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Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming

Knowledge For The Anthropocene - A Multidisciplinary Approach (Hardcover): Francisco J. Carrillo, Gunter Koch Knowledge For The Anthropocene - A Multidisciplinary Approach (Hardcover)
Francisco J. Carrillo, Gunter Koch
R4,362 Discovery Miles 43 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With human-induced environmental impacts disrupting human life in deeper ways and at a wider scale than anything previously experienced, this multidisciplinary book looks at the ways that current knowledge bases seem inadequate to help us deal with such realities. It offers a critical appraisal of the current knowledge infrastructure, including science, technology, innovation, education and informal knowledge systems. Contributions from a wide spectrum of social scientists, philosophers, activists and decision-makers tackle the importance of knowledge for the Anthropocene using a mosaic of data, theories, cases, models, methods and experiences. Chapters highlight what relevant knowledge will become critical to dealing with deteriorating environmental conditions, as well as how science, technology, education and innovation can be radically transformed to deal with these challenges. The book further explores the behavioural, economic, social and cultural aspects of the Anthropocene, and how knowledge impacts both these and our possible futures. This will be a critical read for human geography and environmental science scholars, as well as social science scholars more broadly, particularly with its in-depth glossary and digital resource list. It will also aid practitioners in the planning, design, management and evaluation of knowledge systems by providing deeper understandings of the potential circumstances of knowledge in the Anthropocene.

We Took the Risk - The Stories Behind the Early Risk Takers in the U.S. Renewable Energy Industry and the Leadership Traits... We Took the Risk - The Stories Behind the Early Risk Takers in the U.S. Renewable Energy Industry and the Leadership Traits that Made Them a Success (Hardcover)
Tom Weirich
R739 R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Save R78 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Essential EU Climate Law (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Edwin Woerdman, Martha Roggenkamp, Marijn Holwerda Essential EU Climate Law (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Edwin Woerdman, Martha Roggenkamp, Marijn Holwerda
R4,041 Discovery Miles 40 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This thoroughly revised second edition provides an up-to-date account of essential EU climate mitigation law, analysing an area that remains one of the most dynamic fields of EU law. Special attention is paid to the energy sector and to the impact of climate law on broader legal issues, such as energy network regulation and human rights. Written by leading scholars of EU climate law from the University of Groningen, the book addresses the relevant directives and regulations, examining their implementation and impact on current policy and academic debate. Chapters guide the reader through key topics including the EU emissions trading system, renewable energy consumption, and carbon capture and storage. Key features of the second edition include: A clear and accessible introduction to EU climate mitigation law Comprehensive coverage of the climate targets and instruments of the EU Special focus on the relationship between climate law and energy law New classroom questions to stimulate further discussion and debate Educational design based on reviews by climate law students and lecturers. Combining educational design and analytical accuracy, this book will be an indispensable guide for both students and professionals. It is highly recommended for courses on EU climate mitigation law, as well as climate law, energy law, environmental law and EU law.

The Paris Agreement on Climate Change - A Commentary (Hardcover): Geert Van Calster, Leonie Reins The Paris Agreement on Climate Change - A Commentary (Hardcover)
Geert Van Calster, Leonie Reins
R6,729 Discovery Miles 67 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Providing in-depth coverage of each article of the Paris Agreement, this Commentary offers a comprehensive, legal analysis of this most recent and important international instrument on climate change. This provision-by-provision textual analysis examines the commitments that parties to the Agreement have made to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, whilst providing additional support to developing countries. Describing the history, implementation and operation of the Paris Agreement, this Commentary is indispensable for obtaining a deep and nuanced understanding of the way in which the global community seeks to intensify its efforts to address climate change. Written by internationally renowned contributors, it discusses recent examples of implementation of the Agreement and nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Clearly written and accessible, this Commentary will be a vital resource for policy makers and government officials involved in climate change across the globe, whilst also being valuable for practitioners, scholars and students of climate change law and policy.

