Australia's national science agency CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) is providing their latest e-book on climate change science and policy at no charge (in pdf and ePUB formats).
Although this book is primarily written for Australian readers, its eye-catching figures and kind readings lists of latest literature at each chapter's end will be very helpful to foreigners as well.
Cleugh, H., Smith, M. S., Battaglia, M., & Graham, P. (Eds.). (2011). Climate Change: Science and Solutions for Australia. Collingwood, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
[Full-text pdf at http://j.mp/Climate_Change_pdf; full-text epub at http://j.mp/Climate_Change_ePUB]
Contents
Foreword .................................................... v
Megan Clark
List of authors ........................................... vii
Acknowledgements ......................................... viii
Introduction ............................................... ix
Bruce Mapstone
Chapter 1. Observations of global and Australian climate .....1
Karl Braganza and John A Church
Chapter 2. Climate and greenhouse gases .....................15
Michael Raupach and Paul Fraser
Chapter 3. Future Australian climate scenarios ..............35
Penny Whetton
Chapter 4. Climate change impacts ...........................45
Kevin Hennessy
Chapter 5. Adaptation: reducing risk, gaining opportunity ...59
Mark Stafford Smith and Andrew Ash
Chapter 6. Adapting to heatwaves and coastal flooding .......73
Xiaoming Wang and Ryan RJ McAllister
Chapter 7. Adapting agriculture to climate change ...........85
Chris Stokes and Mark Howden
Chapter 8. Greenhouse gas mitigation: sources and sinks in
agriculture and forestry ....................................97
Michael Battaglia
Chapter 9. Mitigation strategies for energy and transport ..109
Jim Smitham, Jenny Hayward, Paul Graham, and John Carras
Chapter 10. Reducing energy demand: the imperative for
behavioural change .........................................127
Peta Ashworth
Chapter 11. Responding to a changing climate................135
Helen Cleugh, Mark Stafford Smith, Michael Battaglia, and
Paul Graham
Endnotes ...................................................139
Index .............................. .......................153
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