Second edition of an acclaimed book provides up-to-date, integrated overview of climate change issue - science, technology, economics, policy, and politics.
‘This timely, informative and well-written book does an excellent job of explaining, in language accessible to everyone, the scientific basis for our current understanding of global warming and climate change, as well as societal implications and the political barriers to sound, rational policy. Its co-authors are well recognized experts in science and in public policy. I recommend it to anyone who wishes to gain a better understanding of this complex issue – what the debate is all about – and as a core textbook for introductory courses on the environment, climate change, or public policy.’
Professor Neal Lane, Malcolm Gillis University Professor and Senior Fellow of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University. Former Science Advisor to President Clinton and former Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation
Published February 2010 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521737401 | Not yet published - available from February 2010
Presents a cutting edge overview of tackling and adapting to climate change, written by a lead member of the IPCC.
‘No one has put together as encompassing and profound understanding of the scientific and politics of climate change as has Bert Metz. Whether as negotiator, analyst or leading force in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Metz brings to the global debate the ability to bridge the clarity demanded by the lay public to the intellectual subtlety of an experts’ expert. A book for our time that looks far beyond.’
Thomas C. Heller, Head of the Climate Policy Initiative and Professor of International Legal Studies, Stanford University
Published December 2009 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521747844 | Not yet published - available from December 2009
Soil Carbon Dynamics An Integrated Methodology Edited by Werner Kutsch, Michael Bahn, Andreas Heinemeyer
c. 65.00
An integrated view of the current and emerging methods and concepts applied in soil carbon research.
Published December 2009 | Hardback | ISBN-13:9780521865616 | Not yet published - available from December 2009
This volume promotes an understanding of Integrated Regional Assessment (IRA), which analyses how different regions contribute to global environmental change.
‘This excellent volume provides a sound and authoritative basis for the development of the next generation of integrated studies in global environmental change. It will be a particularly valuable resource for researchers in this field.’
Dr Hassan Virji, Director, START, The Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training, Washington DC
Published October 2009 | Hardback | ISBN-13:9780521518109 | In stock
The Hydrogen Economy Opportunities and Challenges Edited by Michael Ball, Martin Wietschel
£75.00
Evaluates the opportunities and challenges of introducing hydrogen as an alternative fuel source from economic, technical and environmental perspectives.
‘This multi-disciplinary book significantly broadens the perspective on the prospects of hydrogen as a universal energy vector and fuel, and provides a very important addition to the policy debate over future sources of transportation energy and the role hydrogen can play for the decades to come.’
Herbert Kohler, Chair of the European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform
Published September 2009 | Hardback | ISBN-13:9780521882163 | In stock
A graduate textbook that provides a unified treatment of machine learning methods and their applications in the environmental sciences.
‘… one of the first books describing machine learning techniques in the context of environmental applications … goes a long way in explaining these subjects in a very clear, concise, and understandable way. This is one of the few books where one will find diverse areas of machine learning all within the same cover … aimed at advanced undergraduates and PhD students, as well as researchers and practitioners. No previous knowledge of machine learning concepts is assumed.’
Vladimir Krasnopolsky, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service
Published July 2009 | Hardback | ISBN-13:9780521791922 | In stock
Adapting to Climate Change Thresholds, Values, Governance Edited by W. Neil Adger, Irene Lorenzoni, Karen L. O'Brien
£80.00
This presents the latest scientific research by leading researchers and practitioners on the critical issue of adapting to climate change.
'This book is a major contribution to a subject that has hitherto been far too little studied and commented on. 'Adaptation' to climate change sounds a simple idea, but turns out to be a complex and problematic one. Everyone involved in the debate about how to cope with global warming will profit by studying the diverse contributions this volume contains.'
Professor Lord Tony Giddens, London School of Economics and Political Science, author of The Politics of Climate Change
Published June 2009 | Hardback | ISBN-13:9780521764858 | In stock
