Understanding Climate Change- Its Mitigation - Couverture souple

Chavan, Ranjit

 
9781482869811: Understanding Climate Change- Its Mitigation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1482869810 ISBN 13 : 9781482869811
Editeur : PartridgeIndia, 2016

Synopsis

Climate change is the real threat to the humanity. It has united all the countries in the form of setting up special bodies to face the challenge, to know of its advance and to take action. Its consequences are visible in the form of climatic extremes, erratic rainfall, floods, droughts, cyclones, having adverse impact on water resources, agriculture, health, human settlements, biodiversity, loss of glaciers, rise in sea level, ocean acidification etc. All these have been scientifically established through the Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The causes of this rising threat are mainly indiscriminate human activities of burning of fossil-fuels, deforestation, animal husbandry, industrial emissions, etc. causing continual rise of emissions of greenhouse gases. The general perception is that decision making and action is slow and the threat is increasing by the day. There is lack of public awareness towards the danger. Since human activities are the cause, it is through modification of human activities that the danger can be averted. Purpose of this book is to explain the whole phenomenon of climate change in easy language and lucid style, for creating public awareness. Aware people can prevail upon the governments and authorities to take up the mitigation and adaptation efforts in right earnest, and also on their part they can conduct their daily activities with thought of abating the challenge.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Climate change is the real threat to the humanity. It has united all the countries in the form of setting up special bodies to face the challenge, to know of its advance and to take action. Its consequences are visible in the form of climatic extremes, erratic rainfall, floods, droughts, cyclones, having adverse impact on water resources, agriculture, health, human settlements, biodiversity, loss of glaciers, rise in sea level, ocean acidification etc. All these have been scientifically established through the Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The causes of this rising threat are mainly indiscriminate human activities of burning of fossil-fuels, deforestation, animal husbandry, industrial emissions, etc. causing continual rise of emissions of greenhouse gases. The general perception is that decision making and action is slow and the threat is increasing by the day. There is lack of public awareness towards the danger. Since human activities are the cause, it is through modification of human activities that the danger can be averted. Purpose of this book is to explain the whole phenomenon of climate change in easy language and lucid style, for creating public awareness. Aware people can prevail upon the governments and authorities to take up the mitigation and adaptation efforts in right earnest, and also on their part they can conduct their daily activities with thought of abating the challenge.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mr. Ranjit S. Chavan, President of the Institute, a qualified has held many important positions, some of which are as under: 1. Vice-President of the Indian Institute of Public Health Engineers, Kolkata. 2. Member, Executive Committee CITYNET, Yokohama. Japan. 3. Chairman of All India Council of Mayors. (He was Mayor of Vadodara Municipal Council). 4. Member,United Cities Local Government- Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC), Jakarta, Indonesia. 5. Member, Executive Committee, International Council lor Local Environmental Initiatives, (ICLEI). As a Director General of the Institute (1996-2015), he has organized two World Mayors Conference (1998 &2005) in India and a number of international conferences on various aspects of urbanization, environment, and other related issues. He has special interest in urban governance, urban management and environment. He has written a number of books on urbanization and environment. A widely travelled person, the issue of climate change is close to his heart, which he raises from various forums.

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Éditeur
PartridgeIndia
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1482869810
ISBN 13 
9781482869811
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
236
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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