Alcamo / Olesen Life in Europe Under Climate Change

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-26729-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, E-Book

Life in Europe will indeed go on as the climate changes, but not inthe same way as before. The air will be warmer, winds will change,patterns of rainfall and snowfall will alter, and sea level islikely to rise. These phenomena are already being seen. Europe willin the future experience marked changes in vegetation cover,increased floods along rivers and coastlines as well as morefrequent droughts and forest fires, often leading to large societalcosts. The changes will be minor in some cases, profound in others,but in any case, pervasive.
This book uses the most up to date information issued bythe IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change),and informs readers about these effects, as well as showinghow Europe is contributing to attempts to slow the tempo of globalclimate change, and how it can adapt to the climate change thatseems unavoidable.
Life in Europe under Climate Change makes essentialinformation on climate impacts in Europe accessible to a broadaudience, including students, politicians, planners and members ofnon-governmental organizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alcamo, Joseph

Olesen, Jorgen E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword vi
Preface viii
1 Introduction 1
2 Climate and climate change 21
3 Human health 48
4 Food production 72
5 Water security 98
6 Sea and coastline 124
7 Ecosystems and biodiversity 146
8 Impacts on Europe's industries 188
9 Summing up impacts and adaptation 207
10 Climate protection in Europe 241
Index 283
Color plate pages fall between pp. 150 and 151

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph Alcamo is Chief Scientist of the United NationsEnvironment Programme where he is responsible for engaging thescientific community in the policy arena to help solve globalenvironmental problems. He is on leave as Professor ofEnvironmental Science and Engineering and Director of the Center ofEnvironmental Systems Research at the University of Kassel,Germany. He was a coordinating lead author of the assessment ofclimate impacts in Europe in the Fourth Assessment report of theIPCC.
Jørgen E. Olesen is Professor of agriculture andclimate change at Aarhus University in Denmark. He was a leadauthor in the Fourth Assessment report of the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change. He was a member of the Commission onClimate Change Policy for the Government in Denmark. He is a memberof the Danish Council on Ethics, and he chairs the food andagriculture group of the Danish green think tank CONCITO.