Part 2: Main fields of discourse

Compiled by Caroline Davidson, 14 February 2007 (updated Jan 2013).

The sun

• Alfred W. Crosby. Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity’s Unappeasable Appetite for Energy, W.W. Norton and Company, US, 2006, 0393059359
• Steele Hill and Michael Carlowicz. The Sun, Harry N. Abrams Inc, US, 2006, 0810955229
• Douglas V. Hoyt and Kenneth H. Shatten. The Role of the Sun in Climate Change, Oxford University Press, US, 1997, 019509414X
• Kenneth Lang. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun, Cambridge University Press, 2001, 0521780934

The atmosphere

• R. G. Barry. Atmosphere, Weather and Climate, Routledge, 8th revised edition, 2003, 0415271711
• Guy P. Brasseur, Susan Solomon. Aeronomy of the Middle Atmosphere: Chemistry and Physics of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere (Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library), Springer, 2005, 1402032854
• Guy P. Brasseur, John J. Orlando, Geoffrey S. Tyndall. Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change, Oxford University Press, USA, 1999, 0195105214
• Henry F. Diaz, Raymond S. Bradley. The Hadley Circulation: Present, Past and Future, Springer 2005, 1402029438
• K. G. Labitzke, Hendrik Willem van Loon. The Stratosphere: Phenomena, History and Relevance, Springer-Verlag, 1999, 3540657843
• Michael B McElroy. The Atmospheric Environment: Effects of Human Activity, Princeton University Press, 2002, 0691006911
• John H. Seinfeld, Spyros N. Pandis. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Polution to Climate Change, Wiley-Interscience , 2006, 0471720186
• Marvin S. Soroos. The Endangered Atmosphere: Preserving Global Commons, University of South Carolina Press, 1997, 1570032033
• Richard P. Turco, Carl Sagan. Earth under Siege: From Air Pollution to Global Change, 2002, 0195142748
• Gabrielle Walker. An Ocean of Air: A Natural History of the Atmosphere, Bloomsbury, April 2007, 0747581908
• Richard P. Wayne. Chemistry of Atmospheres: An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Atmospheres of Earth, the Planets, and Their Satellites, Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 019850375X
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Aviation and the global atmosphere, Cambridge University Press, 1999, 0521664047
• Tapio Schneider and Adam H. Sobel (eds). The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere, Princeton University Press, 2007, 9780691121819

Greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect

• S. L. Baggott, L. Cardenas et al. Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 1990-2004, AEA Technology plc, 2006, 0954713613
• Peter Hughes. Personal Travel and the Greenhouse Effect: A Strategy for Stabilising the Atmosphere, Earthscan Publications, 1993, only 1st edition (1992) 1853831697
• J. Takahashi, B. A. Young, C. R. Soliva and M. Kreuzer. Greenhouse Gases and Animal Agriculture, Elsevier, 2002, 0444522484
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. J.T. Houghton et al. Climate Change 1994: Radiative forcing of Climate Change and and evaluation of the IPCC IS92 emission scenarios: Reports of Working groups I and III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, forming part of the IPCC Special Report to the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN framework Convention on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 1995, 0521559626, OOP
• Dave Reay, Pete Smith, André van Amstel (eds): Methane and climate change, Earthscan, 2010, 9781844078233
• Keith Smith (ed.): Nitrous oxide and climate change, Earthscan, 2010, 9781844077571

The ozone layer

• Matthew J. Hoffmann. Ozone Depletion and Climate Change: Constructing a Global Response, State University of New York Press, 2005, 0791465268
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System: Special Report, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 0521682061
• Stephen J. Reid. Ozone and Climate Change: A Beginner’s Guide, CRC Press, 2000, 9056992333

Carbon and carbon dioxide

• Martin M. Halmann. Chemical Fixation of Carbon Dioxide: Methods for Recycling CO2 into Useful Products, CRC, US, 084934428X
• Toshinori Kojima. The Carbon Dioxide Problem: Integrated Energy and Environmental Policies for the 21st Century, CRC, 1998, 9056991272
• A. M. Mannion. Carbon and its Domestication, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2006, 1402039573
• Leonard Ridzon. The Carbon Cycle, Acres, US, 1994, 0911311467
• T. P. Snow. Carbon: The Sixth Element, Princeton University Press, May 2007, 0691125880
• John R. Trabalka (for the US Department of Energy). Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Global Carbon Cycle, University Press of the Pacific, 2005, 1410223744
• T. M. L. Wigley and D. S. Schimel. The Carbon Cycle, Cambridge University Press, new edition, 2005, 0521018625
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II. B. Metz, O. Davidson, H. de Coninck, M. Loos, L. Meyer (eds). IPCC special report on carbon dioxide capture and storage, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 0521685516

