The Global Climate Crisis
What To Do About It
- 2nd Edition - February 27, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: William D. Fletcher, Craig B. Smith
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 7 3 2 2 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 7 3 2 3 - 0
The Global Climate Crisis: What To Do About It addresses the imminent need to fully understand the causes, effects, and evidence of global warming due to the large amount of cli… Read more
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The Global Climate Crisis: What To Do About It addresses the imminent need to fully understand the causes, effects, and evidence of global warming due to the large amount of climate disinformation and complexity of much of the available valid science. In this second edition, the authors broaden the understanding of global warming, bring new findings to light, and report on successes and failures when dealing with this global crisis. They address the science of global warming in a concise, readable manner while providing an in-depth reference for readers who want more details or to study the sources of information.
New developments are covered in this second edition such as advances in the deployment of renewable energy sources and the evolving status of climate change indicators They present a plan based on an established and economically feasible current technology to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. They note that while progress is being made, it is not happening fast enough or on a large enough scale to meet prescribed goals of limiting temperature increase.
New developments are covered in this second edition such as advances in the deployment of renewable energy sources and the evolving status of climate change indicators They present a plan based on an established and economically feasible current technology to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. They note that while progress is being made, it is not happening fast enough or on a large enough scale to meet prescribed goals of limiting temperature increase.
- Provides a broad understanding of global warming and climate change, with easily understandable language, tables, and charts
- Presents a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that is based on currently available technology that is well-established and economic
- Discusses practical actions that need to be taken and past successes and failures to understand the complexity of addressing global warming
- Offers a practical plan with recommendations covering the technical, economic, and public policy issues involved
Academics, researchers, engineers in climate change as well as undergraduate and postgrad students, government officials, legislators
1. Introduction
2. Dealing with global warming
Part one
3. The earth as a system
4. Fundamental drivers of global warming
5. Evidence of a warming planet
6. How do we know greenhouse gases are the issue?
7. What are the effects of global warming?
8. International efforts to address global warming
Part two
9. What it takes to stop global warming
10. Energy alternatives
11. Why is global warming such a difficult problem to solve?
12. Some successes and failures
Part three
13. Action plan: efficiency, power, transportation, and land use
14. Can it be done?
15. The way forward
Part four: appendices
Afterword
Further reading
Useful reports
Useful websites
Appendices
2. Dealing with global warming
Part one
3. The earth as a system
4. Fundamental drivers of global warming
5. Evidence of a warming planet
6. How do we know greenhouse gases are the issue?
7. What are the effects of global warming?
8. International efforts to address global warming
Part two
9. What it takes to stop global warming
10. Energy alternatives
11. Why is global warming such a difficult problem to solve?
12. Some successes and failures
Part three
13. Action plan: efficiency, power, transportation, and land use
14. Can it be done?
15. The way forward
Part four: appendices
Afterword
Further reading
Useful reports
Useful websites
Appendices
- Edition: 2
- Published: February 27, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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William D. Fletcher
Bill Fletcher retired as a Senior Vice President at Rockwell International Corporation responsible for corporate R&D and business planning. Most of his career involved business planning and international operations for large companies. He served as an officer and engineer in the navy working on the design and operation of nuclear powered ships, and was an engineer involved with the design and construction of commercial nuclear power plants. Later, he focused on industrial development and automation. His international experience includes an assignment in Saudi Arabia planning the large Jubail industrial development project on the Persian Gulf, with additional expatriate assignments in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Canada.
Affiliations and expertise
Former Senior Vice President, Rockwell International Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA, USACS
Craig B. Smith
Craig Smith retired as a President and Chairman, DMJM H+N, a subsidiary of AECOM Technology Corporation, an international engineering and construction management firm. He began as an Assistant Professor of Engineering at UCLA, where he was also the Assistant Director of the Nuclear Energy Laboratory. After UCLA, he cofounded ANCO Engineers, Inc., an engineering consulting firm in Los Angeles, later joining AECOM as the Vice President of Daniel Mann, Johnson, and Mendenhall (DMJM). He subsequently became the senior vice president, executive vice president, and COO. In 1999, he became the President of Holmes and Narver, Inc. He has been broadly involved in the field of energy and power, responsible for design and construction management, tests, and research on most types of electrical generating facilities.
Affiliations and expertise
Former President and Chairman, DMJM+H&N, Los Angeles, CA, USARead The Global Climate Crisis on ScienceDirect