A Short Guide to Climate Change Risk. (Record no. 43325)
[ view plain ]
| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 04897nam a22004813i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | EBC1869293 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | MiAaPQ |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240729123209.0 |
| 006 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS | |
| fixed length control field | m o d | |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | cr cnu|||||||| |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 240724s2015 xx o ||||0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781409453536 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781409453529 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC1869293 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL1869293 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (CaPaEBR)ebr11011385 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (CaONFJC)MIL718533 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)897070664 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| -- | pn |
| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QC903 -- .A76 2015eb |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 658.155 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Arnell, Nigel. |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Short Guide to Climate Change Risk. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Oxford : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Taylor & Francis Group, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2015. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Short Guides to Business Risk Series |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Climate Change as a Business Risk -- Introduction: What is Climate Change? -- Climate Change and Business Risk -- Adapt to Impacts and Opportunities, or Reduce Emissions? -- Climate Change and Sustainability -- About this Book -- Conclusion: Sources of Information -- 2 The Science of Climate Change -- Introduction -- Is Climate Changing, and Why? -- The Physics of Climate Change -- The Effects of Changes in the Atmosphere on Weather and Climate -- Other Effects of Increasing Greenhouse Gases -- Has Climate Change Altered Recent Weather? -- How Might Climate Change in the Future? -- Forecasts, Predictions and Projections -- Conclusion -- 3 The Consequences of Climate Change -- Introduction -- The Impacts of Climate Change -- Changes in climate at a place -- Potential impacts by sector -- National and international assessments of the impacts of climate change -- The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on an Organisation -- Reducing Impacts Through Adaptation -- Conclusion -- 4 The Politics of Climate Change: The Regulatory Context -- Introduction -- International Climate Policy: The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond -- The UNFCCC process -- The Kyoto Protocol and beyond -- Challenges to the UNFCCC process: where are the problems? -- What Effect would reducing emissions have on climate change? -- Other components of the UNFCCC process -- National and Regional Legislation and Frameworks -- European Union -- UK -- USA -- South Africa -- Overview -- Reporting on Climate Risks: Regulation and Voluntary Reporting -- Regulatory requirements for reporting -- Voluntary Reporting of climate change risks -- Conclusion -- 5 Assessing Climate Change Risks and Opportunities. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction: Addressing Risks and Opportunities Through Risk Management Processes -- Risk Assessment -- Scoping: establishing the context -- Risk identification -- Risk analysis -- Risk evaluation -- Information for Risk Assessment -- Climate scenarios -- Climate scenario sources -- Translating climate change into impacts -- Conclusion -- 6 Coping with the Risks of Climate Change -- Introduction -- Approaches to Adaptation -- Adapt to current vulnerabilities -- Predict and plan -- Precautionary approach -- Adaptive management -- Win-wins -- Identifying Adaptation Options -- Enhancing adaptive capacity -- Adaptation actions -- Designing and Appraising Adaptation Options -- Adaptation objectives and evaluation criteria -- Appraisal tools -- Monitoring and Evaluation -- Conclusion -- 7 An Overview -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Climate change poses a risk to business operations and to markets, but at the same time it can bring opportunities for some businesses. With chapters on the nature, science and politics of climate change, on the assessment and management of climate change risks, and recommendations for incorporating climate change risks into a Company Risk Management System, this concise guide serves the needs of business students and practitioners across a wide range of sectors, public and private. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Arnell, Nigel |
| Title | A Short Guide to Climate Change Risk |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2015 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781409453529 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Short Guides to Business Risk Series |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1869293">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1869293</a> |
| Public note | Click to View |
No items available.