Climate Change: What it Means for Us, Our Children, and Our GrandchildrenJoseph F. DiMento, Pamela Doughman MIT Press, 2007 - 217 pages Explains what science knows about climate change, how it will affect us, its impact on different areas, and what we can do about it. |
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... World Climate Conference called for greater cooperation to study climate change and prevent it from getting worse ( IUCC 1979 ) . The late 1980s were a period of growing awareness of global ecological problems and their social ...
... World Climate Conference called for greater cooperation to study climate change and prevent it from getting worse ( IUCC 1979 ) . The late 1980s were a period of growing awareness of global ecological problems and their social ...
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... International Climate Meetings and Conferences 1979 First World Climate Conference 1988 1990 World Meteorological Association and United Nations Environmental Program establish the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Second World ...
... International Climate Meetings and Conferences 1979 First World Climate Conference 1988 1990 World Meteorological Association and United Nations Environmental Program establish the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Second World ...
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... Climate Coalition . n.d. Home page . < http : // www .globalclimate.org ) ... Climate Change . < http://unfccc.int/national_reports/annex_i_natcom/submitted_natcom ... World Climate Conference . Geneva : UNEP . Intergovernmental Panel on ...
... Climate Coalition . n.d. Home page . < http : // www .globalclimate.org ) ... Climate Change . < http://unfccc.int/national_reports/annex_i_natcom/submitted_natcom ... World Climate Conference . Geneva : UNEP . Intergovernmental Panel on ...
Contents
A Primer on Global Climate Change and Its Likely | 11 |
Global and Local Views | 45 |
How Do | 65 |
Copyright | |
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