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Author Blockstein, David E., 1956-

Title The climate solutions consensus [electronic resource] / David E. Blockstein and Leo A.W. Wiegman.

Imprint Washington [D.C.] : Island Press, c2010.

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Description xxiv, 304 p. : ill., maps.
Note "The National Council for Science and the Environment."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The dance of the mice and elephants -- Three questions every citizen should ask -- Human carbon as the smoking gun -- Rising carbon, rising oceans -- The five horsemen of extinction -- The cheapest carbon -- No silver bullet, many silver wedges -- Energy in the cycle of material life -- Multiple intensity disorder -- Carbon meets Wall Street -- The climate message starts to stick -- Think globally, incubate locally -- Where the science, policy, and public meet -- Scaling up amidst the curse of knowledge -- All of the above! : climate solutions in perspective -- Actions 1-20 : strategies for stabilization, mitigation, and adaptation -- Actions 21-28 : guiding and fostering multidisciplinary research -- Actions 29-35 : expanding climate information, education, and communication.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climatic changes -- International cooperation.
Carbon dioxide mitigation -- International cooperation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Wiegman, Leo A. W.
National Council for Science and the Environment (U.S.)
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781597266369 (cloth : alk. paper)
1597266361 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781597266741 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1597266744 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781610911283 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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