/2015 59004

Previous ed.: 2006

Includes bibliographical references and index

Warning signs -- Polar changes -- Glacial retreat -- Everyday extremes -- The greenhouse effect -- The climate system -- Interpreting past climates -- Forecasting future climates -- Emissions past and present -- Fossil fuels -- Methane and other gases -- Transportation -- Disrupting the carbon balance -- Agriculture -- Disrupted ecosystems -- Threatened water supplies -- Food security -- Threats to health -- Rising sea levels -- Cities at risk -- Cultural losses -- International action -- Meeting Kyoto targets -- Carbon trading -- Financing responses -- Local commitment -- Carbon Dioxide and economic growth -- Renewable energy -- Adapting to change -- Personal action -- Public action