TY - BOOK ID - 80824216 TI - Primer on climate change and sustainable development AU - Munasinghe, Mohan AU - Swart, R J PY - 2004 SN - 9780511622984 9780521810661 9780521008884 9781107321434 1107321433 0511622988 9781107316041 1107316049 9780521810663 0521810663 9780521008883 0521008883 1139809733 1107316995 1299318738 1107315069 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sustainable development. KW - Climatic changes. KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change KW - Climate change science KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects KW - Global environmental change UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80824216 AB - Climate change and variability has become the primary environmental concern of the 21st Century. The potential impacts and mitigation of climate change need to be analyzed within the context of sustainable development. Primer on Climate Change and Sustainable Development presents a condensed and accessible review of the latest state-of-the-art assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The book begins with a foreword from the chair of the IPCC. Our current knowledge of the basic science of climate change is described, before moving on to future scenarios of development within the context of climate change. Possible adaptation and mitigation measures, including cost and benefit analysis, are discussed. The book will be an invaluable textbook for students of environmental science and policy, and researchers and policy makers involved in all aspects of climate change. ER -