Climate wars / Gwynne Dyer.

By:

Dyer, Gwynne

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Carlton North, Vic. : Scribe Publications, 2008.Description: xiv, 256 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780307355843 (pbk.)

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LOC classification:

QC 981.8.C5 D94 2008

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Summary: "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that the average global temperature will rise between 2 degrees and 6.4 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. These are conservative estimates, based on a lowest-common-denominator consensus among scientists and further watered down by governments. They make no allowance for feedback phenomena and potential runaway heating. But a World Bank study in India last year suggested that even 2 degrees hotter means a 25 percent cut in Indian food production. The core problem with climate changes is not sea level rise or bio-diversity; it is food supply."--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	QC 981.8.C5D94 2008 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.2	Available		25823
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY	QC 981.8.C5D94 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		16914

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-256).

"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that the average global temperature will rise between 2 degrees and 6.4 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. These are conservative estimates, based on a lowest-common-denominator consensus among scientists and further watered down by governments. They make no allowance for feedback phenomena and potential runaway heating. But a World Bank study in India last year suggested that even 2 degrees hotter means a 25 percent cut in Indian food production. The core problem with climate changes is not sea level rise or bio-diversity; it is food supply."--Provided by publisher.