Making sense of Climate Change

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The Environmental Education Project of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is pleased to bring forth the publication titled "Making sense of Climate Change" prepared by Visiting Researcher, Ms. Ranjana Saikia from the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) of India. Ms Saikia worked in IGES for a period of three months from 16th September to 16th December 2001. The book is the result of the scholar exchange program agreed upon between IGES and TERI. The book aims at raising awareness of secondary school students about climate change and its impacts on the Earth and attempts to enhance their understanding towards global efforts and responses. The book is simple and easy to understand. The primary target of the book is the high school student. Because of this the language of the book is simple and easy to understand. The book has been organized into seven chapters. A brief overview of its chapter is given below.

1. Introduction: This chapter explains simple concepts such as weather, climate, greenhouse gases (GHG) etc.
2. What is climate change? Under this heading, how climate change has been taking place in the Earth over a period of time.
3. What causes it? The chapter focuses on the causes of climate changes and argues that climate change is caused by both human as well as natural factors.
4. Its effects: The impact of climate change is directly on weather and ecosystem. It has tremendous impacts on wildlife, forests, sea level rise and global warming, health etc.
5. Finding solutions: The chapter has suggested many solutions such as use of renewable energy, biotechnology and protection of natural sinks such forest cover, vegetation, oceans and soil.
6. The world unites to tackle it: Climate change has become a leading environmental issue as it encompasses all life on earth and its impact on the entire planet's system. Some collective initiatives at the global level have already been undertaken, which are discussed in this chapter.
7. Climate change in India: This chapter gives an overview of climate change in India. It discusses the impact of climate change in India and measures taken to mitigate the problems arising out of it.

日付:

2002年1月

著作権:

地球環境戦略研究機関

Languages:

English

The Environmental Education Project of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is pleased to bring forth the publication titled "Making sense of Climate Change" prepared by Visiting Researcher, Ms. Ranjana Saikia from the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) of India. Ms Saikia worked in IGES for a period of three months from 16th September to 16th December 2001. The book is the result of the scholar exchange program agreed upon between IGES and TERI. The book aims at raising awareness of secondary school students about climate change and its impacts on the Earth and attempts to enhance their understanding towards global efforts and responses. The book is simple and easy to understand. The primary target of the book is the high school student. Because of this the language of the book is simple and easy to understand. The book has been organized into seven chapters. A brief overview of its chapter is given below.

1. Introduction: This chapter explains simple concepts such as weather, climate, greenhouse gases (GHG) etc.
2. What is climate change? Under this heading, how climate change has been taking place in the Earth over a period of time.
3. What causes it? The chapter focuses on the causes of climate changes and argues that climate change is caused by both human as well as natural factors.
4. Its effects: The impact of climate change is directly on weather and ecosystem. It has tremendous impacts on wildlife, forests, sea level rise and global warming, health etc.
5. Finding solutions: The chapter has suggested many solutions such as use of renewable energy, biotechnology and protection of natural sinks such forest cover, vegetation, oceans and soil.
6. The world unites to tackle it: Climate change has become a leading environmental issue as it encompasses all life on earth and its impact on the entire planet's system. Some collective initiatives at the global level have already been undertaken, which are discussed in this chapter.
7. Climate change in India: This chapter gives an overview of climate change in India. It discusses the impact of climate change in India and measures taken to mitigate the problems arising out of it.

Making sense of Climate Change

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