Transforming Energy Systems - Economics, Policies and Change (Hardcover): Steven Fries Transforming Energy Systems - Economics, Policies and Change (Hardcover)
Steven Fries
R3,483 Discovery Miles 34 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Recognizing the urgent need to transform energy systems to low-carbon alternatives, this timely book offers evidenced and credible ways to accelerate actions towards meeting the Paris Agreement goals and achieving net zero emissions. Steven Fries analyses through the lens of government, business and household actions-their policies and investments-the systemic changes needed to eliminate net carbon dioxide emissions from energy. Fries explores how advancing low-carbon alternatives could maintain current economic activities while halting climate impacts. But his analysis of accumulating evidence on transforming energy shows how multiple market imperfections hold back alternatives. To overcome these barriers, the book develops heterodox energy reform strategies and ways to coordinate actions across countries, recognizing differences in their specializations and renewable resources. Going beyond orthodox economics, it sets out the role for supporting deployment of low-carbon alternatives in initial markets, calibrating emissions pricing to net zero emission goals, and adapting institutions and infrastructures to low-carbon alternatives. It also signposts policy sequencing and differentiation across sectors and countries. Providing comprehensive energy policy assessments and sound reform strategies, this book will be essential reading for government policymakers and business investors. Its rigorous approach to systemic change also makes it a valuable reference for energy economics and environmental economics scholars.

Handbook of Security and the Environment (Hardcover): Ashok Swain, Joakim OEjendal, Anders Jagerskog Handbook of Security and the Environment (Hardcover)
Ashok Swain, Joakim OEjendal, Anders Jagerskog
R5,895 Discovery Miles 58 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This comprehensive Handbook tackles the increasingly urgent problem of the impact of climate change on conflict and human security. It analyses the ways in which scarcity of resources leads to food, water and health insecurities, resulting in population migration. Chapters cover how these contribute globally to societal insecurity and violent conflict in a growing number of regions. Featuring contributions from leading international scholars, the Handbook is divided into thematic sections, examining first the effects of environmental scarcity on security at a macro level before delving into region-specific issues and challenges. The final section investigates the actors, institutions and processes engaged with environmental security, discussing the shifting international political discourse and how this is challenging the conservative military security paradigm. The combination of comparative global analysis alongside regionally focused studies makes this Handbook an invaluable resource for all scholars and students of environment and climate security. It will also be of interest to policy professionals working on issues of environmental scarcity and new security challenges.

Giving Future Generations a Voice - Normative Frameworks, Institutions and Practice (Hardcover): Jan Linehan, Peter Lawrence Giving Future Generations a Voice - Normative Frameworks, Institutions and Practice (Hardcover)
Jan Linehan, Peter Lawrence
R3,023 Discovery Miles 30 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This important book focuses on how newly emerging institutions for future generations can contribute to tackling large scale global environmental problems, such as threats to biodiversity and climate change. It is especially timely given the new global impetus for decarbonisation, as well as the huge growth of climate litigation and climate protest movements, often led by young people. Global environmental crises and reactions against short-term thinking have spawned new institutions aimed at giving a voice to future generations in policy-making, such as dedicated commissioners. This book looks at why we need such institutions using approaches from ethics, human rights, sustainable development, intergenerational justice and administrative law. How to design such institutions to maximise their effectiveness, operating principles for such institutions, and case studies from around the world are canvassed. A range of reform proposals are also explored, including mainstreaming future generations' voices in parliamentary processes, commissioners for future generations, human rights-based bodies and deliberative assemblies. This collection brings together philosophers, political and social scientists, lawyers and practitioners. It provides both an introduction to the field and a scholarly in-depth set of studies. It will appeal to academics, policymakers and civil society.

