Global Warming and Climate Change
Contents: Preface. 1. Global warming and climate change: concerns and issues. 2. Potential effects of global warming. 3. Analysing global climate model and projections of future climate change. 4. Global warming and regional effect. 5. Indias policy towards climate. 6. Climate change: Indias perceptions, positions policies and possibilities. 7. Climate change policy for India. 8. Economics of climate change. 9. Mitigation of global warming. 10. Politics of global warming and climate change. 11. Climate change policy. 12. United Nations framework convention on climate change. 13. Kyoto protocol. 14. Post Kyoto protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions. 15. Bali road map. 16. Copenhagen summit. Bibliography.
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Global Warming and Climate Change starts by looking at the science of climate change and its consequences. Indian position and described vividly. The book goes on to examine the causes of climate change, including both natural processes and human generated greenhouse gases. Finally, the consequences of global warming are discussed and a wide variety of viable solutions that can be implemented by individuals as well as society as a whole are presented. Complete, this book will teach you the fundamentals of global warming and climate change in an unbiased and thorough manner.
The fast and easy guide offers: i. A thorough review of scientific data. Ii. Details on the evidence of global warming worldwide. Iii. Information on the origin and impact of greenhouse gases. Iv. Explanations of alternatives to carbon based energy sources. V. Suggestions for local and global solutions.
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