Getting the Climate Science Facts Right : The Role of the IPCC.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Endorsements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction - Getting the Facts Right: The IPCC and the Role of Science in Managing Climate Change-Literature and Chapter Outline -- 2 Climate Change and Science -- 2.1 The Historical Outline of Climate Change Science -- 2.2 The Major Contributor to the Climate Change and Science -- 2.3 The Pre-modern Development on Climate Science -- 2.4 The Major Steps to Tackle the Climate Change -- 3 Role of International Organization in Addressing the Climate Change Issues and Creation of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -- 3.1 The History of the International Organizations -- 3.2 The Regulatory Bounded Treaties, Conventions and Science -- 3.3 The Fall of the Vienna Congress and the Foundation of the League of Nations -- 3.4 The Fall of the League of Nations and Foundation of the United Nations (UN) -- 3.5 Environmental Change: Public Concern and Actions -- 3.6 The United States: A Pioneer to Address the Environment -- 3.7 Back to the United Nations: The UNEP and WMO, the Founder of IPCC -- 3.8 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Establishment -- 4 Getting the Facts Right - IPCC - Formalization and its Report Procedures -- 4.1 Introduction: Science, Politics and Regimes -- 4.2 Science and International Organizations -- 4.3 The IPCC's Origins and Role -- 4.4 IPCC Reports: Procedural Agreements -- 4.5 Multi-stakeholder Governance in the Future -- 5 Developing Country Scientists and the IPCC -- 5.1 The Complexity of United Nations System -- 5.2 The Representation of Developing World Authors, Reviewers -- 5.3 Developing and Develop World Representation by Working Groups.

5.4 IPCC Questionnaire Results and Analysis on Number of Experts -- 5.5 The Developed and Developing World Participation -- 5.6 The IPCC's Efforts to Involve Developing Nations -- 5.7 UNFCC Appropriately Illustrates the Developing World'S Situation -- 6 Climate Change Deniers and the IPCC -- 6.1 IPCC is a Trustworthy and Reliable Knowledge Producer -- 6.2 More Reputation-more Expectations -- 6.3 Something Went Wrong: Urgency to Address -- 6.4 The Timing of the Himalayan Glacier Melt: Error Overview -- 6.5 The Netherland 55 Percent Land is Below Sea Level: Error Overview -- 6.6 The Amazonian Forest Reduction: Error Overview -- 6.7 The Questions of the IPCC: The African Crop Yields Case -- 6.8 The Hacking of Emails in a Climate Change Institute -- 6.9 The IPCC Acknowledges the Criticism and Takes the Steps to Correct -- 7 The Composition of the IPCC -- 7.1 The Intergovernmental Organization: The Ipcc as Knowledge Producer -- 7.2 The IPCC Scientists and Reviewers: The Public Face -- 7.3 The Expert Participation in Terms of Place of Employment -- 7.4 Working Groups Composition by Country and Host Organization -- 7.5 Repetition of Participation in TAR and AR4 -- 8 Science and Regime Creation -- 8.1 Regime Theory and International Organizations -- 8.2 Regime as Process -- 9 The Future of the IPCC -- 9.1 The Unpredictable Future -- 9.2 The Current Direction of Knowledge Production -- 9.3 Time Matters -- 9.4 The IPCC is a Popular Organization in Climate Change Domain -- 9.5 Future of Organization-Sociological Perspective -- 9.6 The Future of the Scientific Organization Depends -- 9.7 What is the Meaning of Scientific Outcome? -- 9.8 There's Never Been a Coherent Response -- 9.9 Social Scientists Say is Often Ignored -- 9.10 Accepting Weak Points - Address them with the Acknowledgement.

10 Case Study: Bashudaiva Kutumbakka - The Entire World is Our Home and all Living Beings are Our Relatives -- Why We Need to Worry About Climate Change? With Reference to Pollution Problems in the Major Cities of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan -- Index -- About the Author.

The book incorporates climate change deniers' arguments and counter arguments. It also does not shy away from some problematic results. Finally, the book also presents a case study of climate change impacts, including air, water and soil pollution, in major South Asian cities.

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