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  • Switching Off

    Meeting Our Energy Needs in A Constrained Future

    de Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The book is about global energy use, its past and present, and its increasingly uncertain future. It lists the various ecological problems facing our planet, not just climate change, and how their gravity has been underestimated. It briefly looks at the various solutions, apart from renewable energy, proposed for solving the problems our present energy use raises, including solar radiation ... Leer más

    $53.99 USD

  • Big Data for Urban Sustainability

    A Human-Centered Perspective

    de Stephen Jia Wang, Patrick Moriarty ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book presents a practical framework for the application of big data, cloud, and pervasive and complex systems to sustainable solutions for urban environmental challenges. It covers the technologies, potential, and possible and impact of big data on energy efficiency and the urban environment.The book first introduces key aspects of big data, cloud services, pervasive computing, and mobile ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

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  • False Alarm

    How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet

    de Bjorn Lomborg ...
    An “essential” (Times UK) and “meticulously researched” (Forbes) book by “the skeptical environmentalist” argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than goodHurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Arctic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

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  • Fixing the Climate

    Strategies for an Uncertain World

    de Charles F. Sabel, David G. Victor ...
    Solving the global climate crisis through local partnerships and experimentationGlobal climate diplomacy—from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement—is not working. Despite decades of sustained negotiations by world leaders, the climate crisis continues to worsen. The solution is within our grasp—but we will not achieve it through top-down global treaties or grand bargains among nations.Charles ... Leer más

    $20.19 USD

  • The Climate Fix

    What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming

    de Roger Pielke Jr. ...
    Why has the world been unable to address global warming? Science policy expert Roger Pielke, Jr., says it's not the fault of those who reject the Kyoto Protocol, but those who support it, and the magical thinking that the agreement represents. In The Climate Fix, Pielke offers a way to repair climate policy, shifting the debate away from meaningless targets and toward a revolution in how the world ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology

    Edición de Roland Clift, Angela Druckman ...
    How can we design more sustainable industrial and urban systems that reduce environmental impacts while supporting a high quality of life for everyone? What progress has been made towards reducing resource use and waste, and what are the prospects for more resilient, material-efficient economies? What are the environmental and social impacts of global supply chains and how can they be measured and ... Leer más

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  • Climate Shock

    The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet

    de Gernot Wagner, Gernot Wagner, Martin L. Weitzman, Martin L. Weitzman ...
    How knowing the extreme risks of climate change can help us prepare for an uncertain futureIf you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming and there's a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Sustainable Futures in Southern Africa’s Mountains

    Multiple Perspectives on an Emerging City

    Edición de Andrea Membretti, Sue Jean Taylor, Jess L. Delves ...
    Series series Sustainable Development Goals Series
    This open access book presents multiple disciplinary perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in the South African mountain city of Phuthaditjhaba. These challenges are embedded in the complex environmental, socio-cultural and political contexts of the region. Established as the capital of the QwaQwa ‘homeland’ under Grand Apartheid, this city is now home to ... Leer más

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  • Smart Solutions to Climate Change

    Comparing Costs and Benefits

    Edición de Bjørn Lomborg ...
    The failure of the Copenhagen climate conference in December 2009 revealed major flaws in the way the world's policymakers have attempted to prevent dangerous levels of increases in global temperatures. The expert authors in this specially commissioned collection focus on the likely costs and benefits of a very wide range of policy options, including geo-engineering, mitigation of CO2, methane and ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Business Transitions: A Path to Sustainability

    The CapSEM Model

    Edición de Annik Magerholm Fet ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book represents a journey documenting the development of tools and methodologies over 3 decades and asks where the future lies. It further develops seminal work carried out under the auspices of the Capacity building in Sustainability and Environmental Management (CapSEM) project co-funded by the EU Erasmus programme from 2016-2019 as well as research projects such as IGLO-MP2020, ... Leer más

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  • Lukewarming

    The New Climate Science that Changes Everything

    de Patrick J. Michaels, Paul C. Knappenberger ...
    In Lukewarming, two environmental scientists explain the science and spin behind the headlines and come to a provocative conclusion: climate change is real, and partially man-made, but it is becoming obvious that far more warming has been forecast than will occur, with some of the catastrophic impacts implausible or impossible. Global warming is more lukewarm than hot. This fresh analysis is an ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Local Governments and Climate Change

    Sustainable Energy Planning and Implementation in Small and Medium Sized Communities

    Edición de Maryke van Staden, Francesco Musco ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Global warming is changing the world as we know it. Climate change can have catastrophic impacts in numerous cities across the world. It is time for us to react – quickly and effectively. The European Community (EC) has been leading the fight against climate change, making it one of its top priorities. We have introduced the most ambitious targets of their kind, known as the “20/20/20 by 2020” ... Leer más

    $188.99 USD