グローバル気候危機：何に取り組むか（第２版） The Global Climate Crisis : What to Do about It （2ND）

Fletcher, William D./ Smith, Craig B.

Elsevier - Health Sciences Division（2024/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 364 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780443273223
• DDC分類 363.7

Full Description

The Global Climate Crisis: What To Do About It addresses the imminent need to fully understand the causes, effects, and evidence of global warming due to the large amount of climate disinformation and complexity of much of the available valid science. In this second edition, the authors broaden the understanding of global warming, bring new findings to light, and report on successes and failures when dealing with this global crisis. They address the science of global warming in a concise, readable manner while providing an in-depth reference for readers who want more details or to study the sources of information.
New developments are covered in this second edition such as advances in the deployment of renewable energy sources and the evolving status of climate change indicators They present a plan based on an established and economically feasible current technology to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. They note that while progress is being made, it is not happening fast enough or on a large enough scale to meet prescribed goals of limiting temperature increase.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Dealing with global warming

Part one
3. The earth as a system
4. Fundamental drivers of global warming
5. Evidence of a warming planet
6. How do we know greenhouse gases are the issue?
7. What are the effects of global warming?
8. International efforts to address global warming

Part two
9. What it takes to stop global warming
10. Energy alternatives
11. Why is global warming such a difficult problem to solve?
12. Some successes and failures

Part three
13. Action plan: efficiency, power, transportation, and land use
14. Can it be done?
15. The way forward

Part four: appendices
Afterword
Further reading
Useful reports
Useful websites
Appendices