Global warming and climate change; ten years after Kyoto and still counting, 2v.9781578085392 Global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. and climate change; ten years after Kyoto and still counting, 2v. Ed. by Velma I. Grover. Science Publishers, Inc. 2008 1124 pages $130.00 Hardcover QC981 For this two-volume collection published in recognition of the tenth anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol: see global warming. on greenhouse gas greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas emissions, Grover (International Network on Water, Environment and Health and United Nations U., Canada) has assembled a diverse collection of 51 articles addressing philosophical, social, and scientific issues of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions and institutional, policy, and legal issues connected to the Kyoto Protocol and other relevant initiatives. She has made effort an to include voices from all major players, albeit not entirely successful in her own estimation with regards to Russian, Indian, and Chinese points of view. A sampling of specific topics beyond the obvious includes the response to climate change by non-Annex I parties, communication failures in climate policy, carbon sequestration sequestration In law, a writ authorizing a law-enforcement official to take into custody the property of a defendant in order to enforce a judgment or to preserve the property until a judgment is rendered. credits and trading mechanisms, making carbon and development objectives compatible under carbon sink activities, quantification of reduced emissions from deforestation deforestation Process of clearing forests. Rates of deforestation are particularly high in the tropics, where the poor quality of the soil has led to the practice of routine clear-cutting to make new soil available for agricultural use. in developing countries, adaptive governance in climate change, communicating climate science to policy makers, impact of climate change on water resources of the Middle East, climate change and land degradation The causes of land degradation are mainly anthropogenic and agriculture related. The major causes include:
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