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Keywords: Kyoto Protocol
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- Abstract: Slowly, the globe confronts global warming. Quickly, the globe warms. But can we trust computerized climate models? What's happening to the oceans and the ice? Could warming damage your lungs?
- Subject:
Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
Secondary
- Collection:
The Why Files
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- Abstract: The purpose of the guide is to serve as a first resort for undergraduates, applicable to first, second and third years in environmental sciences, geography and related disciplines. It is sufficient in depth and rigour for final year students but equally valuable as an information resource for those in their "pre-finals" years. It is not a complete guide but serves to review and illustrate the key factors of climate change over time and space. It contains an extensive list of references which the student is urged to consult.
This guide represents an up-to-date review of climate change. Throughout, the focus has essentially been on global climate change, although reference to regional scale climatic change has been made if and when necessary. On their own each chapter is a broadly self-contained discussion of a specific sub-issue of importance.
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- Abstract: This course examines the interconnections of international politics and climate change. Beginning with an analysis of the strategic and environmental legacies of the 20th Century, it explores the politicization of the natural environment, the role of science in this process, and the gradual shifts in political concerns to incorporate "nature". Two general thrusts of climate-politics connections are pursued, namely those related to (a) conflict - focusing on threats to security due to environmental dislocations and (b) cooperation - focusing on the politics of international treaties that have contributed to emergent processes for global accord in response to evidence of climate change. The course concludes by addressing the question of: "What Next?
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