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Toulouse (Ancien Observatoire de Lolimont, 1 avenue Camille Flammarion, 31505, France) : Académie de l'Air et de l'Espace | AAE Dossier | 2020

This dossier reviews the questions raised by scientists about the processes behind climate change due to the increase in greenhouse gases (in particular carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4)), the state of the art technologies being developed b[...]

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Climate intervention : reflecting sunlight to cool Earth

Washington : The National Academies Press | 2015

The growing problem of changing environmental conditions caused by climate destabilization is well recognized as one of the defining issues of our time. The root problem is greenhouse gas emissions, and the fundamental solution is curbing those [...]

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The carbon crunch : how we're getting climate change wrong--and how to fix it /

Dieter Helm, Author | [S.l.] : Yale University Press | 2012

"Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25% to almost 30% of world energy use. And while Euro[...]

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The complete guide to climate change

Brian Dawson ; Matt Spannagle | New York : Routledge | 2009

Contents : environmental science; the carbon cycle and the greenhouse gases; the impacts of climate change on life, land and sea; mitigation strategies from carbon capture to carbon taxes; the Kyoto Protocol and UNFCC; and renewable fuel sources.

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The complete guide to climate change

Brian Dawson, Author ; Matt Spannagle, Author | New York : Routledge | 2009

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Carbon finance : the financial implications of climate change

Sonia Labatt ; Rodney R. White | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2007

Foreword -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms -- Introduction -- The energy chain -- Regulated and energy-intensive sectors -- The physical impacts of climate change on the evolution of carbon finance -- Institutional in[...]

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Climate change 2007 : mitigation of climate change : contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Bert Metz, Editor ; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change., Editor ; Working Group III., Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2007

The third volume of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides an in-depth analysis of the costs and benefits of different approaches to mitigating and avoiding climate change. It includes a det[...]

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Climate change 2007 : the physical science basis : contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Susan Solomon ; et al. ; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ; Working Group I. | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2007

Summary for policymakers -- Technical summary -- Historical overview of climate change science -- Changes in atmospheric constituents and radiative forcing -- Observations: atmospheric surface and climate change -- Observations: changes in snow,[...]

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Climate change 2013 : the physical science basis : final draft underlying scientific-technical assessment : Working Group I contribution to the IPCC fifth assessment report /

Lisa Alexander, Author ; Allen Myles, Author ; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ; Working Group I. | Geneva (Switzerland) : World Meteorological Organization, IPCC Secretariat | 2007

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The global carbon cycle : integrating humans, climate, and the natural world

Christopher B. Field ; Michael R. Raupach | [S.l.] : Island Press | SCOPE | 2004

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