Life in Europe Under Climate Change
(Sprache: Englisch)
Although there is wide public interest in climate change, most of the latest information is buried in technical reports that are barely readable. Crucial information about climate change needs to be made widely available to teachers, students, political...
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Although there is wide public interest in climate change, most of the latest information is buried in technical reports that are barely readable. Crucial information about climate change needs to be made widely available to teachers, students, political leaders, and citizens. This is the first book-length description of the implications of climate change in Europe. It describes the latest most reliable information from IPCC reports in a readable and accessible form. The book describes not only the expected impacts of climate change in Europe, but also the actions that society can take to adapt to it.
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Life in Europe will indeed go on as the climate changes, but not in the same way as before. The air will be warmer, winds will change, patterns of rainfall and snowfall will alter, and sea level is likely to rise. These phenomena are already being seen. Europe will in the future experience marked changes in vegetation cover, increased floods along rivers and coastlines as well as more frequent droughts and forest fires, often leading to large societal costs. The changes will be minor in some cases, profound in others, but in any case, pervasive.This book uses the most up to date information issued by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and informs readers about these effects, as well as showing how Europe is contributing to attempts to slow the tempo of global climate change, and how it can adapt to the climate change that seems unavoidable.
Life in Europe under Climate Change makes essential information on climate impacts in Europe accessible to a broad audience, including students, politicians, planners and members of non-governmental organizations.
Although there is wide public interest in climate change, most of the latest information is available only in technical reports. This ground-breaking text makes crucial information about climate change widely available to teachers, students, political leaders, and citizens. Describing the implications of climate change in Europe, the book presents the latest most reliable information from IPCC reports in a readable and accessible form. It covers not only the expected impacts of climate change in Europe, but also the actions that society can take to adapt to it.
Key Features:
- Written for a wide, non-specialist audience
- Non-mathematical
- Translates IPCC data into practical consequences for European environment
- Looks at a wide variety of issues - agriculture, fisheries, natural habitats, water supply, human health, and more
- Provides European environmental managers, planners and scientists with clear information on which to base decisions on funding, policy, and research
- Can be used as a reader or even main text for European courses on climate changermation about climate change widely available to teachers, students, political leaders, and citizens. Describing the implications of climate change in Europe, the book presents the latest most reliable information from IPCC reports in a readable and accessible form. It covers not only the expected impacts of climate change in Europe, but also the actions that society can take to adapt to it.
Key Features:
- Written for a wide, non-specialist audience
- Non-mathematical
- Translates IPCC data into practical consequences for European environment
- Looks at a wide variety of issues - agriculture, fisheries, natural habitats, water supply, human health, and more
- Provides European environmental managers, planners and scientists with clear
Key Features:
- Written for a wide, non-specialist audience
- Non-mathematical
- Translates IPCC data into practical consequences for European environment
- Looks at a wide variety of issues - agriculture, fisheries, natural habitats, water supply, human health, and more
- Provides European environmental managers, planners and scientists with clear information on which to base decisions on funding, policy, and research
- Can be used as a reader or even main text for European courses on climate changermation about climate change widely available to teachers, students, political leaders, and citizens. Describing the implications of climate change in Europe, the book presents the latest most reliable information from IPCC reports in a readable and accessible form. It covers not only the expected impacts of climate change in Europe, but also the actions that society can take to adapt to it.
Key Features:
- Written for a wide, non-specialist audience
- Non-mathematical
- Translates IPCC data into practical consequences for European environment
- Looks at a wide variety of issues - agriculture, fisheries, natural habitats, water supply, human health, and more
- Provides European environmental managers, planners and scientists with clear
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Life in Europe Under Climate Change “
Foreword viPreface viii
1 Introduction 1
2 Climate and climate change 21
3 Human health 48
4 Food production 72
5 Water security 98
6 Sea and coastline 124
7 Ecosystems and biodiversity 146
8 Impacts on Europe's industries 188
9 Summing up impacts and adaptation 207
10 Climate protection in Europe 241
Index 283
Color plate pages fall between pp. 150 and 151
Autoren-Porträt von Joseph Alcamo, Jorgen E. Olesen
Joseph Alcamo is Chief Scientist of the United Nations Environment Programme where he is responsible for engaging the scientific community in the policy arena to help solve global environmental problems. He is on leave as Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering and Director of the Center of Environmental Systems Research at the University of Kassel, Germany. He was a coordinating lead author of the assessment of climate impacts in Europe in the Fourth Assessment report of the IPCC.Jørgen E. Olesen is Professor of agriculture and climate change at Aarhus University in Denmark. He was a lead author in the Fourth Assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He was a member of the Commission on Climate Change Policy for the Government in Denmark. He is a member of the Danish Council on Ethics, and he chairs the food and agriculture group of the Danish green think tank CONCITO.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Joseph Alcamo , Jorgen E. Olesen
- 2012, 1. Auflage, 224 Seiten, Maße: 18,5 x 24,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1405196181
- ISBN-13: 9781405196185
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.04.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; general audiences." ( Choice , 1 January 2013)
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