3 Degrees More : The Impending Hot Season and How Nature Can Help Us Prevent It.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Preface to the English Edition
- Acknowledgement
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Part I: Hot Season Ahead: What a 3-Degree Warmer World Looks Like
- Climate and Weather at 3 Degrees More
- Extreme Heat
- Extreme Precipitation and Droughts
- Tropical Cyclones
- Sea Level and Ice Sheets
- The Tipping Points of the Climate System
- Self-Amplification of Global Warming
- Conclusion
- References
- Biodiversity at the Tipping Point?
- Shifts in the Distribution Areas: "Move"
- "A General Redistribution of Life on Earth"
- Neobiota
- New Communities
- A Brief Look at the History of the Earth
- Forests
- Bottom Up
- Mass Mortality Events
- Marine Heatwaves
- Shifted Phenologies (Mismatch)
- Extinction and Defaunation
- References
- Agriculture in a Hot World
- Our Recent Past in the Anthropocene
- Agricultural Activity in the Holocene
- Agriculture-Still a Very Sensitive System
- Yield Gaps
- Biodiversity-A Threatened Production Factor
- What Is Efficient Agricultural Production?
- Agriculture Under a Changed Climate
- Available Area and Possible Production Increases
- Growth of Agricultural Crops in a Changing Climate
- Interactions in the Agroecosystem
- The Socio-Ecological System
- Conclusion and Outlook
- References
- Escape from Heat, Drought and Extreme Weather
- Important Aspects of "Climate Migration"
- The Effects of Climate Change on Migration Is Manifold
- Numbers and Life Paths of Climate Migrants
- Forecasts on Future Mobility
- Policy Measures for the Future
- Climate Migration in the Global Political Debate
- Strengthening Global Cooperation and Shared Responsibility
- Migration as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Impacts
- Addressing the Climate-Related Drivers of Migration
- Facilitating Migration
- Management of Domestic Migration
- Strengthening Legal Protections.
- Strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation of Existing Policies and Programs
- Harnessing the Positive Dimensions of Climate Migration
- Conclusion: Do People Really Have Nothing Left?
- References
- Economic Impacts
- From Degrees Dollars: How to Measure the Cost of Climate Change?
- Cost-Benefit Arguments Or: What's the Price Tag?
- Integrated Models
- Empirical Models: Learning from the Past to Predict the Future
- Risk and Adaptation
- Climate Change Affects All Sectors of the Economy
- Main Transmission Channels
- Complex Interactions
- A Price Tag for Everything?
- The Cost of Climate Change
- From Micro to Macro
- Climate Change Impacts on Economic Growth
- Level or Growth Effects-How Persistent Are the Economic Impacts of Climate Change?
- Climate Damages More Costly Than Climate Protection
- References
- Part II: Nature-Based Solutions: How Can We Still Prevent a 3-Degree Warmer World
- Stop Rainforest Deforestation
- Forests at the Center of Multiple Crises
- Forest Loss and Degradation in the Tropics
- Forests as Centers of Life
- Biodiversity Protection: Not a Conduct-Relevant Concern
- Timber Use and Forest Loss-A Climate Problem
- Forests as Carbon Reservoir-Urgently Needed
- Using Wood for Energy-Globally Not Climate Neutral
- Forestry-Not Climate Neutral
- What If We Reached a Global Increase by 3 Degrees?
- The Immediate Program for Forests
- References
- Reforestation in the Tropics and Subtropics
- Forest and Atmosphere
- Forest Management
- Forest in the Tropics and Subtropics
- Practical Examples
- Reforestation of Subtropical Forests in Central China
- Reforestation of Desert Areas in Egypt
- Reforestation and Rehabilitation of Degraded Primary Forests in Ethiopia
- Rehabilitation of Degraded Forest Areas in Nigeria
- Reforestation of Tropical Mountain Rainforests in Ecuador
- Conclusions.
- References
- Bauhaus Earth
- Ahead of Us the Hothouse Earth?
- The Elephant in the Climate Shop
- The Geological Journey of C
- Bio-Based Architecture
- Forestry's Transition Toward Sustainability
- The Forestry Construction Pump
- The New Bauhaus Movement
- Hi-Tech Meets No-Tech: Entering the Cyborganic Age
- References
- Peatland Must Be Wet
- What Peatlands Are and What Makes Them So Special
- The Condition of Peatlands-Globally, in Europe, and in Germany
- The State of the Peatlands
- Climate Impact of Drained Peatlands
- Other (Societal) Harms from Peatland Drainage
- Solutions and Challenges
- Threats to, and Protection of, the Remaining Natural Peatlands
- Rewetting of Drained Peatlands
- Rewetting of Peatlands in Intensive Use: Paludiculture
- A Future Strategy for Our Peatlands
- Conclusion
- References
- Humus Enrichment of Soils
- Soil and Humus Loss Through Industrial Agriculture
- How Much Carbon Can Soils Absorb?
- Humus Formation in Theory …
- … and Humus Formation in Practice
- Policy Implications
- References
- Strengthen Terrestrial Water Cycles
- Trees Provide Cooling and Generate Water Vapor
- Altered Heat Flows, Altered Atmospheric Patterns
- Back Radiation from Bare Ground
- Biogenic Aerosols for Cloud Formation
- Policy Implications
- Conclusion
- References
- Part III: Call to Action: On the Power of Informed Citizens in a Democracy
- Germany Under Climate Stress
- Climate Change as a Political Challenge
- Social Cohesion and Climate Change
- Climate Change and Socio-cultural Conflicts Over Recognition
- Generational Conflict
- Conflict Over Migration
- Climate Change and Socio-economic Conflicts Over Distribution
- Gainful Employment
- Mobility
- Housing
- Food
- Health
- Conclusion
- References
- People Must Know What They Are in For!.
- Why the Paris Agreement Needs to Be Supplemented
- Efficiency Improvements and Switch to Renewable Energies
- Sufficiency, or Why Less Is More
- Why We Need Nature-Based Solutions
- Rainforest Rescue
- Reservations About Climate-Based Solutions
- How We Can Finance the Measures
- Let the Polluter-Pays Principle Prevail
- How Are These Gigantic Investments to Be Financed?
- Financial Transaction Tax
- Inheritance Tax
- Conclusion
- Why Mobilization of Civil Society Is Needed
- References
- Index.