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“daniel p perlmutter”

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  • The Challenge of Climate Change

    Which Way Now?

    by Daniel P. Perlmutter, Robert L. Rothstein ...
    Global warming and climate change present complex interlocking issues of public policy, multilateral negotiation, and technological advancement. This book explores both the problems and the opportunities presented by international agreements, and examines the technological developments and policy goals that can be pursued to effect the changes necessary. Specific steps are proposed in the form of ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

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  • Client Earth

    by James Thornton, Martin Goodman ...
    Environmentally, our planet lacks the laws to keep it safe and those laws we do have are feebly enforced. Every new year is the hottest in human history, while forest, reef, ice, tundra, and species are disappearing forever. It is easy to lose all hope.Who will stop the planet from committing ecological suicide? The UN? Governments? Activists? Corporations? Engineers? Scientists? Whoever, ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • Global Discontents

    Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy

    by Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian ...
    Series series The American Empire Project
    In this compelling set of interviews, the intellectual discusses contemporary threats to democracy, from economic inequality to the Trump presidency.In wide-ranging discussions with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks us to consider "the world we are leaving to our grandchildren": one imperiled by climate change and the growing potential for nuclear war. If the current ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • Feed-in Tariffs

    Accelerating the Deployment of Renewable Energy

    by Miguel Mendonça ...
    A feed-in tariff is a renewable energy law that obliges energy suppliers to buy electricity produced from renewable resources at a fixed price, usually over a fixed period - even from householders. These legal guarantees ensure investment security, and the support of all viable renewable energy technologies. Supporters argue that the feed-in model, if implemented effectively around the world, ... Read more

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  • Turned Out Nice

    How the British Isles will Change as the World Heats Up

    by Marek Kohn ...
    Marek Kohn - 'one of the best science writers we have' (AC Grayling) - paints an important and eye-opening portrait of Britain and Ireland after a century of global warming.Author of A Reason for Everything and Four Words for Friend Marek Kohn projects one hundred years into the future when, based on the climate change evidence we have now, some parts of Britain will be like regions of today's ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

  • Handbook of Carbon Offset Programs

    Trading Systems, Funds, Protocols and Standards

    by Anja Kollmuss, Michael Lazarus, Carrie Lee, Maurice LeFranc, Clifford Polycarp ...
    Series series Environmental Market Insights
    Greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets have long been promoted as an important element of a comprehensive climate policy approach. Offset programs can reduce the overall cost of achieving a given emission goal by enabling emission reductions to occur where costs are lower. Offsets have the potential to deliver sustainability co-benefits, through technology development and transfer. They can also develop ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Ecotopia 2121

    A Vision for Our Future Green Utopia?in 100 Cities

    by Alan Marshall ...
    **A 2016 Green Book Festival "Future Forecasts" WinnerA stunningly original, lushly illustrated vision for a Green Utopia, published on the 500th anniversary of the original Big Idea.**Five hundred years ago a powerful new word was unleashed upon the world when Thomas More published his book Utopia, about an island paradise far away from his troubled land. It was an instant hit, and the literati ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops

    Vol. 2 Target Traits

    Edited by Chittaranjan Kole ...
    Climate change is expected to have a drastic impact on agronomic conditions including temperature, precipitation, soil nutrients, and the incidence of disease pests, to name a few. To face this looming threat, significant progress in developing new breeding strategies has been made over the last few decades.The second volume of Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops describes various ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

    Fostering Resilience and Capacity to Adapt

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Simane Belay, Jokasha Kalangu, Wuta Menas, Pantaleo Munishi, Kumbirai Musiyiwa ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This collection showcases experiences from research and field projects in climate change adaptation on the African continent. It includes a set of papers presented at a symposium held in Addis Abeba in February 2016, which brought together international experts to discuss “fostering African resilience and capacity to adapt.” The papers introduce a wide range of methodological approaches and ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect

    Participatory Governance in Sustainable Communities

    by Frank Fischer ...
    Can contemporary democratic governments tackle climate crisis? Some argue that democracy has to be a central part of a strategy to deal with climate change. Others argue that experience shows it not to be up to the challenge in the time frame available-that it will require a stronger hand, even a form of eco-authoritarianism. A question that does not lend itself to an easy assessment, this volume ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Climate Change Adaptation in Developed Nations

    From Theory to Practice

    Edited by James D. Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    It is now widely accepted that adaptation will be necessary if we are to manage the risks posed by climate change. What we know about adaptation, however, is limited. While there is a well established body of scholarship proposing assessment approaches and explaining concepts, few studies have examined if and how adaptation is taking place at a national or regional level. ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Coastal Disasters and Climate Change in Vietnam

    Engineering and Planning Perspectives

    Edited by Nguyen Danh Thao, Hiroshi Takagi, Miguel Esteban ...
    Coastal Disasters and Climate Change in Vietnam is the first book to focus specifically on natural hazards and climate change in Vietnam. The book examines threats such as tropical cyclones, sea-level rise, flooding, erosion, and salinity intrusion, and their respective effects on coastal structures and environments. It also looks at crucial management and mitigation efforts, including breakwater ... Read more

    $134.99 USD