Exploring Climate Change Related Systems and Scenarios

Jeremy Webb draws on multiple disciplines to piece together the climate change puzzle, identifying what it would take to limit climate change and its impacts. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental policy and future studies.

Autorentext

Jeremy Webb has a background in geology, development studies, and a doctorate in Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy from University College London, UK. He has worked as an international expert in environment statistics, environmental economic accounting, natural resource classification, water statistics, climate change and development, as well as minerals and development. This includes 10 years with the United Nations in New York and Addis Ababa, and another 6 years leading working groups under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

Inhalt

Part One: Introduction and background to climate responses 1. **Introduction to the climate response problem 2. Climate change issues and options 3. Climate actors, institutions, and response system 4. Scenario methods and overarching themes Part Two: Exploring 175 global response scenarios 5. Climate impact, risk, and response scenarios 6. Actors and interests in climate scenarios 7. Climate change response options and scenarios 8. International climate cooperation scenarios 9. Other unusual climate related scenarios Part Three: Lessons learnt 10. Analysing climate signals, actors and responses 11. Effective global responses to climate change 12. How to limit climate change and its impact Part Four: Epilogue** 13. Lessons for other global response problems References List of acronyms Glossary Appendices