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100	1		_aStehr, Nico. _9178578
245	1	0	_aSociety and climate _h[electronic resource] : _btransformations and challenges / _cNico Stehr, Amanda Machin.
260			_aSingapore : _bWorld Scientific Publishing, _c2019.
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 198 p.)
520			_aClimate has for a long time been a taken-for-granted background against which social, political and economic interactions have taken place. But this taken-for-granted background is cleaving. It is becoming hard to ignore the potential repercussions of a changing climate, and the uneven impact of certain forms of human society and energy cultures that risk undermining their own environmental conditions. In a comprehensive and accessible way, this book provides a broad account of the various conceptions and constructions of climate and its shifting interconnections with society, science and politics; incorporates both natural and social scientific perspectives; and situates contemporary climate change research in an historical context. Drawing on the insights of various disciplines and citing numerous examples, Society and Climate probes the interplay between society, science and climate, and warns against making any easy assumptions.
505	0		_aIntroduction: society, nature, climate. The nature of weather ; The climate of science ; The climate of society ; Conclusion: Climates of disagreement -- Climate as scientific object. Climate as average weather ; Measuring the climate ; The emergence of a new paradigm ; The discovery of the "greenhouse effect" ; Modelling the climate ; Conclusion: Climate as possible weather -- Climate as cycle and change. The history of the science of climate change ; Natural climate variability ; Anthropogenic climate change ; Measuring and modelling climate change ; The impact and inequality of climate change ; Conclusion: Understanding change -- Climate as determinant. Climate works? ; Ellsworth Huntington ; Climate determinism: a critique ; Climate determinism: a revival? ; Climate determinism: a comparison ; Conclusion: Climate matters -- Climate as public perception. Trusting the climate ; Distrusting the climate? ; Mistrusting the science? ; Conclusion: Social change? -- Climate as policy issue. Scientific policy ; Economic policy ; Regulatory policy ; Climate policy: who decides? -- Summary and prospects.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xSocial aspects. _913812
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xPolitical aspects. _974829
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xEconomic aspects. _965776
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xEffect of human beings on. _964104
655		0	_aElectronic books. _93294
700	1		_aMachin, Amanda. _9178579
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/11047#t=toc _zAccess to full text is restricted to subscribers.
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