Primer on climate change and sustainable development : facts, policy analysis and applications

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Title:

Author:

Munasinghe, Mohan, 1945-

ISBN:

9780521008884

9780521810663

Personal Author:

Munasinghe, Mohan, 1945-

Publication Information:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Physical Description:

xii, 445 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents:

1. Climate change : scientific background and introduction -- 2. Future scenarios of development and climate change -- 3. Framework for making development more sustainable (MDMS) : concepts and analytical tools -- 4. Interactions between climate and development -- 5. Adaptation to climate change : concepts, and linkages with sustainable development -- 6. Vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation by sectors and systems -- 7. Vulnerability, impacts, and adapation by geographic region -- 8. Mitigating climate change : concepts and linkages with sustainable development -- 9. Mitigation measures : technologies, practices, barriers, and policy instruments -- 10. Assessment of mitigation costs and benefits -- 11. Climate change and sustainable development : a synthesis.

Abstract:

"This Primer on Climate Change and Sustainable Development gives an up-to-date, comprehensive and accessible overview of the links between climate change and sustainable development. Building on the main findings of the last series of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports, in which both authors were involved, the book summarizes the latest research linking climate change and sustainable development." "This book will be compulsory reading for those policy-makers, scientists, students and engaged citizens around the world who have an interest in any aspect of climate change and sustainable development."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Sustainable development.

Climatic changes.

Added Author:

Swart, R. J.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam051/2004056132.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam051/2004056132.html

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Climate change and variability has become the primary environmental concern of the 21st Century. The potential impacts and mitigation of climate change need to be analyzed within the context of sustainable development. Primer on Climate Change and Sustainable Development presents a condensed and accessible review of the latest state-of-the-art assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The book begins with a foreword from the chair of the IPCC. Our current knowledge of the basic science of climate change is described, before moving on to future scenarios of development within the context of climate change. Possible adaptation and mitigation measures, including cost and benefit analysis, are discussed. The book will be an invaluable textbook for students of environmental science and policy, and researchers and policy makers involved in all aspects of climate change.