Climate Change in the South Pacific: Impacts and Responses in Australia, New Zealand, and Small Island States

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gillespie, Alexander (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Burns, William C. G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Σειρά: Advances in Global Change Research, 2
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Atmospheric sciences.; Ecology.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change.; Environmental Management.

ALEXANDER GILLESPIE & WILLIAM C.G. BURNS The idea for this book grew out of the Ecopolitics conference in Canberra, Australia in 1996. The conference captured the ferment of the climate change debate in the South Pacific, as well as some its potential implications for the region’s inhabitants an...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Potential Impacts of Climate Change
• The Formation of Australian Climate Change Policy: 1985–1995
• Climate Change Policies in Australia
• A Critique of the Australian Government’s Greenhouse Policies
• Climate Change Policy Formation in Australia: 1995–1998
• The Australian Position at the Kyoto Conference
• The Impacts of Climate Change on New Zealand
• New Zealand Climate Policy Between 1990 and 1996: A Greenpeace Perspective
• New Zealand and The Climate Change Debate: 1995–1998
• The Role of Carbon Sequestration as a Response Strategy to Global Warming, with a Particular Focus on New Zealand
• Joint Implementation: A Survey of Principles and Practical Issues
• The Impact of Climate Change on Pacific Island Developing Countries in the 21st Century
• Parochialism and Empowerment: Responding to Ecocolonialism and Globalisation in the Southwest Pacific
• Climate Change in the Pacific: Science-Based Information and Understanding
• How South Pacific Mangroves May Respond to Predicted Climate Change and Sea-level Rise.