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Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, this book ranges from the basic science documenting the need for policy action to the technologies, economic instruments and political strategies that can be employed in response to climate change. Ethical and cultural issues constraining the societal response to climate change are also discussed. This book provides a handbook for those who want to understand and contribute to meeting this challenge. It covers a very wide range of disciplines core biophysical sciences involved with climate change...

Global environmental change represents an immediate threat to the food security of millions of people, especially those who depend on small-scale agriculture for their livelihoods. This book shows agriculture and related activities also contribute to climate change, by intensifying greenhouse gas emissions and altering the land surface.