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It is the greatest environmental challenge of the 21st Century. But what do we truly know about global climate change? And what can we do about it? Most of the world's top scientists agree that emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from human activities such as industrial processes, fossil fuel combustion, and land-use changes are causing the earth to get warmer. Impacts of this warming may include damage to our coastal areas, accelerated rates of species loss, altered agricultural patterns, and increased incidences of infectious diseases. The effects of climate change - and efforts to mitigate climate change - could also have substantial economic ramifications. The book presents the latest research and analysis from prominent scientists, economists, academics, and policy-makers, including: Tom Wigley and Joel Smith , who, along with other authors of the Science and Impacts chapter, explain the basic science of climate change, the growing evidence that human activities are changing our climate, and the impacts of these changes; Eileen Claussen , John Gummer , Henry Lee , and other authors of the Global Strategies chapter, who describe what nations are or are not doing to address climate change, and the state of international climate talks; Robert Stavins , John Weyant , Ev Ehrlich , and other economists, who explain why economic analyses of climate policy are conducted, why the projected costs of addressing climate change vary so widely among economic models, and how changes driven by today's economy can influence climate policy; Gov. Jean Shaheen and other authors of the Innovative Solutions chapter, who describe what state and local governments in the United States and multinational companies are doing to monitor and curb greenhouse gas emissions; and Forest Reinhardt , who offers business leaders advice on steering their companies on a path that is healthy for business as well as the global climate. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details

The article deals with modern approaches related to the definition of the global climate change causes. Noteworthy, there are two scientific approaches concerning this issue: some, who believe that global climate change was caused by anthropogenic factors and others, who believe that the cause of this phenomenoncaused by natural factors. It indicates the lack of consensus on the causes of climate change on the planet. The author's focus also revolves around the existing manifestations of climate change and the global risks that aggravate this process. It has been determined that today, to prevent these risks, it is necessary to develop adaptation programs and mitigate the effects of global climate change on the global, national, local and corporate levels. The practical measures taken by the United Nations, other international organizations, governments, cities and corporations indicate the existence of political will and understanding of the inevitability of changes. To conclude, the author states that the problem of global climate change, being scientific to a great extend, has largely increased in becoming the subject of international political dialogue.
Keywords: Global climate change, global risks, adaptation, mitigation

Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Global Climate Change and Terrestrial Invertebrates -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Predictions for Climate and Atmospheric Change -- 1.3 General Mechanisms for Climate Change Impacts on Invertebrates -- 1.4 Themes of the Book -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part I: Methods for Studying Invertebrates and Climate Change -- Chapter 2: Using Historical Data for Studying Range Changes -- Summary -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Review of Historical Data Sets on Species' Distributions -- 2.3 Methods for Using Historical Data to Estimate Species' Range Changes -- 2.4 Challenges and Biases in Historical Data -- 2.5 New Ways of Analysing Data and Future Perspectives -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3: Experimental Approaches for Assessing Invertebrate Responses to Global Change Factors -- Summary -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Experimental Scale: Reductionist, Holistic and Integrated Approaches -- 3.3 Experimental Design: Statistical Concerns -- 3.4 Experimental Endpoints: Match Metrics to Systems -- 3.5 Experimental Systems: Manipulations From Bottle to Field -- 3.6 Team Science: the Human Dimension -- 3.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4: Transplant Experiments - a Powerful Method to Study Climate Change Impacts -- Summary -- 4.1 Global Climate Change -- 4.2 Climate Change Impacts on Species -- 4.3 Climate Change Impacts on Communities -- 4.4 Common Approaches to Study Climate Change Impacts -- 4.5 Transplant Experiments - a Powerful Tool to Study Climate Change -- 4.6 Transplant Experiment Trends Using Network Analysis -- 4.7 What's Missing in Our Current Approaches? Next Steps for Implementing Transplant Experiments -- Acknowledgements -- References

This publication addresses the massive investments that will be required in addition to the mobilization of substantial new financial resources that will be needed in order to continue the fight on global climate change. The first part provides a review of the existing mechanisms that channel funds to energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) projects and understand the success factors in designing EERE financing mechanisms. The second provides a review of the technical, economic, and regulatory conditions in each region and a summary of main activities undertaken by national governments and international institutions, with a particular regard to the work of the UN regional commissions.--Publisher's description

This book examines what will happen to global invasive species, including plants, animals and pathogens with current and expected man-made climate change. The effects on distribution, success, spread and impact of invasive species are considered for a series of case studies from a number of countries. This book will be of great value to researchers, policymakers and industry in responding to changing management needs