Climate Change: Developing Southern Hemisphere Perspectives

Integratingissuesofclimatemodelling,ecologicalandhumandimensionsofclimatechange,andpolicyimplications,thisvolumeaddressesthecriticalproblemsofclimatechangefromaSouthernHemisphereperspective.However,thespatialfocusinthebookisnotdefinedjustbylatitude,butalsobygeopoliticalcriteria:encompassingthedevelopingworld,thetropicsnorthoftheequator,aswellasregionssouthoftheequator.ThebookbeginsbyexaminingthegeographicandgeopoliticalpluralityoftheEarth,includingnorthandsouthdistinctionsandthescience/policyplurality.Ahemisphericperspectiveoncoupledclimatemodellingisthendiscussed,providingastate-of-the-artsummaryofclimatemodellingasitpertainstotheSouthernHemisphere.Inaddition,thebookexaminestheinteractionofhumanity,thebiosphereandtheatmosphere,discussingthebiosphericeffectsofclimatechange,possibleclimaticimpactsofbiosphericchange,particularlytropicaldeforestationandthehumanhealthimplicationsofclimateandclimatechange.