A Research Agenda for Climate Justice (Paperback): Paul G. Harris A Research Agenda for Climate Justice (Paperback)
Paul G. Harris
R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Climate change will bring great suffering to communities, individuals and ecosystems. Those least responsible for the problem will suffer the most. Justice demands urgent action to reverse its causes and impacts. In this provocative new book, Paul G. Harris brings together original essays to explore innovative approaches to understanding and implementing climate justice in the future. Through investigations informed by theories from philosophy, politics, sociology, law and economics, this Research Agenda reveals the actors most responsible for climate change and suggests concrete proposals for more effective mitigation. Addressing the distribution of scarce resources and the disproportionate responsibility of affluent nations and people, this insightful book asserts that climate change is a matter of equity, fairness and social and distributive justice. It argues that climate change is shaping up to be the greatest injustice in all of human history. This analytical and thought-provoking Research Agenda will be a valuable tool for climate change researchers while its interdisciplinary approach will appeal to students and academics researching in the fields of global environmental politics, sustainability, international relations, environmental philosophy and law. The examination of the key questions of climate justice from global through to individual levels will also aid policy-makers, practitioners and activists. Contributors include: R. Attfield, I. Bailey, F. Corvino, A. Dietzel, J. Donhauser, P.G. Harris, S. Kopra, J.S. Mastaler, S.R. O'Doherty, G. Pellegrini-Masini, A. Pirni, D. Storey, C. Swingle, C. Tornel, I. Wallimann-Helmer

Silent Earth - Averting the Insect Apocalypse (Paperback): Dave Goulson Silent Earth - Averting the Insect Apocalypse (Paperback)
Dave Goulson
R465 R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Agrometeorology And Climate Change (Hardcover): Alok Kumar Patra Agrometeorology And Climate Change (Hardcover)
Alok Kumar Patra
R6,946 Discovery Miles 69 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Agro-Climatology Advances And Challenges (Hardcover): T N Balasubramanian Agro-Climatology Advances And Challenges (Hardcover)
T N Balasubramanian
R7,193 Discovery Miles 71 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Including Consumption in Emissions Trading - Economic and Legal Considerations (Hardcover): Manuel W. Haussner Including Consumption in Emissions Trading - Economic and Legal Considerations (Hardcover)
Manuel W. Haussner
R3,116 Discovery Miles 31 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This timely book addresses the need for further measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, arguing that the EU Emissions Trading Scheme does not offer sufficient incentives for the carbon-intensive materials sector. It highlights the challenge that emissions from industries such as iron and steel, cement and aluminium, amongst others, pose to the EU's commitment to significantly cut emissions by 2030. Offering an in-depth review from an economic and legal perspective, Manuel Haussner explores these carbon-intensive sectors and their contribution to current emissions, and provides insightful suggestions on how a consumption-based carbon charge would create incentives for deep decarbonisation. He demonstrates how the design of such a charge would comply with the EU's obligations and WTO's legal requirements, and illustrates how such a charge would be drafted, providing guidance on administering carbon taxation and analysing carbon charges alongside the EU recommended portfolio of policy instruments. This thought-provoking book will be an essential read for all policymakers, consultants and practitioners working in environmental law and policy in the EU. It will also be valuable to scholars working at the intersections of economics and environmental and energy law.

Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment (Hardcover): Alberto Fonseca Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment (Hardcover)
Alberto Fonseca
R6,580 Discovery Miles 65 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Reviewing over 50 years of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) policy-making and implementation around the world, this thought-provoking Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the current research surrounding EIA. Presenting new trends in law and policy-making, it highlights best practices in the application of technology to impact prediction and management, procedural efficiency, decision-making and public participation. In addition to explaining the practicalities of the EIA process, chapters delve deep into EIA's decision-making stages and methods, revealing the causes of, and solutions to, recurrent issues. Contributions from leading scholars analyse case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and North and South America to provide a truly global picture of EIA implementation. Critically examining the laws, policies and procedures involved in these case studies, this Handbook concludes by highlighting new ideas, trends and methods in the field. With a global scope, the illustrative case studies and critical evaluations will prove a useful resource for students and scholars of environmental and management studies and law. Exploring how to implement best practices, it will prove invaluable to EIA practitioners, including consultants, developers and regulators, offering inspiration and guidance for policy reforms.

