| Description |
xxiv, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
The dance of the mice and elephants -- Three questions every citizen should ask -- Human carbon as the smoking gun -- Rising carbon, rising oceans -- The five horsemen of extinction -- The cheapest carbon -- No silver bullet, many silver wedges -- Energy in the cycle of material life -- Multiple intensity disorder -- Carbon meets Wall Street -- The climate message starts to stick -- Think globally, incubate locally -- Where the science, policy, and public meet -- Scaling up amidst the curse of knowledge -- All of the above! : climate solutions in perspective --Actions 1-20 : strategies for stabilization, mitigation, and adaptation -- Actions 21-28 : guiding and fostering multidisciplinary research -- Actions 29-35 : expanding climate information, education, and communication |
| Summary |
Climate Solutions Consensus presents an agenda for America. It is the first major consensus statement by the nation's leading scientists, and it provides specific recommendations for federal policies, for state and local governments, for businesses, and for colleges and universities that are preparing future generations who will be dealing with a radically changed climate |
| Notes |
"The National Council for Science and the Environment." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Carbon dioxide mitigation -- International cooperation.
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Climatic changes -- International cooperation.
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| Author |
Wiegman, Leo A. W.
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National Council for Science and the Environment (U.S.)
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| LC no. |
2009026252 |
| ISBN |
1597266361 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1597266744 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781597266369 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781597266741 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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