Our Warming Planet: Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation

The second volume in the Lectures in Climate Change series, edited by friends and colleagues of Dr. Martin Parry, covers climate impacts and adaptation measures. It includes written text, electronic slides, and presentations from experts in the field. The volume explores topics such as challenges, global assessments, downscaling, community-based adaptation, biodiversity, food systems, water resources, and cities. Research from around the world is presented on making science actionable, communicating climate risk, documenting adaptation uptake, and transforming towards systemic resilience.

Format: Hardback
Length: 708 pages
Publication date: 16 November 2021
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

This comprehensive volume, the second installment in the Lectures in Climate Change series, delves into the wide-ranging impacts and adaptation strategies associated with climate change. It has been assembled by a group of friends and colleagues, including Dr. Martin Parry, the Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 assessment on impacts and adaptation. The authors, who are esteemed experts in this field, have played pivotal roles as lead authors in numerous IPCC assessments and other significant publications.

Lectures in Climate Change offers a distinctive blend of written content and electronic slides, creating a comprehensive and timely set of presentations. This second volume, titled Our Warming Planet: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, encompasses various aspects of climate impacts, including climate science, methodologies, sectors, regional and national studies, and policy and practice. The topics covered in this volume range from addressing current and future challenges of climate change, conducting global assessments, downscaling approaches, exploring community-based adaptation strategies, examining the impacts on biodiversity, food systems, water resources, and cities. Research from across the globe is presented, highlighting the importance of making scientific knowledge actionable through assessments, early warning systems, effective communication of climate risks, documenting the global adoption of adaptation measures, and fostering systemic resilience.

To enhance the understanding and presentation of climate change impacts and adaptation, this publication includes downloadable electronic slides accompanied by detailed notes for students, teachers, and public speakers worldwide. These resources are designed to facilitate effective learning and communication about this critical issue.

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