Understanding Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Practice

Understanding Climate Change examines climate change as a scientific and public policy issue, covering climate system basics, models, prediction, and impacts, as well as adaptation and mitigation strategies. The second edition has been updated with new advances in climate modelling and renewable energy production, and includes a new chapter on global governance. It is suitable for adoption in introductory climate change courses across science and social science departments.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 04 June 2021
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Climate change is a complex and multifaceted issue that involves a wide range of challenges, including complex data, deeply held values, and political issues. Understanding Climate Change: A Primer on Climate Science and Policy provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the climate system, climate models and prediction, and human and biophysical impacts, as well as strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The second edition of the book has been fully updated throughout, including coverage of new advances in climate modelling and the shifting landscape of renewable energy production and distribution. A brand new chapter discusses global governance, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, as well as mitigation efforts at the national and subnational levels. This new chapter makes the book even more relevant to climate change courses housed in social sciences departments such as political science and geography.

The book is well-suited to adoption in a variety of introductory climate change courses found in a number of science and social science departments. Its ultimate goal is to equip readers with the tools needed to become constructive participants in the human response to climate change.

Climate change is a complex and multifaceted issue that involves a wide range of challenges, including complex data, deeply held values, and political issues. Understanding Climate Change: A Primer on Climate Science and Policy provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the climate system, climate models and prediction, and human and biophysical impacts, as well as strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The second edition of the book has been fully updated throughout, including coverage of new advances in climate modelling and the shifting landscape of renewable energy production and distribution. A brand new chapter discusses global governance, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, as well as mitigation efforts at the national and subnational levels. This new chapter makes the book even more relevant to climate change courses housed in social sciences departments such as political science and geography.

The book is well-suited to adoption in a variety of introductory climate change courses found in a number of science and social science departments. Its ultimate goal is to equip readers with the tools needed to become constructive participants in the human response to climate change.

Weight: 600g
Dimension: 191 x 235 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781487522797
Edition number: 2nd ed.