New from Rough Guides: Climate Change
Rough Guides, Britain's best-known guidebook publisher, is bringing out its third edition of The Rough Guide to Climate Change (publishing May 2011) This fully updated 3rd edition includes recent scientific developments such as the rapid retreat of Arctic sea ice and the political debates that followed the Copenhagen meeting in 2010. Given our climate is changing by the minute and the issue is becoming a political minefield, The Rough Guide to Climate Change has been completely updated since originally published in October 2006. It now includes up-to-the-minute information including: • Scientific findings that have emerged since the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as well as background on recent controversies and an updated politics section that reflects post-Copenhagen developments. • An expanded ‘What You Can Do’ section, with tips to help people reduce their footprint and spotlights on such issues as the huge carbon footprint of bottled water
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