Experimenting on a Small Planet: A History of Scientific Discoveries, a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming 9783319274041, 331927404X

This book is a thorough introduction to climate science and global change. The author is a geologist who has spent much

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Experimenting on a Small Planet: A History of Scientific Discoveries, a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming
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Moral Theory and Climate Change: Ethical Perspectives on a Warming Planet 9781138700000, 9781138678279, 9781315205069

Climate change has become the most pressing moral and political problem of our time. Ethical theories help us think clea

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Global Warming and Climate Change: A Critique on International Law and Policy

Global warming and climate change, a multidisciplinary topic is a matter of international concern. There are some international environmental treaties related to global warming and climate change. The most significant international agreement in this area is - UNFCCC - the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 and ratified by 195 countries. It mainly deals with greenhouse gases emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020. The Kyoto Protocol which extends the 1992 UNFCC mandates State Parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: its two basic premises are - global warming exists, and human-made CO2 emissions caused global warming. The Kyoto Protocol came into force in 2005 and each COP has served as the ‘meeting of parties’ to Kyoto Protocol such as COP13 (Bali, 2007), COP15 (Copenhagen, 2009), COP16 (Cancun, 2010), COP17 (Durban, 2011), COP18 (Doha, 2012), COP19 (Warsaw, 2013), COP21 and (Paris, 2015).There are other international legal instruments such as 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Trans-boundary Air Pollution. Against this backdrop, this paper will critically examine the existing international legal regime (treaties, conventions, agreements, etc.) on global warming and climate change. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2017) 1(3), 38-42. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.3677

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A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming 9780232528237

Significant climate change as a consequence of human pollution of the atmosphere looks increasingly likely. Some change

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A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet 9780520974722

A youth movement is reenergizing global environmental activism. The “climate generation”—late millennials and iGen, or G

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Climate Change: The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future 9780231547871

This second edition of Climate Change is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the science behind global warming. Edm

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Uncertain Harvest: The Future of Food on a Warming Planet 0889777225, 9780889777224

A menu for an edible future In a world expected to reach a staggering population of 9 billion by 2050, and with global t

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Landmarks in the History of Science: Great Scientific Discoveries From a Global-Historical Perspective 1622739787, 9781622739783

'Landmarks in the History of Science' is a concise history of science from a global and macro-historical stand

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Power in a Warming World: The New Global Politics of Climate Change and the Remaking of Environmental Inequality 0262029618, 9780262029612

After nearly a quarter century of international negotiations on climate change, we stand at a crossroads. A new set of a

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Hope for a Heated Planet: How Americans Are Fighting Global Warming and Building a Better Future 9780813546230

Rejecting cries of gloom and doom, Hope for a Heated Planet shows how the fight against global warming can be won by the

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Global Climate Change: A Primer 9780822394662

An internationally recognized expert on the geology of barrier islands takes on climate change deniers in an outstanding

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