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Foreword
Preface
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Part I. Climatic Trends: 1. Identifying, monitoring and predicting change in the climate system
2. The oceans and the climate system
3. Sea level rise and ice sheet dynamics
4. Carbon cycle trends and vulnerabilities
Part II. Defining 'Dangerous Climate Change': 5. The impact of climate change on human societies
6. Impacts of climate change on the biotic fabric of the planet
7. Tipping elements: jokers in the pack
8. Linking science and action: targets, timetables and emission budgets
Part III. Equity Issues: 9. The equity challenge and climate policy: responsibilities, vulnerabilities and inequality in the response to climate change
10. A long-term perspective on climate change: values and ethics
Part IV. Mitigation and Adaptation Approaches: 11. Low-carbon energy technologies as mitigation approaches
12. Economic approaches and instruments
13. Geopolitics and governance
14. Adapting to the unavoidable
Part V. Meeting the Challenge: 15. Integrating adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development
16. Mobilising the population
17. The human-Earth relationship: past, present and future
Index.
Preface
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Part I. Climatic Trends: 1. Identifying, monitoring and predicting change in the climate system
2. The oceans and the climate system
3. Sea level rise and ice sheet dynamics
4. Carbon cycle trends and vulnerabilities
Part II. Defining 'Dangerous Climate Change': 5. The impact of climate change on human societies
6. Impacts of climate change on the biotic fabric of the planet
7. Tipping elements: jokers in the pack
8. Linking science and action: targets, timetables and emission budgets
Part III. Equity Issues: 9. The equity challenge and climate policy: responsibilities, vulnerabilities and inequality in the response to climate change
10. A long-term perspective on climate change: values and ethics
Part IV. Mitigation and Adaptation Approaches: 11. Low-carbon energy technologies as mitigation approaches
12. Economic approaches and instruments
13. Geopolitics and governance
14. Adapting to the unavoidable
Part V. Meeting the Challenge: 15. Integrating adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development
16. Mobilising the population
17. The human-Earth relationship: past, present and future
Index.