Climate change : what it means for us, our children, and our grandchildren / edited by Joseph F. C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman.

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This book explains the scientific knowledge about global climate change clearly andconcisely in engaging, nontechnical language, describes how it will affect all of us, and suggestshow government, business, and citizens can take action against it.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:American and comparative environmental policy.
Other Authors: DiMento, Joseph F. (Editor)
Doughman, Pamela (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
©2014
Edition:Second edition.
Series:American and comparative environmental policy.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > History.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Communication in science.
Physical Description:xiii, 343 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : Making climate change understandable / Joseph F.C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman
  • A primer on global climate change science / John Abatzoglou, Joseph F.C. DiMento, Pamela Doughman, and Stefano Nespor
  • Climate-change effects : adaptation and mitigation / John Abatzoglou, Joseph F.C. DiMento, Pamela Doughman, and Stefano Nespor
  • The scientific consensus on climate change : how do we know we're not wrong? / Naomi Oreskes
  • Climate change : how the world is responding / Joseph F.C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman
  • Climate change as news : challenges in communicating environmental science / Andrew C. Revkin
  • Climate change and human security / Richard A. Matthew
  • Climate change : what it means for us, our children, and our grandchildren / Joseph F.C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman