Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change

This volume, first published in 2006, presents findings on climate change from leading international scientists, for researchers, policy-makers and engineers.

Presents most recent findings on climate change from leading international scientists, for researchers, policy-makers, engineers.

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Hans J. Schellnhuber: Born in 1950 in Ortenburg (Germany). Training in physics and mathematics with a at the University of Regensburg. Doctorate in Theoretical Physics in 1980. Various periods of research abroad, in particular at several institutions of the University of California system (USA). Habilitation (German qualification for professorial status) in 1985, then Heisenberg Fellowship. 1991 Founding Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). 2001-2005 additional engagement as Research Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and Professor at the Environmental Sciences School of the University of East Anglia in Norwich (UK).2002 Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award; 2004 CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) awarded by Queen Elizabeth II. Elected Member of the Max Planck Society, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Leibniz-Sozietät, the Geological Society of London, and the International Research Society Sigma Xi. Ambassador for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). Active service on some dozen national and international panels for scientific strategies and policy advice on environment & development matters. Chief Government Advisor on climate and related issues for the German G8-EU twin presidency in 2007.

Zusammenfassung
This volume presents findings from the leading international scientists that attended the Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change conference, held in 2005. It provides invaluable information for researchers in environmental science, climatology, and atmospheric chemistry, policy-makers in governments and environmental organizations, and scientists and engineers in industry.

Inhalt
Part I. Key Vulnerabilities of the Climate System and Critical Thresholds; Part II. General Perspectives on Dangerous Impacts; Part III. Key Vulnerabilities for Ecosystems and Biodiversity; Part IV. Socio-Economic Effects; Part V. Regional Perspectives; Part VI. Emission Pathways; Part VII. Technological Options.

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