Climate Change: A Wicked Problem

Climate Change: A Wicked Problem

Complexity and Uncertainty at the Intersection of Science, Economics, Politics, and Human Behavior

Incropera, Frank P. (University of Notre Dame, Indiana)

Cambridge University Press

09/2015

364

Mole

Inglês

9781107521131

15 a 20 dias

Under one cover, Frank Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate. The book provides the reader with a firm foundation for drawing his or her own conclusions on the subject.
Foreword Tony Earley; Foreword Bud Peterson; Foreword Arun Majumdar; 1. Energy, economics, and climate change; 2. The Earth's climate system; 3. Greenhouse gases; 4. Global warming; 5. Consequences of global warming; 6. Mitigation, adaptation, and geoengineering; 7. Public policy options; 8. The politics of global warming: a history lesson and future prospects; 9. Dissenting opinions: the great hoax; 10. The ethics of climate change; 11. A way forward; References; Index.
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