Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
11 - What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2017
Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Climate Change in PracticeTopics for Discussion with Group Exercises, pp. 174 - 189Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
References
11.4 Further Reading
Davidson, E.A. and Janssens, I.A. 2006. Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon decomposition and feedbacks to climate change. Nature, 440, 165–173.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Oppenheimer, M. and Petsonk, A. 2005. Article 2 of the UNFCCC: historical origins, recent interpretations. Climatic Change, 73, 195–226.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ricke, K.L., Moreno-Cruz, J.B., Schewe, J., Levermann, A. and Caldeira, K. 2016. Policy thresholds in mitigation. Nature Geoscience, 9, 5–6.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
11.5 Other Resources
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) www4.unfccc.int/submissions/indc/Submission%20Pages/submissions.aspx [accessed 15/07/16]
RAPID: Monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5° N www.rapid.ac.uk/rapidmoc/ [accessed 15/07/16]
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) www.un-redd.org/aboutredd [accessed 15/07/16]
The Global Carbon Project www.globalcarbonproject.org/index.htm [accessed 15/07/16]
‘The most insane rope-swing bungee jump. Ever’ – video www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2014/mar/14/rope-swing-bungee-jump-magwa-falls-south-africa-video [accessed 15/07/16]