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  • Environmental Finance and Investments

    by Marc Chesney, Jonathan Gheyssens, Anca Claudia Pana, Luca Taschini ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This textbook provides an introduction to environmental finance and investments. The current situation raises fundamental questions that this book aims to address. Under which conditions could carbon pricing schemes contribute to a significant decrease in emissions? What are the new investment strategies that the Kyoto Protocol and the emerging carbon pricing schemes around the world should ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Environmental Finance and Investments

    by Marc Chesney, Jonathan Gheyssens, Luca Taschini ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The current economic and environmental situation poses fundamental questions that this book aims to answer: Under which conditions could a market-based approach contribute to a decrease in emissions? How are abatement and investment strategies generated or promoted under permit regimes like the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS)? In the context of the EU ETS, what is the trade-off ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

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    Germany’s Ecological Tax Reform

    by P.J.J. Welfens, B. Meyer, W. Pfaffenberger, A. Jungmittag, P. Jasinski ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Global warming is a serious threat to the stability of world climate and to economic prosperity in some regions. The book offers a theoretical analysis which focuses on double dividend issues. Moreover, the ecological tax reform in Germany and the options of modern energy policy are described and evaluated. The volume presents innovative model simulations and analyzes, in the context of the model, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Handbook of Sustainability Science and Research

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This multidisciplinary handbook explores concrete case studies which illustrate how sustainability science and research can contribute to the realization of the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains contributions from sustainability researchers from across the world. ... Read more

    $395.09 USD

  • Climate Change Mitigation

    A Balanced Approach to Climate Change

    Edited by Mitsutsune Yamaguchi ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Climate change is mainly caused by emissions of CO2 from burning fossil fuels, which provides over 85% of the world’s energy. Strategies for mitigating climate change are connected with handling economic and social activities through their effects on the use of energy. Climate Change Mitigation investigates the costs of mitigation measures in comparison to their benefits, and compares the effects ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such phenomena. There is also a growing awareness of the necessity for a multi-sectoral approach in managing the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Resource Constraints and Global Growth

    Evidence from the Financial Sector

    by Aled Jones, Efundem Agboraw ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    With substantial risks arising from resource constraints on global growth, serious questions are being posed about how a scarcity of finite resources may impact global social and political fragility. The research which forms the core of this book focuses on how this scarcity will impact the financial sector, especially through insurance, pension and banking activities. The UK finance sector, which ... Read more

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  • Quarterly Essay 44 Man-Made World

    Choosing Between Progress and Planet

    by Andrew Charlton ...
    Series Book 44 - Quarterly Essay
    Witnessing at first-hand the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Conference and wondering what went wrong, Andrew Charlton realised the truth of a colleague's words: 'The world is split between those who want to save the planet and those who want to save themselves.'In this groundbreaking essay, Charlton discusses the rift that will shape our future- progress versus planet- rich versus poor. In ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Fossil Capital

    The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming

    by Andreas Malm ...
    A sweeping study of how capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power—and contributed to the worsening climate crisisThe more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Andreas Malm claims it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. But why did ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Implementing Adaptation Strategies by Legal, Economic and Planning Instruments on Climate Change

    Edited by Eike Albrecht, Michael Schmidt, Magdalena Mißler-Behr, Simon P. N. Spyra ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The causes and effects of climate change are just as varied as the proposed solutions and approaches for dealing with the problem. Given the global character of climate change, comprehensive global cooperation is called for that leads to effective and appropriate international action in accordance with the respective responsibilities. These will inevitably differ depending on the capabilities and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Global Food Economy

    The Battle for the Future of Farming

    by Tony Weis ...
    The Global Food Economy examines the human and ecological cost of what we eat.The current food economy is characterized by immense contradictions. Surplus 'food mountains', bountiful supermarkets, and rising levels of obesity stand in stark contrast to widespread hunger and malnutrition. Transnational companies dominate the market in food and benefit from subsidies, whilst farmers in developing ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Global Warming Gridlock

    Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet

    by David G. Victor ...
    Global warming is one of today's greatest challenges. The science of climate change leaves no doubt that policies to cut emissions are overdue. Yet, after twenty years of international talks and treaties, the world is now in gridlock about how best to do this. David G. Victor argues that such gridlock has arisen because international talks have drifted away from the reality of what countries are ... Read more

    $30.39 USD