Environment and Climate Change English 2008

The changing climate and its impact on the environment is a global phenomenon. Each country in fact each region within a country will feel the impact differently and require area-specific remedial action. The only commonality is that no region will be spared the direct impact of climate change. This book presents the expert advice of over 40 renowned Indian environmentalists and scientists concerned with how climate change is affecting the various regions of India, the degree of the threat and how it can be alleviated if not eliminated. The collection covers a very wide gamut and covers almost every imminent risk the country faces. This book is suitable for teachers, students and researchers in Environment Science as well as professional environmentalist and activists. The general reader too will be able to get an extensive and overall view of the global environmental crisis we face today.