THE ATLAS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: MAPPING THE WORLD’S GREATEST CHALLENGE, REVISED AND UPDATED
Book ID/图书代码： 11197511B47593
English Summary/英文概要： Today’s headlines and recent events reflect the gravity of climate change. Heat waves, droughts, and floods are bringing death to vulnerable populations, destroying livelihoods, and driving people from their homes.Rigorous in its science and insightful in its message, this atlas examines the causes of climate change and considers its possible impact on subsistence, water resources, ecosystems, biodiversity, health, coastal megacities, and cultural treasures. It reviews historical contributions to greenhouse gas levels, progress in meeting international commitments, and local efforts to meet the challenge of climate change.
With more than 50 full-color maps and graphics, this is an essential resource for policy makers, environmentalists, students, and everyone concerned with this pressing subject.
The Atlas covers a wide range of topics, including:
* Warning signs
* Future scenarios
* Vulnerable populations
* Health
* Renewable energy
* Emissions reduction
* Personal and public action
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 當下的新聞和各地災難已經反映出地球氣候變化的嚴重性。每年高溫、乾旱、洪水讓無數脆弱的人死亡或無家可歸、破壞農田、殺害牲畜。
這本地圖冊以嚴謹的科學視角、深入的觀察發現考察了氣候變化的原因以及它對人類生存、水資源保護、生態環境、生物多樣性、健康、沿海城市發展和文化古跡保護的影響。
書中還分析了每個歷史階段世界排放溫室氣體的程度、各國達到國際公約承諾的完成情況以及各地為應對氣候變化而做的努力。
書中50多張全彩地圖和圖表為政策決策人、環境保護者、學生和每個關心這一議題的讀者提供豐富的材料。
書中的主要話題包括：
1. 大自然的警報（Warning signs）
2. 將來的世界風貌（Future scenarios）
3. 弱勢群體（Vulnerable populations）
4. 健康狀況（Health）
5. 新能源（Renewable energy）
6. 溫室氣體減排（Emissions reduction）
7. 個人和公共的行動（Personal and public action）
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Awards/获奖情况：WINNER Planeta Environment Book of the Year
地球環境年度最佳書籍
“氣候問題是人類當前的最大挑戰。我們若要成功，首先要弄明白人類的選擇和自然社會系統做出的反應相互作用下的結果，在理解的基礎上才能做出明智的決定。這本地圖冊清楚明瞭地為各位展示了所需的資訊。任何想快速瞭解這一跨領域主題都需要這本地圖冊。”
——國際聯邦辦公室John Ashton
“《氣候變化地圖冊》絕對是本重要的書。書中圖文清晰，準確，圖解明瞭。每個人都應該買一本。”——BBC Nicholas Crane
“氣候問題可能是人類現在最大的問題，每個人都希望能瞭解更多。你可能要啃枯燥無聊的學術著作，或是從聯合國政府間氣候變化專門委員會獲取資訊。你還有一個選擇，就是閱讀這本《氣候變化地圖冊》，其中有來自科學家的精確消息，配合資料、地圖、圖表等等，氣候是如何改變世界的，你會一目了然！”
——英國《衛報》
“書中精煉、全新的資訊資源在將來幾年內都是非常重要的。”
——牛津大學環境保護中心
"No challenge is more urgent than the need to achieve climate security. We will not succeed unless we base our decisions on a clear understanding of the complex interplay between the choices we are making and their consequences for natural and human systems. This pioneering atlas sets out much of the available knowledge in an attractive and accessible way. It will become an essential point of reference for anyone looking for a quick and accurate overview of this multidisciplinary subject."--John Ashton, Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Kirstin Dow是南卡羅萊納州大學地理學教授，斯德哥爾摩環境協會高級研究員，千年生態系統評估組織投稿人，美國國家海洋和大氣管理局的區域綜合科學評估研究網路氣候事務調查員。
Thomas E. Downing是斯德哥爾摩環境協會牛津辦公室執行主任，牛津大學訪問學者，各國政府部門間氣候變化專門委員會調查員、國家和國際氣候變化項目諮詢師。
Kirstin Dow is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina, Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, a contributor to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, and Principal Investigator in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments research network addressing climate services. Thomas E. Downing is Executive Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, Oxford Office; Visiting Professor at Oxford University; contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and advisor to national and international programs on climate change.
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