Global warming & the resulting climate change is one of the most serious environmental problems facing the world community. Global Warming: the Complete Briefing is the most comprehensive guide available to the subject. A world-renowned expert, Sir John Houghton explores the scientific basis of global warming & the likely impacts of climate change on human society, before addressing the action that could be taken by governments, by industry & by individuals to mitigate the effects. The first edition received excellent reviews, & this completely updated new edition (taking account of the latest IPCC Assessments, & now including questions at the end of chapters) will prove to be the best briefing the student or interested general reader could wish for. ...

Which species of moth was nearly killed off by the fight for cleaner air? How does a cow's bottom contribute to global warming? Could warmer mean colder? All these questions & more are answered in Global Warming: A Very Peculiar History. This new title arms you with an introduction to the scientific concepts behind global warming then hits you hard with the bizarre & at times disputed facts that go along with the theory. Global Warming: A Very Peculiar History

Includes:: information on the potentially disastrous effects of global warming & what we can do to stop them. It features easy-to-understand diagrams & fascinating fact sheets which will boggle the mind. Discover where the theory came from & what we were (or weren't) doing to help protect the Earth in past times. This book looks at both sides of the debate & covers the scientific & historical background of our troubled relationship with the planet on which we live.

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The Global Warming Ice Cube Tray is a novelty cylindrical mould of seven geographical land mass shapes. Make ice cubes in the shape of Great Britain, North America, South America, Africa, Europe with the Middle East, Asia & Australia. Impress your visitors by plopping a country in to their G&T or a continent in to their JD! ...

The Global Warming Mug is a novelty mug par-excellence, as it has an ethical message for you every time you enjoy a hot drink: as the mug warms up, the coastlines displayed begin to disappear! Show your concern for the planet with this great gift from the Unemployed Philosopher ...

The Global Warming Mug is a novelty mug par-excellence, as it has an ethical message for you every time you enjoy a hot drink: as the mug warms up, the coastlines displayed begin to disappear! Show your concern for the planet with this great gift from the Unemployed Philosopher ...

The Global Wind Patterns map demonstrates extensive international wind patterns & global air pressure. The map depicts directions of prevailing & local winds for northern & southern winters, including major high & low global air pressure zones. Two inset maps show the global northern & southern winter air pressure distribution & winds are listed by continent for reference. Full colour laminated map in size A3. ...

From Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, ” Globalization & its Discontents” is the bestselling expose of the all-powerful organizations that control our lives. Our world is changing. Globalization is not working. It is hurting those it was meant to help. & now, the tide is turning... As chief economist at the world bank, Nobel Prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz had a unique insider`s view into the management of globalization. Now he speaks out against it: how the IMF & WTO preach fair trade yet impose crippling economic policies on deveopling nations; how free market `shock therapy` made millions in East Asia & Russia worse off than they were before; & how the West has driven the global agenda to further its own financial interests. Globalization can still be a force for good, Stiglitz argues. But the balance of power has to change. Here he offers real, tough solutions for the future. ”A massively important political as well as economic document.. .we should listen to him urgently”. (Will Hutton, ” Guardian”). ” Stiglitz is a rare breed, an heretical economist who has ruffled the self-satisfied global establishment that once fed him. Globalization & its Discontents declares war on the entire Washington financial & economic establishment”. (Ian Fraser, ” Sunday Herald”). ” Gripping.. .this landmark book shows him to be a worthy successor to Keynes”. (Robin Blackburn, ” Independent”). Joseph Stiglitz is one of the world`s best-known economists. He was Chief Economist at the World Bank until January 2000. Before that he was Chairman of President Clinton`s Council of Economic Advisers. He is currently Professor of Finance & Economics at Columbia University. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 & is the author of the bestselling ” Making Globalization Work”, ” The Price of Inequality” & ” The Roaring Nineties”, all published by Penguin. ...

From Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization & its Discontents is the bestselling exposé of the all-powerful organizations that control our lives. Our world is changing. Globalization is not working. It is hurting those it was meant to help. & now, the tide is turning... As chief economist at the world bank, Nobel Prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz had a unique insider`s view into the management of globalization. Now he speaks out against it: how the IMF & WTO preach fair trade yet impose crippling economic policies on deveopling nations; how free market `shock therapy` made millions in East Asia & Russia worse off than they were before; & how the West has driven the global agenda to further its own financial interests. Globalization can still be a force for good, Stiglitz argues. But the balance of power has to change. Here he offers real, tough solutions for the future. Joseph Stiglitz is one of the world`s best-known economists. He was Chief Economist at the World Bank until January 2000. Before that he was Chairman of President Clinton`s Council of Economic Advisers. He is currently Professor of Finance & Economics at Columbia University. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 & is the author of the bestselling Making Globalization Work, The Price of Inequality & The Roaring Nineties, all published by Penguin. ...

Globalisation was the buzzword of the 1990s; it promises to become even more important in the first decade of the new century. There is now a flood of literature on the economics, politics & sociology of globalization, & regular commentary in the serious daily & weekly press. Virtually all of this discussion makes assumptions, & frequently explicit claims, about the novelty of globalisation. According to one view, the globalisation is a new phenomenon that can be dated from the 1980s. A second view holds that globalisation has a long history that can be traced back to the nineteenth century, if not earlier. The importance of these themes scarcely needs elaborating. Yet they have still to attract significant attention from historians. This volume is the first by a team of historians to address these issues. Globalisation in World History has two distinctive features. First, it offers a categorisation of types & stages of globalisation that existed before the late twentieth century, No such taxonomy exists at present. Secondly, it emphasises a feature that the current debate greatly underestimates: the fact that globalisation has non-Western as well as Western origins. Globalisation is much more than the `rise of the West` presented in new terminology. The contributors bring their expertise to bear on themes that give prominence to China, South Asia, Africa & the world of Islam as well as to Europe & the United States, & span the last three centuries while also showing an awareness of more distant antecedents. The result is a coherent & thought-provoking collection of essays. Globalisation will become a major theme of historical research during the next decade; this book will help to set the new agenda. ...

50 stunning maps reveal our globalized world like never before. Explore how cities are expanding beyond the reach of their ...