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Carbon captured : how business and labor control climate politics /

Matto Mildenberger, Author | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | American and comparative environmental policy | 2020

"Climate change is a defining issue of our time, posing immense social and economic threats to countries across the world. Yet, even though climate change will harm all countries, national policy responses have varied. Some countries have undert[...]

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Climate change : a wicked problem : complexity and uncertainty at the intersection of science, economics, politics and human behavior /

Frank P. Incropera, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2016

Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influen[...]

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An introduction to climate change economics and policy

Felix FitzRoy, Author ; Elissaios Papyrakis, Author | New York : Routledge | Routledge textbooks in environmental and agricultural economics | 2016

The 2nd edition of An Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy explains the key scientific, economic and policy issues related to climate change in a completely up-to-date introduction for anyone interested, and students at all levels[...]

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Atmosphere of hope : searching for solutions to the climate crisis /

Tim F. Flannery, Author | New York : Atlantic Monthly Press | 2015

Explains the fast-approaching climate crisis while drawing on the latest scientific findings to outline promising clean technologies involving soft geo-engineering.

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The planet remade : how geoengineering could change the world /

Oliver Morton, Author | London : Granta | 2015

In an effort to rethink our responses to the crisis of global warming, a small but increasingly influential group of scientists is exploring proposals for planned human intervention in the climate system: a stratospheric veil against the sun, th[...]

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The planet remade : how geoengineering could change the world /

Oliver Morton, Author | London : Granta | 2015

In an effort to rethink our responses to the crisis of global warming, a small but increasingly influential group of scientists is exploring proposals for planned human intervention in the climate system: a stratospheric veil against the sun, th[...]

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Climate change : what the science tells us /

Charles Fletcher, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2013

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Overheated : the human cost of climate change /

Andrew T. Guzman, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2013

In Overheated, Guzman takes climate change out of the realm of scientific abstraction to explore its real-world consequences. He writes not as a scientist, but as an authority on international law and economics

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Introduction to Modern Climate Change

Andrew Dessler, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2012

The first half of the book focuses on the science of modern climate change, including evidence that the Earth is warming and a basic description of climate physics. It also covers concepts like radiative forcing, feedbacks, and the carbon cycle.[...]

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Oxford handbook of climate change and society

John S. Dryzek, Editor ; Richard B. Noorgaard, Editor ; David Schlosberg, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | Oxford handbooks | 2011

"Climate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. This volume is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do,[...]

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Who speaks for the climate? : making sense of media reporting on climate change /

Maxwell T. Boykoff, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2011

"The public rely upon media representations to help interpret and make sense of the many complexities relating to climate science and governance. Media representations of climate issues - from news to entertainment - are powerful and important l[...]

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Adaptive governance and climate change

Ronald D. Brunner ; Amanda H. Lynch | [S.l.] : American Meteorological Society | 2010

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Hack the planet : science's best hope-- or worst nightmare-- for averting climate catastrophe /

Eli Kintisch, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2010

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An introduction to climate change economics and policy

Felix FitzRoy ; Elissaios Papyrakis | [S.l.] : Earthscan | 2010

Introduction -- Basic science of climate change -- Prospects for agriculture -- Economic growth, well-being and happiness -- Development in a changing climate -- Ethics and climate change -- Kyoto and other international environmental agreements[...]

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