Keywords:
Global warming -- Australia.
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Global warming -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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Global warming -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
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Global warming -- Government policy -- Australia.
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Social change -- Australia.
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Australia -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting.
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Australia -- Social conditions -- Forecasting.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
At Copenhagen in December 2009, the international community agreed to limit global warming to below two degrees Celsius to avoid the worst impacts of human-induced climate change. However climate scientists agree that current national emissions targets collectively will still not achieve this goal. Instead, the 'ambition gap' between climate science and climate policy is likely to lead to average global warming of around four degrees Celsius by or before 2100. If a 'Four Degree World' is the de facto goal of policy, we urgently need to understand what this world might look like. Four Degrees of Global Warming: Australia in a Hot World outlines the expected consequences of this world for Australia and its region. Its contributors include many of Australia's most eminent and internationally recognized climate scientists, climate policy makers and policy analysts. They provide an accessible, detailed, dramatic, and disturbing examination of the likely impacts of a Four Degree World on Australia's social, economic and ecological systems. The book offers policy makers, politicians, students, and anyone interested climate change, access to the most recent research on potential Australian impacts of global warming, and possible responses.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (287 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781135937423
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1480730
DDC:
363.738740994
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures and tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Four degrees or more? -- PART I Climate science and four degrees -- 2 Australia's climate in a Four Degree World -- 3 Changes in extreme weather -- PART II Ecological impacts -- 4 Changes to Australian terrestrial biodiversity -- 5 Australia's marine resources in a warm, acid ocean -- 6 Agricultural in an even more sunburnt country -- 7 Compounding crises: climate change in a complex world -- PART III Social and economic impacts -- 8 Compounding social and economic impacts: the limits to adaptation -- 9 Health impacts in Australia in a Four Degree World -- 10 Hot in the city: planning for climate change impacts in urban Australia -- 11 No island is an island: security in a Four Degree World -- PART IV Adaptation -- 12 Challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation in Australia's region -- 13 Can we successfully adapt to four degrees of global warming? Yes, no and maybe … -- Conclusion -- 14 Avoiding a Four Degree World - Australia's role -- Appendix -- Index.
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