Global Warming and Climate Change Policy: A Survey of Selected Countries

ISBN-13: 9783838341385 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 244 str.

Hedayat Omidvar

Opis

Global warming is an average increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earths surface and in the troposphere, which can contribute to changes in global climate patterns. Global warming can occur from a variety of causes, both natural and human induced. In common usage, "global warming" often refers to the warming that can occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities. Climate change refers to any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). Climate change may result from: * natural factors, such as changes in the suns intensity or slow changes in the Earths orbit around the sun, * natural processes within the climate system (e.g. changes in ocean circulation), * human activities that change the atmospheres composition (e.g. through burning fossil fuels) and the land surface (e.g. deforestation, reforestation, urbanization, desertification, etc.)

O autorze

He is head of Communication Affairs with Science & Research Centers, Research & Technology Department with the National Iranian Gas Company. He is a member of IGU Marketing Committee. Letter of Commendation As the Exemplary Research Expert Received From the Deputy Petroleum Minister & Managing Director of NIGC 2008