Changing Climate (#290 in Issues In Society Series)

Publisher Description

Responding to human-induced climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Climate change is a global issue that affects us all, and each industrialised nation is being called upon to do its part in reducing greenhouse pollution. This book explores the causes, impacts and costs of climate change and frames the debate over greenhouse emissions mitigation. Will there be a concerted, combined effort by the major nations to tackle global warming? While Australia continues to debate the proposed lowering of emissions targets ahead of a planned carbon emissions trading scheme, what is the outlook for the future of the planet? Is it already too little, too late, to avoid dangerous climate change?