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050	0	0	_aQC981.8.C5 _bB643 2007
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100	1		_aBolin, Bert, _d1925-2007, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA history of the science and politics of climate change : _bthe role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / _cBert Bolin.
246	3		_aA History of the Science & Politics of Climate Change
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2007.
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_apt. I. The early history of the climate change issue -- 1. Nineteenth-century discoveries -- 2. The natural carbon cycle and life on earth -- 3. Global research initiatives in meteorology and climatology -- 4. Early international assessments of climate change -- pt. II. The climate change issue becomes one of global concern -- 5. Setting the stage -- 6. The scientific basis for a climate convention -- 7. Serving the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee -- 8. The IPCC second assessment report -- 9. In the aftermath of the IPCC second assessment -- 10. The Kyoto Protocol is agreed and a third assessment begun -- 11. A decade of hesitance and slow progress -- pt. III. Are we at a turning point in addressing climate change? -- 12. Key scientific findings of prime political relevance -- 13. Climate change and a future sustainable global energy supply.
520			_aHow did the global climate change issues emerge? The issue of human-induced global climate change became a major environmental concern during the twentieth century. In response to growing concern about human-induced global climate change, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed in 1988. Written by its first chairman, this book is an overview of the history of the IPCC. It describes and evaluates the intricate interplay between key factors in the science and politics of climate change, the strategy that has been followed, and the regretfully slow pace in getting to grips with the uncertainties that have prevented earlier action being taken. The book also highlights the emerging conflict between establishing a sustainable global energy system and preventing a serious change in global climate. This text provides researchers and policy makers with an insight into the history of the politics of climate change.
610	2	0	_aIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change _xHistory.
650		0	_aClimatic changes.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xGovernment policy.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xInternational cooperation.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aGreenhouse gas mitigation _xGovernment policy.
650		0	_aGreenhouse gas mitigation _xInternational cooperation.
650		0	_aGreenhouse gas mitigation _xPolitical aspects.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521880824
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511721731
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