The Copenhagen Diagnosis is a very thoughtful, accessible and valuable update on the most advanced climate science. It has an overwhelmingly clear message: if we do not act strongly in this decade, then we risk causing irreversible and severe damage to our planet. --Sir Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science A must read book for those wanting the truth about climate change--credible and authoritative by some of the world's leading scientists. --Dr. Robert Watson, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 1997 to 2002 This book by Allison (Ice Ocean Atmosphere and Climate Program, Australian Antarctic Division) et al., synthesizes of all the peer-reviewed scientific publications on human caused climate change since the publication of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report in 2007. The report provides the most up-to-date information on greenhouse gas emissions, the global carbon cycle, sea level rise, future climate projections, and more. Presented in relatively accessible language with dozens of charts, figures, and photographs, this book is intended for the general reader concerned with climate change as well as those in academia. --Reference and Research Book News The Copenhagen Diagnosis brings together the key findings of the most policy-relevant climate science published since the close-off of material for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). This is no mean feat as many hundreds of papers have been published on topics related to human-induced climate change...The target audience for this book is broad and I consider it a must-read for anyone involved in energy. --EnergyNews, March 2012, Volume 30, no. 1, page 27 This reviewer's office shelves groan with books on climate change and associated policy issues. However, there is no doubt that this update from the latest UN report on global climate change ranks number one for its combination of authoritativeness, impact, and suitability for both scientists and nonspecialists. Most of the book's 26 authors from eight nations collectively hold many scientific leadership positions and are contributors to the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued in 2007. The volume is organized into 14 chapters that discuss greenhouse gases, events on land, glaciers, oceans, etc. The final chapters address 'tipping points,' examine the past, and consider what the future holds. Blue-ribbon panel reports and other collective works by academic authors tend to be filled with incomprehensible 'scientese.' This is not true with this work, produced under the leadership of the University of New South Wales (Australia) Climate Research Centre. It stands out for maximum conciseness in the text, minimum equivocation, and high-impact, colored illustrations. Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates and above; informed general readers. --CHOICE