Full title: Climate change : a wicked problem : complexity and uncertainty at the intersection of science, economics, politics, and human behavior / Frank P. Incropera, University of Notre Dame.
Author/creator: Incropera, Frank P.
Call Numbers: G 2016/1766
Record Identifier: 74VKVpE6ybrO
Language: English
Formats: Books
Contents: xxxii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm., , , , , 1.Energy, economics, and climate change -- 1.1.Energy: an indispensable resource -- 1.2.Energy 101: a taxonomy -- 1.3.Energy and economic growth -- 1.4.Energy, greenhouse gases, and the environment -- 1.5.Energy, economy, the environment, and sustainability -- 1.6.A wicked problem -- 1.7.Summary -- 2.The Earth's climate system -- 2.1.Weather and climate -- 2.2.Natural agents of climate change -- 2.3.Earth's global energy budget and the greenhouse effect -- 2.4.Summary -- 3.Greenhouse gases -- 3.1.Distinguishing features -- Atmospheric concentrations -- Atmospheric lifetimes and global warming potentials -- Radiative forcings -- 3.2.Greenhouse gas emissions: recent trends -- 3.3.A macro view of contributing factors -- 3.4.Whither emissions? -- 3.5.The carbon cycle -- 3.6.Summary -- 4.Global warming -- 4.1.The Earth's temperature history -- Proxy and instrument records -- Not without controversy -- The CO2-temperature linkage -- Temperature stasis--
The instrument record redux -- 4.2.Climate models and future warming -- 4.3.Feedback mechanisms -- Effect of atmospheric water vapor -- Effect of ice cover on the Earth's albedo -- Decomposition of organic matter -- 4.4.Summary -- 5.Consequences of global warming -- 5.1.The Arctic: canary in a mine shaft -- 5.2.Changing sea levels -- The effect of glaciers -- The effect of ice sheets -- Rising seas -- 5.3.Extreme weather events -- 5.4.The built environment -- 5.5.The natural environment -- 5.6.Food production -- 5.7.Human health and security -- 5.8.Abrupt climate change -- 5.9.Summary -- 6.Mitigation, adaptation, and geoengineering -- 6.1.Energy efficiency and conservation -- 6.2.Decarbonization of electric power: coal -- the 800-pound gorilla -- The natural gas conundrum -- Nuclear and renewable energy -- 6.3.Decarbonization of transportation -- Electric vehicles: back to the future -- Biofuels: some better than others -- 6.4.Carbon capture and sequestration: the CCS challenge--
6.5.A sobering perspective: the notion of wedges -- 6.6.Economic factors -- 6.7.Adaptation -- 6.8.Geoengineering -- Solar radiation management -- Carbon dioxide removal -- Ramifications and risks -- 6.9.Summary -- 7.Public policy options -- 7.1.Cap-and-trade -- 7.2.A carbon tax -- 7.3.Cap-and-trade or a carbon tax? -- 7.4.Regulatory options -- 7.5.Financial incentives -- 7.6.Summary -- 8.The politics of global warming: a history lesson and future prospects -- 8.1.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- 8.2.The Kyoto Protocol -- 8.3.Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol -- 8.4.Beyond Kyoto -- 8.5.Copenhagen and subsequent meetings -- 8.6.The Washington debate -- Tilting at congressional windmills -- Another lever to pull: enter the EPA -- 8.7.China: serious about emissions -- 8.8.From the bottom up -- State and city governments -- The corporate sector -- 8.9.Summary -- 9.Dissenting opinions: the great hoax -- 9.1.The political-corporate axis -- 9.2.Science or pseudoscience--
credible or conspiratorial? -- 9.3.The human element -- 9.4.An analogy -- 9.5.Summary -- 10.The ethics of climate change -- 10.1.Ethical dimensions of climate change -- 10.2.Ethical theories and principles -- Imperatives -- Consequences -- Values and virtues -- Aristotle or Rand? -- The Precautionary Principle -- The bottom line -- 10.3.Religious traditions -- 10.4.A role for ethics -- 10.5.Summary -- 11.A way forward -- 11.1.Economic realities and unlikely outcomes -- 11.2.Elements of an action plan: mitigation and adaptation -- Mitigation -- Pathways to deep decarbonization -- Adaptation -- 11.3.Elements of an action plan: public policy -- 11.4.Elements of an action plan: personal and social values -- 11.5.Epilogue.
Publishers: New York, NY Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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