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Surviving global warming: why eliminating greenhouse gases isn't enough

By Roger A , Sedjo

Book information

Publisher
Prometheus Books
Year
2019
ISBN
9781633885295, 9781633885288, 1633885283
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1622920 bytes)
Pages
245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Climate change mitigation;Greenhouse gas mitigatio

Description

Though the Paris Agreement on climate change was a significant achievement, most authorities agree that its measures to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions will be insufficient to offset the forecasted increase in global warming. Climate expert Roger A. Sedjo argues we must also begin planning adaptation strategies--Plan B--which enable societies to anticipate and protect against the worst effects of inevitable climate change.;Introduction. Climate change : where are we now? -- Al Gore and the greenhouse gas theory : Plan A -- Natural climate change : GHGs are not the whole answer -- Plan A, mitigation : a bridge too far? -- Plan B, the adaptation solution -- Adaptation through reflectivity and geoengineering -- Political challenges -- "Plan B" as insurance -- Where from here? : next steps as well as summary and conclusions.

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