Humankind has dramatically altered the composition of the atmosphere during the past 150 years, chiefly by increasing the concentrations of naturally occurring greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and, in the last half century, by introducing new ones. Excessive amounts of greenhouse gases trap heat, which the earth would normally radiate back to space, thereby affecting the energy-storage capacity of the atmosphere and oceans.
In recent decades the ozone layer has been severely damaged by man-made chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Though their use is now prohibited, they will remain in the atmosphere for many decades and, with their effects exacerbated by global warming, will continue to destroy ozone for many years to come.
The greatest concern for our well-being during the next millennium is that a modified climate now seems inevitable. How much can we afford to let it change? This highly accessible book introduces and explains the processes causing these interrelated environmental crises, examines the measures currently being formulated to tackle them, and considers how effective such measures are likely to be.

Adnan Ibrahimbegovic is a Professor at the Université Technologie Compiègne in France. He conducts interdisciplinary research within the Sorbonne Universités group, and holds a Research Chair with the Institut Universitaire de France, and was formerly head of teaching and research in the civil engineering Civil Engineering Department at the École Normale Supérieure Cachan. He is a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics.

Naida Ademović is an Associate Professor in Civil (Structural) Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which she joined in 2001. She is also an Associate Professor at the Center of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Sarajevo, on the new Master’s program "Natural Disasters Risk Management in Western Balkan Countries".

Naida received her 5-year Diploma (Bachelor of Science) in Structural Engineering from the University of Sarajevo. She received a Master of Science in "Computational Engineering" from Rühr University in Bochum, Germany, in 2004, and a second Master’s degree ("Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions-SAHC") from the University of Minho, Portugal and University of Padova, Italy, in 2011. The SAHC program she was involved in won an European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage Award/Europa Nostra Award in 2017.

Naida received her PhD in 2012 in the field of earthquake engineering and masonry structures at the University of Sarajevo. She has co-authored two books and published over 70 peer-reviewed papers in reputed international journals.