CLIMATE CHANGE: ESSENTIAL GUIDE SCIENCE, POLITICS & SOLUTION

The book also looks at the political tensions surrounding climate change and provides a detail analysis of the international climate negotiations from the Rio Earth Summit right up to today. Also examined is the political emergence of the global net zero emissions narrative and what it means for geopolitics, countries, companies and individuals. Potential solutions are considered in detail in chapters on mitigation (reducing emissions), adaptations (protecting people) and geoengineering (cooling the planet).

To ensure the very best solutions are used, the final chapter makes 10 recommendations for each of the following: Governments, Companies and Individuals to help shape our future. The book also calls for major changes at the international level to help move beyond the current economic system and move toward a more sustainable global economy.

Contents:

• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Abbreviations
• List of Illustrations
• What is Climate?
• What is Climate Change?
• Weather Versus Climate
• Past Climate Changes
• Evidence for Climate Change
• Modelling Future Climate
• Climate Change Impacts
• Climate Tipping Points
• The Politics of Climate Change
• International Climate Negotiations
• Solutions: Mitigation
• Solutions: Adaptation
• Solutions: Geoengineering
• Changing Our Future
• References
• Further Reading
• Index

Readership: Members of the public who want a deeper understanding of the climate crisis; graduate and undergraduate students wanting to understand climate change; and readers of introductory/undergraduate courses on Environmental Sciences, Geography, Geology, Political Science. Masters course will include Environmental Sciences, Environmental Geology, Geosciences and specialist courses on Climate Change.