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  • The Overburdened Planet

    Making Sense of Sustainability

    by Paul Appleby ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The primary objective of this book is to explain the science, engineering and politics behind the environmental challenges that face the planet, its ecosystems and its populations, particularly in the light of a growing population, urbanisation and wealth divide. It is intended for anyone who wants a deep dive into the science behind climate change without getting lost in the jargon and emotional ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Sustainable Retrofit and Facilities Management

    by Paul Appleby ...
    Governments across the globe are setting targets for reducing their carbon emissions. For example, the UK Government has committed to an eighty per cent reduction by 2050, when twenty-eight million buildings that currently exist will still be standing; this represents a challenge to improve the energy efficiency of more than one building per minute between now and 2050! This is a problem that ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings

    by Paul Appleby ...
    Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings aims to provide a guide to members of design and masterplanning teams on how to deliver sustainable development and buildings cost effectively, meeting current and emerging UK and international statutory and planning requirements. Using a series of case histories and examples from the author's ten years of providing sustainability advisory services the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • How the World Really Works

    The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington PostAn essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Making the Modern World

    Materials and Dematerialization

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization.Over the course of time, the modern world has become dependent on unprecedented flows of materials. Now even the most ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Generation Us

    The Challenge of Global Warming

    by Andrew Weaver ...
    Series series Rapid Reads
    In clear and accessible language, Generation Us explains the phenomenon of global warming, outlines the threat it presents to future generations and offers a path toward solutions to the problem. The reality of global warming has long been accepted within the scientific community, yet it remains a hotly debated topic at the political and social level. Why is this? Is it the fact that the ultimate ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • The Carbon Almanac

    It's Not Too Late

    by The Carbon Almanac Network ...
    When it comes to the climate, we don’t need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action.The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Climate Change

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Joseph Romm ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    "This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change." - New York Magazine "The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane." - The Daily Beast "A must-read." - The Guardian The essential primer on what will be the defining issue of our time, Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know® is a clear-eyed overview of the science, ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How To Save Our Planet

    The Facts

    by Mark A. Maslin ...
    'Punchy and to the point. No beating around the bush. This brilliant book contains all the information we need to have in our back pocket in order to move forward' Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary UN Climate Change Convention'Amazing book' Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast Show'Everyone should have this book' Rick Edwards, BBC Radio 5 Live'A timely and important book, not only ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Infinite Resource

    The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet

    by Ramez Naam ...
    Climate change. Finite fossil fuels. Fresh water depletion. Rising commodity prices. Ocean acidification. Overpopulation. Deforestation. Feeding the world’s billions. We’re beset by an array of natural resource and environmental challenges. They pose a tremendous risk to human prosperity, to world peace, and to the planet itself. Yet, if we act, these problems are addressable. Throughout history ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Just Cool It!

    The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do - A Post-Paris Agreement Game Plan

    by David Suzuki, Ian Hanington ...
    Climate change is the most important crisis humanity has faced, but we still confront huge barriers to resolving it. So, what do we do, and is there hope for humanity? The problem itself is complex, and there’s no single solution. But by understanding the barriers to resolving global warming and by employing a wide range of solutions-from shifting to clean energy to planting trees to reforming ... Read more

    $13.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Positive Tipping Points

    How to Fix the Climate Crisis

    by Tim Lenton OBE ...
    We can all play a part in triggering positive tipping points that accelerate us out of the climate crisis. How do we get out of a climate crisis of our own making? As global change escalates, we are already starting to experience damaging tipping points in the social, ecological and climate systems that we depend upon - and much worse is to come. These shocks tell us we have left it too late for ... Read more

    $15.19 USD