{"product_id":"understanding-climate-change-sarah-burch-9781487522797","title":"Understanding Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Practice, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eConversations about climate change are filled with challenges involving complex data, deeply held values, and political issues. \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Climate Change\u003c\/em\u003e examines climate change as both a scientific and a public policy issue. Sarah L. Burch and Sara E. Harris explain the basics of the climate system, climate models and prediction, and human and biophysical impacts, as well as strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The second edition has been fully updated throughout, including coverage of new advances in climate modelling and of the shifting landscape of renewable energy production and distribution. A brand new chapter discusses global governance, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, as well as mitigation efforts at the national and subnational levels. This new chapter makes the book even more relevant to climate change courses housed in social sciences departments such as political science and geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn effective and integrated introduction to an urgent and controversial issue, this book is well-suited to adoption in a variety of introductory climate change courses found in a number of science and social science departments. Its ultimate goal is to equip readers with the tools needed to become constructive participants in the human response to climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Burch, Sara E. Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487522797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487522797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 7.40w x 0.71d","brand":"Sarah Burch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069921521919,"sku":"9781487522797","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3f8280d-8091-4d01-ae60-0dd3b53d5f93.jpg?v=1685427293","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-climate-change-sarah-burch-9781487522797","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}