Population and Climate Change provides the first systematic in-depth treatment of links between two major themes of the 21st century: population growth (and associated demographic trends such as aging) and climate change. It is written by a multidisciplinary team of authors from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis who integrate both natural science and social science perspectives in a way that is comprehensible to members of both communities. The book will be of primary interest to researchers in the fields of climate change, demography, and economics. It will also be useful to policy-makers and NGOs dealing with issues of population dynamics and climate change, and to teachers and students in courses such as environmental studies, demography, climatology, economics, earth systems science, and international relations.
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"...the summaries are presented with exceptional clarity." Population and Development Review
"...the best single work to date on the relationships between population and climate change." Gayl Ness, University of Michigan
"Links between climatology and demographics are dealt with in an illuminating way by the three authors, who are all at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna. A first-rate exercise in multi-disciplinary analysis, the book...amounts to a timely exploration of the major challenges ahead." Nature
"...the best single work to date on the relationships between population and climate change." Gayl Ness, University of Michigan
"Links between climatology and demographics are dealt with in an illuminating way by the three authors, who are all at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna. A first-rate exercise in multi-disciplinary analysis, the book...amounts to a timely exploration of the major challenges ahead." Nature
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In this volume a multi-disciplinary team from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis examine, with an open mind and focusing on the problem of global climate change, the dynamics of world population. The book looks at the causes of climate change, the impacts of climate change on human population, and how each would be affected by policies which reduce the rate of population growth. It will be of importance to graduate students, researchers and policy-makers in environmental science, environmental policy, geography and economics.
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The threat of human-induced climate change, popularly known as global warming, presents a difficult challenge to society over the coming decades. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
greenhouse externality, change assessment models, household overhead, partitioned model, headship rates, rapid demographic transition, world food system, migration assumptions, desired fertility, slower population growth, unmet need for family planning, fertility assumptions, national family planning programs, population paths, capita emissions, central scenario, transition scenario, child quantity, mortality assumptions, slowing population growth, elderly dependency ratio, historical emissions, demographic scenario, population scenario Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, United States, Latin America, North America, World Bank, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Middle East, Programme of Action, Kyoto Protocol, North Atlantic, World War, Intergovernmental Panel, International Conference, Year Figure, European Union, Framework Convention, South Asia, Soviet Union, Monte Carlo, Northern Hemisphere, Rio Declaration, Third World, World Resources Institute New!
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The threat of human-induced climate change, popularly known as global warming, presents a difficult challenge to society over the coming decades. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
greenhouse externality, change assessment models, household overhead, partitioned model, headship rates, rapid demographic transition, world food system, migration assumptions, desired fertility, slower population growth, unmet need for family planning, fertility assumptions, national family planning programs, population paths, capita emissions, central scenario, transition scenario, child quantity, mortality assumptions, slowing population growth, elderly dependency ratio, historical emissions, demographic scenario, population scenario Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, United States, Latin America, North America, World Bank, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Middle East, Programme of Action, Kyoto Protocol, North Atlantic, World War, Intergovernmental Panel, International Conference, Year Figure, European Union, Framework Convention, South Asia, Soviet Union, Monte Carlo, Northern Hemisphere, Rio Declaration, Third World, World Resources Institute New!
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- Future Population of the World: What Can We Assume Today? by Wolfgang Lutz on 7 pages
- Future Demographic Trends in Europe and North America: What Can We Assume Today? (Studies in Population) by Wolfgang Lutz on 6 pages
- Population Growth and Economic Development: Issues and Evidence (Social demography) by D. Gale Johnson on 5 pages
- Climate Change: From Science to Sustainability (Environmental Web) by Stephen Peake on 4 pages
- The Impact of Population Growth on Well-being in Developing Countries (Population Economics) by Dennis A. Ahlburg on 4 pages
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- The End of World Population Growth in the 21st Century: New Challenges for Human Capital Formation and Sustainable Development (Population and Sustainable Development) by Wolfgang Lutz on 5 pages
- Environmental Implications of Population Dynamics by Lori M. Hunter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy by Mark Jaccard on page 55, and page 341
- Climate Change Policy: A Survey by Stephen H. Schneider on page 267
- Climate Change Policy: A Survey by Stephen H. Schneider on page 267
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