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  • Carbon Coalitions

    Business, Climate Politics, and the Rise of Emissions Trading

    by Jonas Meckling ...
    An examination of how a transnational coalition of firms and NGOs influenced the emergence of emissions trading as a central component of global climate governance.Over the past decade, carbon trading has emerged as the industrialized world's primary policy response to global climate change despite considerable controversy. With carbon markets worth $144 billion in 2009, carbon trading represents ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • A Case for Climate Engineering

    by David Keith ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    A leading scientist argues that we must consider deploying climate engineering technology to slow the pace of global warming.Climate engineering—which could slow the pace of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere—has emerged in recent years as an extremely controversial technology. And for good reason: it carries unknown risks and it may undermine commitments to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Global Warming Reader

    A Century of Writing About Climate Change

    by Bill McKibben ...
    Van Jones, Al Gore, Elizabeth Kolbert, Naomi Klein, and other essential voices on global warming, from its 19th-century discovery to the present, in a volume edited by Bill McKibben, our most widely respected environmental writerWith the rise of extreme weather events worldwide--witness the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Sandy, Irene, and Katrina, and the sustained drought across the American ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Bet

    Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future

    by Paul Sabin ...

    $20.99 USD

  • How to Thrive in the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow's World Today

    by John Thackara ...
    A visionary yet practical guide to building a more sustainable future, by one of the most important voices in environmentally aware designAre there practical solutions to the many global challenges—climate change, poverty, insufficient healthcare—that threaten our way of life? Author John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs. In this clear-eyed ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • America the Possible

    Manifesto for a New Economy

    by James Gustave Speth ...
    In this third volume of his award-winning American Crisis series, James Gustave Speth makes his boldest and most ambitious contribution yet. He looks unsparingly at the sea of troubles in which the United States now finds itself, charts a course through the discouragement and despair commonly felt today, and envisions what he calls America the Possible, an attractive and plausible future that we ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Live Lagom

    Balanced Living, the Swedish Way

    by Anna Brones ...
    An inviting exploration of "the new hygge": the Swedish concept of lagom—finding balance in moderation—featuring inspiration and practical advice on how to find a happy medium in life, home, work, and health.Following the cultural phenomena of fika and hygge, the allure of Scandinavian culture and tradition continues in the Swedish concept of lagom. From home design and work-life balance, to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Approaching Great Transformation

    Toward a Livable Post Carbon Economy

    by Joel Magnuson ...
    "A brave book by a smart person with a masterful command of economic theory."—Publisher's WeeklyHow should we act and think economically in the world as the era of cheap oil comes to an end? The Approaching Great Transformation begins to answer this massive question, focusing on the people and communities already at work on the transition: energy descent pioneers in the UK and the US educating ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Global Climate Change and the Shipping Industry

    by Andrew G. Spyrou ...
    Environmentalists want industrialized nations to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases that warm the atmosphere. For more than twenty years, however, their pleas have been mostly ignored. Naval architects and ship designers can play a critical role in reducing greenhouse gases by designing effi cient ships that are safe and environment friendly. New innovations would enhance fuel effi ciency and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Green is the New Black

    How to Save the World in Style

    by Tamsin Blanchard ...
    For girls who care about global warming, and next season's hot looks, Green is the New Black is a must-have accessory.Does our shopping addiction contribute to climate change? What's so special about organic cotton? Who are the real fashion victims behind the £3 jeans?From the truth about fast fashion to the best biodegradable shoes, from guilt-free spending sprees to the joys of swishing parties, ... Read more

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  • Who Speaks for the Climate?

    Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change

    by Maxwell T. Boykoff ...
    The public rely upon media representations to help interpret and make sense of the many complexities relating to climate science and governance. Media representations of climate issues – from news to entertainment – are powerful and important links between people's everyday realities and experiences, and the ways in which they are discussed by scientists, policymakers and public actors. A dynamic ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Community Resilience Reader

    Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval

    by Sarah Byrnes, Chuck Collins, Rosemary Cooper, Denise Fairchild, Joshua Farley, Richard Heinberg, Leena Iyengar, Mike Lydon, Asher Miller, Stephanie Mills, William Rees, Margaret Robertson, David Salt, Scott Sawyer, Howard Silverman, William Throop, Brian Walker, Al Weinrub, Rebecca Wodder ...
    The sustainability challenges of yesterday have become today’s resilience crises. National and global efforts have failed to stop climate change, transition from fossil fuels, and reduce inequality. We must now confront these and other increasingly complex problems by building resilience at the community level. But what does that mean in practice, and how can it be done in a way that’s effective ... Read more

    $28.09 USD