Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
2 - Why Does Climate Change?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2017
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Climate Change in PracticeTopics for Discussion with Group Exercises, pp. 19 - 35Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
References
2.4 Further Reading
2.5 Other Resources
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) www.ipcc.ch/
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Climate Indices www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/climateindices/list/
NOAA Mauna Loa observatory CO2 data http://co2now.org/Current-CO2/CO2-Now/noaa-mauna-loa-co2-data.html
NOAA Solar Indices Data www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?t=102827&s=1&d=8,4,9
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) http://unfccc.int/2860.php