The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World's Greatest ChallengeToday's headlines and recent events reflect the gravity of climate change. Heat waves, droughts, and floods are bringing death to vulnerable populations, destroying livelihoods, and driving people from their homes. Rigorous in its science and insightful in its message, this atlas examines the causes of climate change and considers its possible impact on subsistence, water resources, ecosystems, biodiversity, health, coastal megacities, and cultural treasures. It reviews historical contributions to greenhouse gas levels, progress in meeting international commitments, and local efforts to meet the challenge of climate change. With more than 50 full-color maps and graphics, this is an essential resource for policy makers, environmentalists, students, and everyone concerned with this pressing subject. The Atlas covers a wide range of topics, including: * Warning signs * Future scenarios * Vulnerable populations * Health * Renewable energy * Emissions reduction * Personal and public action Copub: Myriad Editions |
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Foreword by Bo Kjellén 8894 | 8 |
Definition of Key Terms | 14 |
Most of the worlds glaciers are retreating at unprecedented | 25 |
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adaptation AFRICA agriculture annual areas ARMENIA TURKMENISTAN ASIA atlas atmosphere Australia BANGLADESH BELARUS Brazil CANADA carbon dioxide CO2 Carbon intensity China climate change climate system CO₂e coastal commitment CONGO COSTA RICA developing countries disasters drought Earth's economic ecosystems emission reduction environmental EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ERITREA YEMEN ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FINLAND flooding fossil fuels GABON gases GERMANY POLAND BELARUS glaciers global warming greenhouse gas greenhouse gas emissions heat heatwave ice sheet Ice Shelf impacts increase India INDONESIA industrialized investment island JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA Kyoto Protocol KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LITHUANIA melt methane million tonnes MOLDOVA NAMIBIA NORTH KOREA ocean PAKISTAN NEPAL percent population projects radiation reduce emissions regions renewable energy REP SLOVAKIA RUSSIA scenarios scientists sea-level rise SLOVAKIA solar species SRI LANKA TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA targets technologies temperature THAILAND threatened tonnes tonnes CO₂e tonnes of CO2 transportation tropical TURKMENISTAN Tuvalu UKRAINE UNFCCC UZBEKISTAN UZBEKISTAN KYRGYZSTAN warmer ZAMBIA ZEALAND