Climate Change Science and Policy
This is the most comprehensive and current reference resource on climate change available today. It features 49 individual chapters by some of the world’s leading climate scientists. Its five sections address climate change in five dimensions: ecological impacts; policy analysis; international considerations; United States considerations; and mitigation options to reduce carbon emissions.\ \ In many ways, this volume supersedes the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel...
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This is the most comprehensive and current reference resource on climate change available today. It features forty-nine individual chapters by some of the world’s leading climate scientists. Its five sections address climate change in five dimensions: ecological impacts, policy analysis, international considerations, United States considerations, and mitigation options to reduce carbon emissions. In many ways, this volume supersedes the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Many important developments too recent to be treated in the 2007 IPCC documents are covered here. Overall, Climate Change Science and Policy paints a direr picture of the effects of climate change than do the IPCC reports. It reveals that climate change has progressed faster than the IPCC reports anticipated and that the outlook for the future is bleaker than the IPCC reported. Choice “Climate Change Science and Policy is the first book to successfully combine a discussion of the current state of climate science with ideas for climate mitigation in a comprehensive, yet surprisingly readable, collection of papers by authors working in both the physical and social sciences....This book presents the information needed to understand the myriad issues that define this effort...Highly recommended."
List of Figures xiiiList of Tables xviiAcknowledgments xixIntroduction John P. Holdren 1Impacts of Climate ChangeChapter 1 Climate Change Science Overview Michael D. Mastrandrea Stephen H. Schneider 11Chapter 2 Detection and Attribution Ben D. Santer Tom M. L. Wigley 28Chapter 3 Wild Species and Extinction Terry L. Root Elizabeth S. Goldsmith 44Chapter 4 Ecosystems Rik Leemans 56Chapter 5 Marine Ecosystems Carol Turley 66Chapter 6 Water Peter H. Gleick 74Chapter 7 Hurricanes Judith A. Curry Peter J. Webster 82Chapter 8 Wildfires Anthony L. Westerling 92Chapter 9 Tropical Forests of Amazonia Philip M. Fearnside 104Chapter 10 Global Crop Production and Food Security David B. Lobell 113Chapter 11 Human Health Kristie L. Ebi 124Chapter 12 Unique and Valued Places W. Neil Adger Jon Barnett Heidi Ellemor 131Policy AnalysisChapter 13 Assessing Economic Impacts St?phane Hallegatte Philippe Ambrosi 141Chapter 14 Integrated Assessment Modeling Hans-Martin F?ssel Michael D. Mastrandrea 150Chapter 15 Risk, Uncertainty, and Assessing Dangerous Climate Change Stephen H. Schneider Michael D. Mastrandrea 162Chapter 16 Risk Perceptions and Behavior Anthony Leiserowitz 175Chapter 17 What Is the Economic Cost of Climate Change? Michael Hanemann 185Chapter 18 Cost-Efficiency and Political Feasibility Christian Azar 194Chapter 19 Carbon Taxes, Trading, and Offsets Danny Cullenward 204Chapter 20 The Cost of Reducing CO2 Emissions Christian Azar 211International ConsiderationsChapter 21 International Treaties M. J. Mace 221Chapter 22 EU Climate Policy Tom R. Burns Mikael Roman 235Chapter 23 Population Frederick A. B. Meyerson 241Chapter 24 Inequities and Imbalances Ambuj Sagar Paul Baer 251Chapter 25 Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities Paul Baer Ambuj Sagar 262Chapter 26 Developing Country Perspectives Jayant Sathaye 270Chapter 27 CDM and Mitigation in Developing Countries David Wolfowitz 277Chapter 28 Measuring the Clean Development Mechanism's Performance and Potential Michael Wara 287Chapter 29 Understanding the Climate Challenge in China Joanna I. Lewis Jeffrey Logan Michael B. Cummings 296Chapter 30 Climate Change and the New China Paul G. Harris 317Chapter 31 India Ashok Gadgil Sharachchandra L?l? 323Chapter 32 Australia Chris Hotham 332United StatesChapter 33 National Policy Armin Rosencranz Russell Conklin 343Chapter 34 Policy in California Jason Mark Amy Lynd Luers 356Chapter 35 California's Battle for Clean Cars Fran Pavley 364Chapter 36 U.S. State Climate Action Joshua Bushinsky 371Chapter 37 Policies to Stimulate Corporate Action Eileen Claussen Vicki Arroyo Truman Semans 377Chapter 38 Corporate Initiatives Paul Dickinson James P. Hawley Andrew T. Williams 389Chapter 39 Carbonundrums: The Role of the Media Maxwell T. Boykoff 397Chapter 40 Newspaper and Television Coverage Aaron M. McCright Rachael L. Shwom 405Chapter 41 Media and Public Education Dale Willman 414Mitigation Options to Reduce Carbon EmissionsChapter 42 The Road Forward Robert T. Watson Andr? R. Aquino 423Chapter 43 Energy Efficiency Audrey B. Chang Arthur H. Rosenfeld Patrick K. McAuliffe 433Chapter 44 Renewable Energy Daniel M. Kammen 446Chapter 45 Designing Energy Supply Chains Based on Hydrogen Whitney G. Colella 456Chapter 46 Nuclear Energy Burton Richter 467Chapter 47 Coal Capture and Storage David Hawkins 476Chapter 48 Tropical Forests Philip M. Fearnside 484Chapter 49 Engineering the Planet David W. Keith 494Contributors 503Index 507About the Authors 521
\ Choice“Climate Change Science and Policy is the first book to successfully combine a discussion of the current state of climate science with ideas for climate mitigation in a comprehensive, yet surprisingly readable, collection of papers by authors working in both the physical and social sciences....This book presents the information needed to understand the myriad issues that define this effort...Highly recommended."\ \ \
