Introduction to Climate Change Management: Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy

This book provides climate students with the scientific background to manage climate change, covering mitigation, adaptation, monitoring, and low-carbon strategies. It combines theory and practice with case studies and toolkits, engaging critical thinking and discussing important topics.

Format: Hardback
Length: 284 pages
Publication date: 19 December 2021
Publisher: Springer

This comprehensive textbook offers climate students a solid scientific foundation for managing climate change. It delves into international and national approaches to climate change management, encompassing voluntary initiatives, national laws, and international agreements. The book explores mitigation and adaptation measures, greenhouse gas emissions monitoring and reporting, and strategies for achieving a low-carbon economy, including green finance.

Combining theory and practice, the book introduces students to the conceptual background while also taking a professional and technical approach, featuring case studies and low-carbon toolkits. It includes didactic elements such as concept schemes, tables, charts, figures, examples, and questions and answers at the end of each chapter, fostering critical thinking and discussions on important contemporary topics.

The low-carbon strategy is a vital response to mitigating the greenhouse effect on our planet. It involves minimizing carbon consumption throughout the life cycle of the products we consume, from raw material extraction to end-of-life. Recognizing that the future is being shaped today, this book serves as a guide for readers to envision and realize a low-carbon economy.

Weight: 576g
Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030879174