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Climate Change

Turning Up the Heat

By: A. Barrie Pittock

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Climate Change

Turning Up the Heat

By: A. Barrie Pittock

Is climate change really happening and does it matter? The answer from the scientific community is a resounding yes, yet debates about the reality of climate change and what measures to take are slowing our response. Barrie Pittock, one of the world's leading climate researchers, argues that we need to act urgently to avoid increasingly severe climate change. He looks at the controversy around global warming and other predicted changes, examining the scientific basis of the changes observed to date, how they relate to natural variations and why the evidence points to larger changes later this century. The effect of these changes on our natural systems and our lifestyles will be considerable and could include wild weather, shifts in global ocean circulation, decreases in crop yields and sea-level rises. But the impacts won't be distributed evenly: some countries will suffer more than others. Climate Change: Turning up the Heat explains how our attitudes to risk and uncertainty constant companions in life influence our decision making and, ultimately, how much we and future generations stand to lose from rapid climate change. It outlines the current concerns of the major international players and reviews the response to date, detailing national interests. Importantly, it shows there is real hope of managing climate change and minimising the risk of disaster if we step up efforts to develop and apply innovative technological and policy solutions.

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1134035659

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Climate Change

The Science, Impacts and Solutions

By: A. Barrie Pittock

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Climate Change

The Science, Impacts and Solutions

By: A. Barrie Pittock

It is widely accepted in the scientific community that climate change is a reality, and that changes are happening with increasing rapidity. In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet, in light of ever-evolving scientific research. Presenting all sides of the arguments about the science and possible remedies, Pittock examines the latest analyses of climate change, such as new and alarming observations regarding Arctic sea ice, the recently published IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, and the policies of the new Australian Government and how they affect the implementation of climate change initiatives. New material focuses on massive investments in large-scale renewables, such as the kind being taken up in California, as well as many smaller-scale activities in individual homes and businesses which are being driven by both regulatory and market mechanisms. The book includes extensive endnotes with links to ongoing and updated information, as well as some new illustrations. While the message is clear that climate change is here (and in some areas, might already be having disastrous effects), there is still hope for the future, and the ideas presented here will inspire people to take action. Climate Change: The Science, Impacts and Solutions is an important reference for students in environmental or social sciences, policy makers, and people who are genuinely concerned about the future of our environment.

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Climate Change

The Science, Impacts and Solutions

By: A. Barrie Pittock

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The Science, Impacts and Solutions

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Climate Change and International History

Negotiating Science, Global Change, and Environmental Justice

By: Ruth A. Morgan

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Climate Change and International History

Negotiating Science, Global Change, and Environmental Justice

By: Ruth A. Morgan

Exploring how climate change has configured the international arena since the 1950s, this book reveals the ways that climate change emerged and evolved as an international problem, and how states, scientists and non-governmental organizations have engaged in diplomatic efforts to address it. Developing amidst the Cold War, decolonization and a growing transnational environmental consciousness, it asks how this wider historical context has shaped international responses to the greatest threat to humankind to date. Thinking beyond the science of climate change to the way it is received and responded to, Ruth Morgan shows how climate science has been mobilised in the political sphere, paying particular attention to the North-South dynamics of climate diplomacy. The privileging of climate science and the mobilisation of climate scepticism are explored to consider how they have undermined efforts to remedy this planetary problem. Studying climate change and international history in tandem, this book explains the origins of the debates around this environmental emergency, the response of political leaders attempting to address the threat, and the barriers to creating an international regime to resolve the climate crisis.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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135024015X

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Medical Anthropology and the World System

Critical Perspectives

By: Hans A. Baer,Merrill Singer,Ida Susser

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Medical Anthropology and the World System

Critical Perspectives

By: Hans A. Baer,Merrill Singer,Ida Susser

Now in its third edition, this textbook serves to frame understandings of health, health-related behavior, and health care in light of social and health inequality as well as structural violence. It also examines how the exercise of power in the health arena and in society overall impacts human health and well-being. Medical Anthropology and the World System: Critical Perspectives, Third Edition includes updated and expanded information on medical anthropology, resulting in an even more comprehensive resource for undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers worldwide. As in the previous versions of this text, the authors provide insights from the perspective of critical medical anthropology, a well-established theoretical viewpoint from which faculty, researchers, and students study medical anthropology. It addresses the nature and scope of medical anthropology; the biosocial and political ecological origins of disease, health inequities, and social suffering; and the nature of medical systems in indigenous and pre-capitalist state societies and modern societies. The third edition also includes new material on the relationship between climate change and health. Finally, this textbook explores health praxis and the struggle for a healthy world.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Philanthropy and Settler Colonialism

By: A. O'Brien

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Philanthropy and Settler Colonialism

By: A. O'Brien

This book, the first long-range history of the voluntary sector in Australia and the first internationally to compare philanthropy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in a settler society, explores how the race and gender ideologies embedded in philanthropy contributed to the construction of Australia's welfare state.

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Springer

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1137440503

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The Anthropology of Climate Change

An Integrated Critical Perspective

By: Hans A. Baer,Merrill Singer

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The Anthropology of Climate Change

An Integrated Critical Perspective

By: Hans A. Baer,Merrill Singer

In addressing the urgent questions raised by climate change, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the anthropology of climate change, guided by a critical political ecological framework. It examines the emergence and slow maturation of the anthropology of climate change, reviews the historic foundations for this work in the archaeology of climate change, and presents three alternative contemporary theoretical perspectives in the anthropology of climate change. This second edition is fully updated to include the most recent literature published since the first edition in 2014. It also examines a number of new topics, including an analysis of the 2014 American Anthropological Association’s Global Climate Change Task Force report, a new case study on responses to climate change in developed societies, and reference to the stance of the Trump administration on climate change. Not only does this book provide a valuable overview of the field and the key literature, but it also gives researchers and students in Environmental Anthropology, Climate Change, Human Geography, Sociology, and Political Science a novel framework for understanding climate change that emphasizes human socioecological interactions.

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1351273108

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Global Capitalism and Climate Change

The Need for an Alternative World System

By: Hans A. Baer

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Global Capitalism and Climate Change

The Need for an Alternative World System

By: Hans A. Baer

Now in its second edition, Global Capitalism and Climate Change: The Need for an Alternative World System examines anthropogenic climate change in the context of global capitalism, a political economy that emphasizes profit-making, is committed to on-going economic growth, results in massive social inequality, fosters a treadmill of production and consumption, and is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Looking ahead, Hans A. Baer explores the systemic changes necessary to create a more socially just, democratic, and environmentally sustainable world system capable of moving humanity toward a safer climate. This book is recommended for readers interested in anti-systemic efforts, including eco-anarchism, eco-feminism, the de-growth perspective, Indigenous voices, and the climate justice movement.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666901792

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The Science of Our Changing Climate

By: Michael A. Box,Gail P. Box

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The Science of Our Changing Climate

By: Michael A. Box,Gail P. Box

Compelling and accessible coverage of the science needed to understand climate change, requiring only a basic understanding of algebra.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009372343

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Book's by A Barrie Pittock

Climate Change

Climate Change

Climate Change

Climate Change

Climate Change

Climate Change

Climate Change and International History

Climate Change and International History

Medical Anthropology and the World System

Medical Anthropology and the World System

Philanthropy and Settler Colonialism

Philanthropy and Settler Colonialism

The Anthropology of Climate Change

The Anthropology of Climate Change

Global Capitalism and Climate Change

Global Capitalism and Climate Change

The Science of Our Changing Climate

The Science of Our Changing Climate

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