Overview

Seven interviews with leading climate scientists cover both fundamental research (climate modeling, global warming, sea level change, melting of the ice caps, natural hazards) and impact assessment (adaption, mitigation, economic impacts and costs of climate change). Experts on different aspects of the topic explain their own field and give their opinion on general questions concerning climate change. The goal is to provide the reader with first-hand information on the current state of climate research.

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Author:   Georg Götz
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2012
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.117kg
ISBN:  

9783642234439

ISBN 10:   3642234437
Pages:   53
Publication Date:   05 January 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Hans Oerlemans: Understanding does not imply predictive power.- Hans von Storch: We always make models for something, not of something.- Erland Kallen: Time means are more predictable than the instantaneous state.- Andrew J. Weaver: The large scale dynamics are reasonably well understood, un-certainty lies in the parametrization of small-scale processes.- Martin Parry: It is the poor and the marginalized that are hit hardest by climate change.- Stephane Hallegatte: When deciding about long-term strategies, irreversibility is a key point.- J. Donald Hughes: The Montreal Agreement is a good example of how to deal with a global environmental problem.

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