The atlas of climate change : mapping the world's greatest challenge / Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing.

Abingdon, Oxon : Earthscan, 2011.

128 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 25 cm

Third edition.

Part 1: Signs of Change -- Warning Signs -- Polar Changes -- Shrinking Glaciers -- Ocean Changes -- Everyday Extremes -- Part 2: Changing Climate -- The Greenhouse Effect -- The Climate System -- Interpreting Past Climates -- Forecasting Future Climates -- Climate & Social Crises -- Part 3: Driving Climate Change -- Emissions Past and Present -- Fossil Fuels -- Methane and Other Gases -- Transportation -- Agriculture -- The Carbon Balance -- Part 4: Expected Consequences -- Disrupted Ecosystems -- Water Secirity -- Food Security -- Threats to Health -- Rising Sea Levels -- Cities at Risk -- Cultural Losses -- Part 5: Responding to Change -- Urgent Action to Adapt -- Building Capacity to Adapt -- City Responses -- Renewable Energy -- Low Carbon Futures -- Counting Carbon -- Part 6: International Policy & Action -- International Action -- Meeting Kyoto Targets -- Looking Beyond Kyoto -- Trading Carbon Credits -- Financing the Response -- Part 7: Committing to Solutions -- Personal Action -- Public Action -- Part 8: Climate Change Data.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-124) and index.