Carbon and manmade materials

• Johannes Lehmann and Stephen Joseph. Biochar for Environmental Management: Science and Technology, Earthscan, 2009, 9781844076581

Carbon trading and accounting

• Tim Jackson (ed.). Mitigating Climate Change: Flexibility Mechanisms, Elsevier, 2001, 0080440924
• Frank Lecocq. State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2004 (World Bank Working Paper), World Bank, 2005, 0821361171
• Mark Lynas. Carbon Counter, Collins, 2007, 0007248121
• Ian Swingland. Capturing Carbon and Conserving Biodiversity: The Market Approach, Earthscan Publications, 2003, 1853839515
• T. H. Tietenberg. Emissions Trading: Principles and Practice, RFF Press, 2nd edition, 2006, 1933115319
• Farhana Yamin. Climate Change and Carbon Markets: A Handbook of Emissions Reduction Mechanisms, Earthscan Publications, 2005, 1844071634

Carbon sequestration

• H. Griffiths. The Carbon Balance of Forest Biomes (Experimental Biology Reviews), Taylor & Francis, 2005, 1859962149
• John M. Kimble. The Potential of US Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect, Lewis Publishers, US, 2002, 1566705835
• John M. Kimble, B. A. Stewart (eds). Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems, CRC, 1999, 1566704855
• Rattan Lal, Carlos Cerri, Martial Bernoux, Jorge Etchevers. Carbon Sequestration in Soils of Latin America, Haworth Press Inc, US, 2006, 1560221372
• Rattan Lal (ed). Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia, Taylor & Francis, February 2007, 0415422353
• National Academy of Engineering (US). The Carbon Dioxide Dilemma: Promising Technologies and Policies, National Academy Press, US, 2003, 0309089212
• Norman J. Rosenberg and Roberto C. Izaurralde (eds). Storing Carbon in Agricultural Soils: A Multi-Purpose Environmental Strategy, Springer, 2001, 0792371496
• Robert T. Watson, Ian R. Noble, Bert Bolin et al (eds.). Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry: A Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 2000, 0521804957

Climate and weather

• Edward Aguado. Understanding Weather and Climate (4th edition), Prentice Hall, 4th revised edition, 2006, 0131496964
• Howard A. Bridgman, John E. Oliver. The Global Climate System: Patterns, Processes and Teleconnections, Cambridge University Press, 2006, 052182642X
• Michael H. Glantz. Climate Affairs: A Primer, Island Press, 2003, 1559639199
• Kyrill Ya Kondratyev, Arthur P. Cracknell. Observing Climate Change, CRC, 1998, 0748401245
• Julian Mayes and Karel Hughes. Understanding Weather: A Visual Approach. Hodder Arnold, 2004, 0340806117
• Thomas D. Potter and Bradley R. Colman (eds). Handbook of Weather, Climate and Water: Dynamics, Climate, Physical Meteoroloogy, Weather Systems, and Measurements, volume 1, Wiley-Interscience, 2003, 0471214906
• Thomas D. Potter and Bradley R. Colman (eds). Handbook of Weather, Climate and Water: Atmospheric Chemistry, Hydrology and Societal Impacts, volume 2, Wiley-Interscience, 2002, 0471214892 N.B. Vols 1 and 2 of above available as a pair for, 0471450308
• Donald Ahrens. Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate and the Environments, Brooks Cole, 2006 (8th edition), 9780495011620 (hbk)
• Christopher Burt. Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book, W. W. Norton & Co, 2007 (revised edition), 9780393330151
• National Research Council (US). Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises, National Academies Press (US), 2002, 9780309074346 (hbk)

