Indur M Goklany
Biographic Data
| ID | 710859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Indur M Goklany |
| GIVEN NAMES | Indur M |
| FAMILY NAME | Goklany |
| SIGNATURE | GOKLANY I M |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7852-5232 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Is climate change the number one threat to humanity
This paper challenges claims that global warming outranks other threats facing humanity through the foreseeable future (assumed to be 2085–2100). World Health Organization and British government‐sponsored global impact studies indicate that, relative to other factors, global warming's impact on key determinants of human and environmental well‐being should be small through 2085 even under the warmest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC…
Climate change in the 21st century
Cass R. Sunstein, Risk and Reason
The Precautionary Principle
The precautionary principle - the environmental version of the admonition "first, do no harm" - is now enshrined in numerous international environmental agreements including treaties addressing global warming, biological diversity, and various pollutants. Some environmentalists have invoked this principle to justify policies to control, if not ban, any technology that cannot be proven to cause no harm. In this book, Goklany shows that the current…
Is climate change the number one threat to humanity
This paper challenges claims that global warming outranks other threats facing humanity through the foreseeable future (assumed to be 2085–2100). World Health Organization and British government‐sponsored global impact studies indicate that, relative to other factors, global warming's impact on key determinants of human and environmental well‐being should be small through 2085 even under the warmest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC…
The Precautionary Principle
The precautionary principle - the environmental version of the admonition "first, do no harm" - is now enshrined in numerous international environmental agreements including treaties addressing global warming, biological diversity, and various pollutants. Some environmentalists have invoked this principle to justify policies to control, if not ban, any technology that cannot be proven to cause no harm. In this book, Goklany shows that the current…
Cass R. Sunstein, Risk and Reason
Climate change in the 21st century
Is climate change the number one threat to humanity
This paper challenges claims that global warming outranks other threats facing humanity through the foreseeable future (assumed to be 2085–2100). World Health Organization and British government‐sponsored global impact studies indicate that, relative to other factors, global warming's impact on key determinants of human and environmental well‐being should be small through 2085 even under the warmest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC…
Political science (3 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Biology (1 works) · Climate Change and Geoengineering (1 works) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (1 works) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (1 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (1 works)