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Summary
Summary
The impacts of climate change are already being observed in a variety of sectors and there is greater clarity that these changes are being caused by human activities, mainly through release of greenhouse gases. In 2005 the UK Government hosted the Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change conference to take an in-depth look at the scientific issues associated with climate change. This volume presents findings from the leading international scientists that attended the conference. The topics addressed include critical thresholds and key vulnerabilities of the climate system, impacts on human and natural systems, socioeconomic costs and benefits of emissions pathways, and technological options for meeting different stabilisation levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The volume provides invaluable information for researchers in environmental science, climatology, and atmospheric chemistry, policy-makers in governments and environmental organizations, and scientists and engineers in industry.
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According to a foreword by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the purpose of this book is to enhance understanding of global climate change and promote immediate action to avert or reduce the most extreme effects of this change. The UK--which has accepted the premise that global climate change is taking place mainly as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions--hosted a conference that summarized key impacts and detailed ways to affordably stabilize greenhouse gases at various concentrations. The six sections of this book represent the collected knowledge and opinions of more than 200 invited participants who gathered at the UK's Hadley Center in Exeter, UK. Pooled information subjected to review by 56 international peer-reviewers describes regional and global impacts of different levels of human-induced climate change, addresses the need to stabilize emissions of greenhouse gases, and projects technologies to avert dangerous climate change. The ambitious goals of this book are met beyond any expectations, with a succession of vulnerabilities, probabilities, and measurable changes in atmospheric composition, ocean acidification, and marine ecosystem impacts. Regional perspectives discuss threats to the polar regions, mid-latitudes, tropics, and sub-tropics, and include detailed maps and expertly interpreted tables. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. All levels. R. M. Ferguson Eastern Connecticut State University
Table of Contents
| Part I Key Vulnerabilities of the Climate System and Critical Thresholds |
| Part II General Perspectives on Dangerous Impacts |
| Part III Key Vulnerabilities for Ecosystems and Biodiversity |
| Part IV Socio-Economic Effects |
| Part V Regional Perspectives |
| Part VI Emission Pathways |
| Part VII Technological Options |
