ISBN:
9780745684420
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (294 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.25
Keywords:
Climatic changes-Social aspects
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Title page -- Copyright page -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- 1 The Social Challenge of Climate Change -- Setting the stage -- Why does climate change matter? -- Equity, ethics, and justice -- The climate of the Anthropocene -- Openings and opportunities -- Climate change as transformation -- Summary -- Reflection questions -- Further reading -- 2 Scientific Evidence of Climate Change -- The scientific consensus -- Evidence of climate change -- Documenting a changing climate -- Other evidence of climate change -- Linking climate change to greenhouse gas emissions and human activities -- Projecting climate futures -- Is science enough? -- Summary -- Reflection questions -- Further reading -- 3 Climate Change Discourses -- What kind of a problem is climate change? -- The power of discourses -- The biophysical discourse -- The critical discourse -- Dismissive discourse -- The integrative discourse -- Summary -- Reflection questions -- Further reading -- 4 Worldviews, Beliefs, and Emotions -- How do you see the world? -- What is a worldview? -- Categorizing worldviews -- Changing worldviews -- Views of nature and climate change -- Views of nature -- Linking views of nature to understandings of climate change -- Beliefs, identities, values, and emotions -- Beliefs and identities -- Values and social norms -- Emotions -- Connecting with climate change through film, fiction, and art -- Imagining the future through TV, film, and fiction -- Climate change in visual and participatory arts -- Summary -- Reflection questions -- Further reading -- 5 The Social Drivers of Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- The elephant in the room -- National emissions patterns -- National emissions -- National emissions and development -- Globalization and the spatial displacement of emissions.
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