Climate Wars : The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats (Record no. 1116)
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fixed length control field | 01218nam a22001697a 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
ISBN | 9781851687428 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 327.16 |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
Personal name | Dyer, Gwynne |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Climate Wars : The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
Edition statement | 1st |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication | Oxford, England |
Name of publisher | One World |
Year of publication | 2011 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Number of Pages | xv,296 Pages |
Other physical details | 23x15 cm |
-- | PB |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Include Reference and Index |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc | "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that the average global temperature will rise between 2 degrees and 6.4 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. These are conservative estimates, based on a lowest-common-denominator consensus among scientists and further watered down by governments. They make no allowance for feedback phenomena and potential runaway heating. But a World Bank study in India last year suggested that even 2 degrees hotter means a 25 percent cut in Indian food production. The core problem with climate changes is not sea level rise or bio-diversity; it is food supply"--Provided by publisher |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Security, International |
-- | Environmental degradation--Political aspects |
-- | Geophysics |
-- | Climatic changes--Political aspects |
-- | Global warming--Political aspects |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2016-11-23 | MSL | 327.16 D995C 2011 | 17176 | Books |