Climate Change: Science and Solutions for Australia

Foreword

Contents

List of authors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Observations of global and Australian climate

pp. 1-14

Chapter 2: Climate and greenhouse gases

pp. 15-34

Chapter 3: Future Australian climate scenarios

pp. 35-44

Chapter 4: Climate change impacts

pp. 45-57

Chapter 5: Adaptation: reducing risk, gaining opportunity

pp. 59-72

Chapter 6: Adapting to heatwaves and coastal flooding

pp. 73-84

Chapter 7: Adapting agriculture to climate change

pp. 85-96

Chapter 8: Greenhouse gas mitigation: sources and sinks in agriculture and forestry

pp. 97-108

Chapter 9: Mitigation strategies for energy and transport

pp. 109-126

Chapter 10: Reducing energy demand: the imperative for behavioural change

pp. 127-134

Chapter 11: Responding to a changing climate

pp. 135-138

Endnotes

Index