The Atlas of Climate Change Mapping the World’s Greatest Challenge 3rd Edition by Kirstin Dow,Thomas E Downing ISBN 1849712174‎ 978-3527408481

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ISBN 10: 1849712174‎

ISBN 13: 978-3527408481 

Author:  Kirstin Dow, Thomas E. Downing 

Since the first edition of this highly acclaimed Atlas was published in 2006 (it won the ‘Planeta Environment Book of the Year’ award) climate change has climbed even further up the global agenda.

This new edition features:

• the outcomes of the negotiations at the UNFCC conference in Copenhagen
• the latest developments in climate change research and data on its impacts around the world; new coverage of the role played by the world’s oceans
• estimates of the economic impact of climate change
• updated maps and graphics.

Table of contents:

PART 1: SIGNS OF CHANGE
Chapter 1 Warning Signs
Chapter 2 Polar Changes
Chapter 3 Shrinking Glaciers
Chapter 4 Ocean Changes
Chapter 5 Everyday Extremes

PART 2: The Changing Climate
Chapter 6 The Greenhouse Effect
Chapter 7 The Climate System
Chapter 8 Interpreting Past Climates
Chapter 9 Forecasting Future Climates
Chapter 10 Climate & Social Crises

PART 3: DRIVING CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 11 Emissions Past & Present
Chapter 12 Fossil Fuels
Chapter 13 Methane & Other Gases
Chapter 14 Transport
Chapter 15 Agriculture
Chapter 16 The Carbon Balance

PART 4: EXPECTED CONSEQUENCES
Chapter 17 Disrupted Ecosystems
Chapter 18 Water Security
Chapter 19 Food Security
Chapter 20 Threats to Health
Chapter 21 Rising Sea Levels
Chapter 22 Cities at Risk
Chapter 23 Cultural Losses

PART 5: RESPONDING TO CHANGE
Chapter 24 Urgent Action to Adapt
Chapter 25 Building Capacity to Adapt
Chapter 26 City Responses
Chapter 27 Renewable Energy
Chapter 28 Low Carbon Futures
Chapter 29 Counting Carbon

PART 6: INTERNATIONAL POLICY & ACTION
Chapter 30 International Action
Chapter 31 Meeting Kyoto Targets
Chapter 32 Looking Beyond Kyoto
Chapter 33 Trading Carbon Credits
Chapter 34 Financing the Response

PART 7: COMMITTING TO SOLUTIONS
Chapter 35 Personal Action
Chapter 36 Public Action

PART 8: CLIMATE CHANGE DATA

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