The Global Climate Crisis

What To Do About It

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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The Global Climate Crisis: What To Do About It addresses the imminent need to fully understand the causes, effects, and evidence of global warming due to the large amount of climate disinformation and complexity of much of the available valid science. In this second edition, the authors broaden the understanding of global warming, bring new findings to light, and report on successes and failures when dealing with this global crisis. They address the science of global warming in a concise, readable manner while providing an in-depth reference for readers who want more details or to study the sources of information.
New developments are covered in this second edition such as advances in the deployment of renewable energy sources and the evolving status of climate change indicators They present a plan based on an established and economically feasible current technology to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. They note that while progress is being made, it is not happening fast enough or on a large enough scale to meet prescribed goals of limiting temperature increase.

Provides a broad understanding of global warming and climate change, with easily understandable language, tables, and charts
Presents a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that is based on currently available technology that is well-established and economic
Discusses practical actions that need to be taken and past successes and failures to understand the complexity of addressing global warming
Offers a practical plan with recommendations covering the technical, economic, and public policy issues involved

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-02-29
Mått152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt590 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor364
Upplaga2
FörlagElsevier Science
ISBN9780443273223

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Bill Fletcher retired as a Senior Vice President at Rockwell International Corporation responsible for corporate R&D and business planning. Most of his career involved business planning and international operations for large companies. He served as an officer and engineer in the navy working on the design and operation of nuclear powered ships, and was an engineer involved with the design and construction of commercial nuclear power plants. Later, he focused on industrial development and automation. His international experience includes an assignment in Saudi Arabia planning the large Jubail industrial development project on the Persian Gulf, with additional expatriate assignments in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Canada.Craig Smith retired as a President and Chairman, DMJM H+N, a subsidiary of AECOM Technology Corporation, an international engineering and construction management firm. He began as an Assistant Professor of Engineering at UCLA, where he was also the Assistant Director of the Nuclear Energy Laboratory. After UCLA, he cofounded ANCO Engineers, Inc., an engineering consulting firm in Los Angeles, later joining AECOM as the Vice President of Daniel Mann, Johnson, and Mendenhall (DMJM). He subsequently became the senior vice president, executive vice president, and COO. In 1999, he became the President of Holmes and Narver, Inc. He has been broadly involved in the field of energy and power, responsible for design and construction management, tests, and research on most types of electrical generating facilities.

1. Introduction2. Dealing with global warmingPart one3. The earth as a system4. Fundamental drivers of global warming5. Evidence of a warming planet6. How do we know greenhouse gases are the issue?7. What are the effects of global warming?8. International efforts to address global warmingPart two9. What it takes to stop global warming10. Energy alternatives11. Why is global warming such a difficult problem to solve?12. Some successes and failuresPart three13. Action plan: efficiency, power, transportation, and land use14. Can it be done?15. The way forwardPart four: appendicesAfterwordFurther readingUseful reportsUseful websitesAppendices