Climate wars
By: Gwynne Dyer.
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Carlton North, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781921372223
Subjects: Climatic changes -- Regional disparities; Global warming; Greenhouse gas mitigation
Description: "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that the average global temperature will rise between 2 degrees and 6.4 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. These are conservative estimates, based on a lowest-common-denominator consensus among scientists and further watered down by governments. They make no allowance for feedback phenomena and potential runaway heating. But a World Bank study in India last year suggested that even 2 degrees hotter means a 25 percent cut in Indian food production. The core problem with climate changes is not sea level rise or bio-diversity; it is food supply."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-256).