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Adaptation and climate change /

by Erdreich, Sarah Flint.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: At issueEnvironment: Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009Description: 112 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780737742763 (hardcover); 0737742763 (hardcover); 9780737742756 (pbk.); 0737742755 (pbk.).Subject(s): Human beings -- Effect of climate on | Adaptation (Biology) | Global environmental change | Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects
Contents:
Climate change could be devastating and people must adapt to survive / Margareta Wahlstrom -- The negative impact of climate change is overstated / Olaf Stampf (Translated from German by Christopher Sultan) -- Climate change will force the relocation of communities / Marwaan Macan-Markar -- Climate change affects the natural world / Ker Than -- Indigenous arctic cultures struggle to adapt to climate change / Alex Shoumatoff -- Climate change must be addressed in developing countries / Science Daily -- Developing countries have more pressing concerns than climate change / Siddhartha Shome -- Laws are needed to force humans to adapt / Mike Tidwell -- Laws curbing emissions are necessary and can encourage profitability / Fred Krupp -- Policies curbing emissions are unnecessary and hinder profitability / James M. Inhofe -- Air travel contributes to climate change / Gregory M. Lamb -- The benefits of air travel outweigh the modest impact on the climate / Kendra Okonski -- Green consumerism won't benefit the environment / Monica Hesse.
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GF71 A37 2009 (Browse shelf) Available 00003081
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-106) and index.

Climate change could be devastating and people must adapt to survive / Margareta Wahlstrom -- The negative impact of climate change is overstated / Olaf Stampf (Translated from German by Christopher Sultan) -- Climate change will force the relocation of communities / Marwaan Macan-Markar -- Climate change affects the natural world / Ker Than -- Indigenous arctic cultures struggle to adapt to climate change / Alex Shoumatoff -- Climate change must be addressed in developing countries / Science Daily -- Developing countries have more pressing concerns than climate change / Siddhartha Shome -- Laws are needed to force humans to adapt / Mike Tidwell -- Laws curbing emissions are necessary and can encourage profitability / Fred Krupp -- Policies curbing emissions are unnecessary and hinder profitability / James M. Inhofe -- Air travel contributes to climate change / Gregory M. Lamb -- The benefits of air travel outweigh the modest impact on the climate / Kendra Okonski -- Green consumerism won't benefit the environment / Monica Hesse.


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