Climate Induced Migration - Assessing the Evidence from Bangladesh (Hardcover): Sohela Mustari Climate Induced Migration - Assessing the Evidence from Bangladesh (Hardcover)
Sohela Mustari
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Climate Change and the Symbol Deficit in the Christian Tradition - Expanding Gendered Sources (Hardcover): Jan-Olav Henriksen Climate Change and the Symbol Deficit in the Christian Tradition - Expanding Gendered Sources (Hardcover)
Jan-Olav Henriksen
R3,106 Discovery Miles 31 060 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Exploring how the climate crisis discloses the symbol deficit in the Christian tradition, this book argues that Christianity is rich in symbols that identify and address the failures of humans and the obstacles that prevent humans from doing well, while positive symbols that can engage people in constructive action seem underdeveloped. Henriksen examines the potential of the Christian tradition to develop symbols that can engage peoples in committed and sustained action to prevent further crisis. To do so, he argues that we need symbols that engage both intellectually and emotionally, and which enhance our perception of belonging in relationships with other humans, be it both in the present and in the future. According to Henriksen, the deficit can only be obliterated if we can develop symbols that have some root or resonance in the Christian tradition, provide concrete and specified guidance of agency, engage people both emotionally and intellectually, and finally open up to visions for a moral agency that provide positive motivations for caring about environmental conditions as a whole.

A Bigger Picture - My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis (Paperback): Vanessa Nakate A Bigger Picture - My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis (Paperback)
Vanessa Nakate
R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boat.' - Greta Thunberg No matter your age, location or skin colour, you can be an effective activist. Devastating flooding, deforestation, extinction and starvation. These are the issues that not only threaten in the future, they are a reality. After witnessing some of these issues first-hand, Vanessa Nakate saw how the world's biggest polluters are asleep at the wheel, ignoring the Global South where the effects of climate injustice are most fiercely felt. Inspired by a shared vision of hope, Vanessa's commanding political voice demands attention for the biggest issue of our time and, in this rousing manifesto for change, shows how you can join her to protect our planet now and for the future. Vanessa realized the importance of her place in the climate movement after she, the only Black activist in an image with four white Europeans, was cropped out of a press photograph at Davos in 2020. This example illustrates how those who will see the biggest impacts of the climate crisis are repeatedly omitted from the conversation. As she explains, 'We are on the front line, but we are not on the front page.' Without A Bigger Picture, you're missing the full story on climate change. 'An indispensable voice for our future.' - Malala Yousafzai 'A powerful global voice.' - Angelina Jolie

Introduction To Agrometeorology And Climate Change (Paperback): Alok Kumar Patra Introduction To Agrometeorology And Climate Change (Paperback)
Alok Kumar Patra
R1,393 Discovery Miles 13 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Horticulture Based Integrated Farming Systems (Hardcover): Dipak Gupta Horticulture Based Integrated Farming Systems (Hardcover)
Dipak Gupta
R6,370 Discovery Miles 63 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Climate Change Economics: Commemoration Of Nobel Prize For William Nordhaus (Hardcover): Robert O Mendelsohn Climate Change Economics: Commemoration Of Nobel Prize For William Nordhaus (Hardcover)
Robert O Mendelsohn
R1,798 Discovery Miles 17 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Professor William Nordhaus was honored with a Nobel Prize in Economics for his lifetime contributions to research and policy on climate change and macroeconomics. This book contains a collection of essays written by eleven leading climate change economists describing precisely how Professor Nordhaus changed climate change economics. The essays highlight the major contributions that Professor Nordhaus has made to understanding climate change. The book also discusses the important contributions Professor Nordhaus has made to develop effective policies to manage greenhouse gases both now and far into the future. Several authors also thank Professor Nordhaus for the influence he has had on the trajectory of their own careers. Finally, the essays press forward and discuss how the entire field continues to work on perfecting both climate change economics and policy.

