Global Warming The Complete Briefing 5th Edition by John Houghton ISBN 1107091675 9781107091672

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ISBN 10: 1107091675 
ISBN 13: 9781107091672
Author: John Houghton

Global Warming The Complete Briefing 5th Table of contents:

Chapter 1 – Global Warming and Climate Change

• Is the climate changing?

• The last 40 years

• What is global warming?

• Adaptation and mitigation

• International cooperation in climate science

• Uncertainty and response

• Questions

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 1

Chapter 2 – The Greenhouse Effect

• How the Earth keeps warm

• The greenhouse effect

• Mars and Venus

• The ‘runaway’ greenhouse effect

• The enhanced greenhouse effect

• Summary

• Questions

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 2

Chapter 3 – The Greenhouse Gases

• Which are the most important greenhouse gases?

• Radiative forcing

• Carbon dioxide and the carbon cycle

• Future emissions of carbon dioxide

• Other greenhouse gases:

  • Methane

  • Nitrous oxide

  • Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and ozone

• Gases with an indirect greenhouse effect

• Particles in the atmosphere

• Global warming potentials

• Estimates of radiative forcing

• Summary

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 3

Chapter 4 – Climates of the Past

• The last hundred years

• The last thousand years

• The past million years

• How stable has past climate been?

• Summary

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 4

Chapter 5 – Modelling the Climate

• Modelling the weather

• Seasonal forecasting

• The climate system

• Feedbacks in the climate system:

  • Water vapour feedback

  • Cloud-radiation feedback

  • Ocean-circulation feedback

  • Ice-albedo feedback

• Models for climate prediction

• Validation of the model

• Comparison with observations

• Is the climate chaotic?

• Regional climate modelling

• The future of climate modelling

• Summary

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 5

Chapter 6 – Climate Change for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond

• Emission scenarios

• Model projections

• Projections of global average temperature

• Equivalent carbon dioxide (CO₂e)

• Regional patterns of climate change

• Changes in climate extremes

• Regional climate models

• Longer-term climate change

• Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

• Other factors that might influence climate change

• Summary

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 6

Chapter 7 – The Impacts of Climate Change

• A complex network of changes

• How much will sea level rise?

• Impacts in coastal areas

• Increasing human use of freshwater resources

• Impact on agriculture and food supply

• Impact on ecosystems

• Impact on human health

• Adaptation to climate change

• Costing the impacts of climate change

• Summary

• Questions

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 7

Chapter 8 – Why Should We Be Concerned?

• Earth in the balance

• Exploitation

• ‘Back to nature’

• The technical fix

• The unity of the Earth

• Environmental values

• Stewards of the Earth

• Equity – intergenerational and international

• The will to act

• Summary

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 8

Chapter 9 – Weighing the Uncertainty

• The scientific uncertainty

• The IPCC Assessments

• Narrowing the uncertainty

• Sustainable development

• The Precautionary Principle

• Principles for international action

• Damage from climate change and its cost

• Why not wait and see?

• Summary

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 9

Chapter 10 – A Strategy for Action to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change

• The Climate Convention

• Stabilisation of emissions

• The Montreal Protocol

• The Kyoto Protocol

• Forests

• Reduction in sources of greenhouse gases other than CO₂

• The choice of target level

• Stabilisation of carbon dioxide concentrations

• Realising the Climate Convention Objective

• Summary

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 10

Chapter 11 – Energy and Transport for the Future

• World energy demand and supply

• Future energy projections

• Projections for energy investment

• A long-term energy strategy

• Buildings: energy conservation and efficiency

• Example of a ZED (Zero Emission Development)

• Energy and CO₂ savings in transport

• Energy and CO₂ savings in industry

• Carbon-free electricity supply:

  • Hydropower

  • Biomass energy

  • Biofuels

  • Wind energy and wind turbines

  • Solar energy: heating, CSP, photovoltaics

  • Other renewable energies

• Support and financing of carbon-free energy

• Technology for the longer term

• A zero carbon future

• Summary

• Questions

• Further Reading and Reference

• Notes for Chapter 11

Chapter 12 – The Global Village

• Global warming – global pollution

• Sustainability – also a global challenge

• Not the only global problem

• The challenge to all sections of community

• The goal of environmental stewardship

• Further Reading and Reference

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