Water

• Cynthia Barnett. Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern United States, University of Michigan Press, April 2007, 0472115634
• Maggie Black and Jannet King. The atlas of water: mapping the world’s most critical resource, 2^nd ed. Earthscan, 2009, 9781844078271 
• Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations. Review of World Water Resources by Country, FAO, 2003, 9251048991
• Peter Gleick, Heather Cooley, David Katz, Emily Lee, Jason Morrison, Meena Palaniappan, Andrea Samulon, Gary Wolff. The World’s Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources 2006-2007, Island Press, US, 2006, 1597261068
• Ann-Christian Holland. The Water Business, Zed Books, 2005, 1842775650
• Marjorie Holland, Elizabeth Blood, Lawrence Shaffer (eds). Achieving Sustainable Freshwater Systems: A Web of Connections, Island Press, 2003, 1559639296
• Douglas Jehl. Whose Water Is It? The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World, National Geographic Books, 2003, 0792273753
• Robert S. Kandel. Water from Heaven, Columbia University Press, new edition, 2003, 0231122454
• Sanjeev Khagram. Dams and Developments: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power, Cornell University Press, 2004, 0801489075
• Patrick McCully. Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams, Zed Books, 2nd revised edition, 2001, 1856499022
• Fred Pearce. When the Rivers Run Dry: What Happens When Our Water Runs Out?, Eden Books, Transworld, 2006, 1903919584
• Sandra Postel. Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?, W. W. Norton & Company, 1999, 0393319377
• Marc Reisner. Cadillac Desert: the American West and its Disappearing Water, Penguin, 1993, 0140178244
• Veronica Strang. The Meaning of Water, Berg Publishers Ltd, 2004, 1859737536
• Marq de Villiers. Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource, Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin, U.S., 2001, 0618127445
• World Bank. Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture: A Sourcebook for Investment in Agricultural Water, World Bank Publications, 2005, 0821361619
• Larbi Bouguerra. Water Under Threat, Zed Books, 2006, 9781842777053
• Peter Fraenkel. Water Lifting Devices: A Handbook, Practical Action, third edition 2007, 9781853395383
• Dorothy Green. Managing Water: Avoiding Crisis in California, University of California Press, 2007, 9780520253278, $14.95
• Constance Elizabeth Hunt. Thirsty Planet: Strategies for Sustainable Water Management, Zed Books, 2004, 9781842772430
• Riccardo Petrella. The Water Manifesto: Arguments for a World Water Contract, Zed Books, 2006, 1856499065
• Julian Caldecott. Water: Life in Every Drop, Virgin Books, 2007, 9780753513507
• Wolfram Mauser. Water Resources: Efficient, Sustainable and Equitable Use (The Sustainability Project series), 2009, 9781906598075
• Peter Rogers and Susan Leal. Running out of water: the looming crisis and solutions to conserve our most precious resource, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, 9780230615649

Demography

• Geoffrey Gilbert. World Population: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues), ABC-CLIO, 2nd Rev edition, 2006, 1851099271
• Klaus M. Leisinger, Karin Schmitt, Robert S. McNamara. All Our People: Population Policy with a Human Face, Island Press, US, 1994, 1559632925
• Massimo Livi-Bacci. A Concise History of World Population, Blackwell Publishing Professional, 4th revised edition, 2006, 1405146966
• Brian C. O'Neill, F. Landis MacKellar, and Wolfgang Lutz. Population and Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 0521018021
• Jacqueline Kasun. The War against Population: The Economics and Ideology of World Population Control, Ignatius Press, 1999 (revised edition), 9780898707120
• Colin McEvedy and Richard Jones. Atlas of World Population History, Penguin, 1978 (new edition), 0140510761

Sustainability

• Wilfrid Beckerman. A Poverty of Reason: Sustainable Development and Economic Growth, Independent Institute, US, 2002, 0945999852
• J. Elliott. An Introduction to Sustainable Development, Routledge, 2nd edition, 1999, 0415335590 (this is 2006 3rd ed.)
• Dan Imhoff, Roberto Carra. Farming with the Wild, Sierra Club Books, 3003, 1578050928
• Mohan Munasinghe and Rob Swart. Primer on Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Facts, Policy, Analysis and Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 0521008883
• Nolberto Munier. Sustainability: Road to a Better Future. Springer, 2006, 1402035578
• W. Steffen, A. Sanderson, P. Tyson et al. Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under Pressure (Global Change – The IGBP Series), Springer, 2005, 3540265945
• Worldwatch Institute. State of the World: An Urban Planet, Earthscan, 2007, 1844073912
• Janine Benyus. Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, Harper Perennial, 2002, 9780060533229
• Bob Doppelt. Leading Change Towards Sustainability: A Change-Management Guide for Business, Government and Civil Society, Greenleaf Publications, 2003, 9781874719649
• Andres R. Edwards and David W. Orr (foreword). The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift, New Society Publishers, 2005, 9780865715318
• Darcy Hitchcock and Marsha Willard. The Business Guide to Sustainability: Practical Strategies and tools for Organisations, Earthscan Publications, 2006, 9781844073207

• Julian M. Allwood and Jonathan M. Cullen. Sustainable materials: with both eyes open, UIT, 2012, 978190860059

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