Assessing Progress Towards Sustainability - Frameworks, Tools and Case Studies (Paperback): Carmen Teodosiu, Silvia Fiore,... Assessing Progress Towards Sustainability - Frameworks, Tools and Case Studies (Paperback)
Carmen Teodosiu, Silvia Fiore, Almudena Hospido
R3,374 Discovery Miles 33 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Assessing Progress toward Sustainability: Frameworks, Tools, and Case Studies provides practical frameworks for measuring progress toward sustainability in various areas of production, consumption, services and urban development as they relate to environmental impact. A variety of policies/strategies or frameworks are available at national and international levels. This book presents an integrated approach to sustainability progress measurement by considering both the frameworks and methodological developments of various tools, as well as their implementation in assessing the sustainability of processes, products and services through a global perspective. Combining methods and their application, the book covers a variety of topics, including lifecycle assessment, risk assessment, nexus thinking, and connection to SDGs. Organized clearly into three main sections --Frameworks, Tools, and Case Studies--this book can serve as a practical resource for researchers and practitioners alike in environmental science, sustainability, environmental management and environmental engineering.

Introductory Forestry (Hardcover): Alok Kumar Patra Introductory Forestry (Hardcover)
Alok Kumar Patra
R6,056 Discovery Miles 60 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Fire (Hardcover): Prix Pictet Fire (Hardcover)
Prix Pictet
R1,420 R1,166 Discovery Miles 11 660 Save R254 (18%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

"It stood out for me for a number of reasons. The first, and by far the most important to me, being that the composition is absolutely gorgeous." - Tim Clinch, Amateur Photographer "Packed with compelling visuals and important discussions around some of the planet's biggest issues, it's an excellent compendium of some of the world's best photographers working today." - Amateur Photographer "As compelling in its visuals as it is in its messaging, Fire is an unforgettable document." - Jonathan McIntosh, Royal Photographic Society Journal Fire is the fourth element. It destroys and creates something new. In its heat, colours, and magnitude, it provides a terrifying spectacle as much as an existential threat. Today, it speaks as much to the fragility of human structures as to the damage wrought on nature: the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, forest fires from the Amazon to Australia, and infernos in California so colossal that the sky turned red. Reason enough for the Prix Pictet, the world's leading award for photography and sustainability, to dedicate this year's photo book to the many facets of fire. Selected by photography experts from around the world, this impressive publication features 100 images from the Prix Pictet shortlist and beyond. As compelling in its visuals as it is in its messaging, this is an unforgettable document of an elemental force, and of the increasing extremes of climate change.

Ethnobotany for Foresters (Hardcover): Kaushal Singh, Vinita Bisht, Aishwarya Maheshwari Ethnobotany for Foresters (Hardcover)
Kaushal Singh, Vinita Bisht, Aishwarya Maheshwari
R5,057 Discovery Miles 50 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
You Matter More Than You Think - Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World (Hardcover): Karen O'Brien You Matter More Than You Think - Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World (Hardcover)
Karen O'Brien; Foreword by Christina Bethell; Contributions by Tone Bjordam
R1,058 Discovery Miles 10 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Biomass and Bioenergy Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainability (Hardcover): Ashok Kumar Rathoure, Shankar... Biomass and Bioenergy Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainability (Hardcover)
Ashok Kumar Rathoure, Shankar Mukundrao Khade
R6,740 Discovery Miles 67 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The depletion of fossil fuels is a major issue in energy generation; hence, biomass and renewable energy sources, especially bioenergy, are the solution. The dependence on bioenergy has many benefits to mitigate environmental pollution. It is imperative that the global society adopts these alternative, sustainable energy sources in order to mitigate the constant growth of climate change. Biomass and Bioenergy Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainability highlights the challenges of energy conservation and current scenarios of existing fossil fuel uses along with pollution potential of burning fossil fuel. It further promotes the inventory, assessment, and use of biomass, pollution control, and techniques. This book provides the solution for climate change, mitigation, and sustainability. Covering topics such as biofuel policies, economic considerations, and microalgae biofuels, this premier reference source is an essential resource for environmental scientists, environmental engineers, government officials, business leaders, politicians, librarians, students and faculty of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

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