Kirstin Dow, Thomas E Downing

The Atlas of Climate Change

Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

No challenge is more urgent than the need to achieve climate security. We will not succeed unless we base our decisions on a clear understanding of the complex interplay between the choices we are making and their consequences for natural and human systems. This pioneering atlas sets out much of the available knowledge in an attractive and accessible way. It will become an essential point of reference for anyone looking for a quick and accurate overview of this multidisciplinary subject.--John Ashton, Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 189mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9780520268234
• ISBN-10: 0520268237
• Artikelnr.: 33378812

Autorenporträt

Kirstin Dow is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina. She is a lead author in the IPCC Fifth Assessment, Working Group 2 effort on Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints, and Limitations and a contributing author to the chapter on coasts. She is also Principal Investigator of the Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments, an interdisciplinary research effort to bridge climate science and decision-making. She serves as a science advisor on climate change mitigation and adaptation for community and national efforts. Thomas E. Downing is President of the Global Climate Adaptation Partnership and Visiting Professor at Oxford University. He was formerly Executive Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, Oxford Office and is a contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and advisor to national and international programs on climate change.