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Apple Academic Press World Climate Policy by Dubois Etienne
Considerations about climate are no longer theoretical when it comes to matters of survival.As the world warms, inland water may become scarce, while melting icecaps may flood vast coastal areas. Decimated rain forests will lessen the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere, while farm fertilizers flowing from tributaries into the oceans will sponsor the growth of oxygenloving organisms at the expense of native species. Countries increasingly see the need to work together to keep earth viable, and readers will get an overview of the challenges confronting the world in creating fair and equitable climate policies.Selected Contents: Climate Change and Local Public Health; Bridging the SciencePolicy Divide; Towards an Integrated Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Species to Climate Change; Improved Tropical Forest Management for Carbon Retention; Failure of Environmental Education; Blueprint for Floridas Clean Energy Future; Review of the Urban Development and Transport Impacts on Public Health; Climate Change and Air Pollution; Globalisation, Health and Foreign Policy; Uncertainty and Climate Change Policy...