The impact of climate change
Subtitle: the world's greatest challenge in the twenty-first century
By: Carolyn Fry
Publisher: New Holland
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781847731166
Subjects: Climatic changes; Prevention; Global environmental change; Global warming
Description: "The Impact of Climate Change" tries to answer our urgent questions and help us understand exactly what's happening in the world around us. It explains why the climate is changing, how we can predict the outcome of this shift, how we can live with it, what technological changes affect it, and how we can make a difference. Most of all, it empowers the reader by providing information on solutions and opportunities that we can all implement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Our changing climate; title: How the world works; title: Predicting the outcomes of climate change; title: Mitigating the impacts of global warming; title: Taking responsibility for our actions.