Climate change is still arguably the most critical & controversial issue facing the world in the twenty-first century Previously published as Global Warming A Very Short Introduction the new edition is now Climate Change A Very Short introduction reflecting an important change in the terminology of the last decade In the third edition Mark Maslin

Includes:: crucial updates from the last few years including the results of the 2013 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report the effects of ocean acidification & the impact of changes to global population & health Exploring all of the key topics in the debate Maslin makes sense of the complexities climate change involves from political & social issues to environmental & scientific Looking at its predicated impacts he explores all of the controversies & also explains the various proposed solutions ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable

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How climate change will affect our political theory--for better & worse Despite all the science & summits leading capitalist states have not managed to mitigate anything close to an adequate level of carbon emissions There is no way the world will warm less than the critical 2C threshold What are the likely political-economic outcomes? Where is our warming world headed? Possibilities in the struggle for climate justice depend on our capacity to anticipate where the existing global order is likely to go Climate Leviathan provides a radical way of thinking about how environmental change will intensify existing challenges to global order unearthing the forces for a planetary variation on existing forms of sovereignty Drawing on a wide range of political thought Wainwright & Mann argue that rapid climate change will transform global political economy & our world's basic political arrangements leading toward a capitalist planetary sovereignty Alternative futures must be constructed in the face of these transformations ...

Tracklist A1 Rapture 524 A2 The Cult Of Retribution 319 A3 Shadow & Flame 441 A4 Centuries Of Torment 233 A5 Storming The Heavens 214 B1 De Conflictu Noctis Aeternae Obruat 319 B2 Slaves Of Capital 322 B3 From Enslavement To Extinction 357 B4 Divide & Conquer 453 ...

Struggles over drinking water new outbreaks of mass violence ethnic cleansing civil wars in the earth's poorest countries endless flows of refugees these are the new conflicts & forces shaping the world of the 21st century They no longer hinge on ideological rivalries between great powers but rather on issues of class religion & resources The genocides of the last century have taught us how quickly social problems can spill over into radical & deadly solutions Rich countries are already developing strategies to garner resources & keep 'climate refugees' at bay In this major book Harald Welzer shows how climate change & violence go hand in hand Climate change has far-reaching consequences for the living conditions of peoples around the world inhabitable spaces shrink scarce resources become scarcer injustices grow deeper not only between North & South but also between generations storing up material for new social tensions & giving rise to violent conflicts civil wars & massive refugee flows Climate change poses major new challenges in terms of security responsibility & justice but as Welzer makes disturbingly clear very little is being done to confront them The paperback edition

Includes:: a new Preface that brings the book up to date & addresses the most recent developments & trends

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In this wide-ranging Very Short Introduction to climate Mark Maslin considers all aspects of the global climate system exploring & explaining the different components that control climate on Earth He considers the processes that allow energy to reach the Earth & how it is redistributed around the planet by the ocean-atmosphere system; the relationship & differences between climate & the weather; how climate has affected life on Earth & human settlements; & the cyclic & quasi-cyclic features of climate such as the Milankovitch cycles & El Nino He concludes by touching on the issue of climate change & outlines some of the approaches that are now being taken to tackle it ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

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20th Anniversary Edition
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