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What can we really do about the climate emergency? Â
The inconvenient truth is that we are causing the climate crisis
with our carbon intensive lifestyles and that fixing – or even
just slowing – it will affect all of us. But it can be done. In
Net Zero the economist Professor Dieter Helm addresses the action
we would all need to take, whether personal, local, national or
global, if we really wanted to stop causing climate change. Net
Zero is Professor Dieter Helm’s measured, balanced view of how we
stop causing climate change by adopting a net zero strategy of
reducing carbon emissions and increasing carbon absorption. It is a
rational look at why the past 30 years efforts has failed and why
and how the next 30 years can succeed. It is a vital book for
anyone who hears the clamour of Extinction Rebellion and other
ecological activists, but wonders what they can actually do.
What can we really do about the climate emergency? The inconvenient
truth is that we are causing the climate crisis with our carbon
intensive lifestyles and that fixing - or even just slowing - it
will affect all of us. But it can be done. In Net Zero, economist
Dieter Helm addresses the action we all need to take to tackle the
climate emergency: personal, local, national and global. Reducing
our own carbon consumption is the first step. Helm argues that we,
the ultimate polluters, should pay based on how much carbon the
products we buy produce. We need a carbon price, and one that
applies to everything and everywhere, from flights, to food and
farming. The goal of net zero carbon emissions needs a rethink and
this book sets out how to do it in a plan that could and would
work. Do this and we make no further contribution to global
warming, in a way that embraces sustainable economic growth and
does not harm other aspects of the environment in the process.
There is a solution and we must find it. Everything is at stake.
'One of the most important books of the decade' Country Life
Finally, a practical, realistic plan to rescue, preserve and
enhance nature. News about Britain's wildlife and ecosystems tends
to be grim. In Green and Prosperous Land, Oxford economist and
Natural Capital Committee chair Dieter Helm shares his radical but
tangible plan for positive change. This pragmatic approach to
environmentalism includes a summary of Britain's green assets, a
look towards possible futures and an achievable 25-year plan for a
green and prosperous country. The bold generational plan assesses
the environment as a whole, explains the necessity of protecting
and enhancing our green spaces and offers a clear, financially
sound strategy to put Britain on a greener path. Helm's arguments
expose the economic inefficiencies in our environmental policies
and thus highlight the need for change. Leaving behind the current
sterile and ineffective battle between the environment and the
economy, this revolutionary plan champions the integration of the
economy and the environment together to deliver sustainable,
eco-friendly economic growth. There is hope, and there is time, but
we must act now.
Leading landscape architect Kim Wilkie is revered for his unusual
vision and his acute grasp of how people have moulded their
environment over the centuries. This updated version of his classic
book, Led by the Land, has been expanded to include fresh thoughts
on farming and settlement and new projects, both huge and intimate,
from the designs for new cities in Oman and England to the Swansea
Maggie's Centre, and from plans for London's Natural History Museum
grounds to the sculptural setting of a furniture factory in
Leamington Spa. Wilkie has taken his genius to many parts of the
world - including the United States, Chile, Russia, Transylvania,
Italy, the Middle East, the very edge of the Arctic Circle, as well
as the British Isles - but to each undertaking he brings the same
approach of reverence for the land and the creatures that inhabit
it. He does not impose his inspiration on it but interacts with it.
He allows the land to lead him. Led by the Land ruminates on our
species' place in the environment, the way past masters have
fashioned it and the hopes for our future fruitful connections and
offers not only a rich account of an unusual talent, but also an
optimistic vision for our future.
An energy revolution is under way with far-reaching consequences for nations, companies, and the way we address climate change Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how this and other shifts are the harbingers of a coming energy revolution and how the fossil fuel age will come to an end. Surveying recent surges in technological innovations, Helm's provocative new book documents how the global move toward the internet-of-things will inexorably reduce the demand for oil, gas, and renewables-and prove more effective than current efforts to avert climate change. Oil companies and energy utilities must begin to adapt their existing business models or face future irrelevancy. Oil-exporting nations, particularly in the Middle East, will be negatively impacted, whereas the United States and European countries that are investing in new technologies may find themselves leaders in the geopolitical game. Timely and controversial, this book concludes by offering advice on what governments and businesses can and should do now to prepare for a radically different energy future.
'One of the most important books of the decade' Country Life
Finally, a practical, realistic plan to rescue, preserve and
enhance nature. News about Britain's wildlife and ecosystems tends
to be grim. In Green and Prosperous Land, Oxford economist and
Natural Capital Committee chair Dieter Helm shares his radical but
tangible plan for positive change. This pragmatic approach to
environmentalism includes a summary of Britain's green assets, a
look towards possible futures and an achievable 25-year plan for a
green and prosperous country. The bold generational plan assesses
the environment as a whole, explains the necessity of protecting
and enhancing our green spaces and offers a clear, financially
sound strategy to put Britain on a greener path. Helm's arguments
expose the economic inefficiencies in our environmental policies
and thus highlight the need for change. Leaving behind the current
sterile and ineffective battle between the environment and the
economy, this revolutionary plan champions the integration of the
economy and the environment together to deliver sustainable,
eco-friendly economic growth. There is hope, and there is time, but
we must act now.
Hier ist Band 3 der dreiteiligen Reihe zur Biologie der Kakteen. Er
umfasst die Kapitel Morphologie, Naturschutz und Kakteen als
Nutzpflanzen. Dazu zahlen naturlich auch die Pflanzen der
Spezial-Gartnereien und in unseren Sammlungen. Ausserdem gibt es
die dornenspitzigen "Anmerkungen zur Kultur". Extra-Bonus:
Kulinarische Kakteen mit Rezepten zum Nachkochen. Ebenfalls
erschienen sind Band 1 (Systematik - Nomenklatur - Bedeutung der
Namen), ISBN 978-1-4461-3377-4 und Band 2 (Evolution,
Okophysiologie und Blutenbiologie), ISBN 978-1-4461-3935-6. Der
Autor ist promovierter Biologe und beschaftigt sich seit 1969 mit
Kakteen.
Hard-hitting recommendations for what must be done to manage global
natural capital and reverse environmental destruction Natural
capital is what nature provides to us for free. Renewables—like
species—keep on coming, provided we do not drive them towards
extinction. Non-renewables—like oil and gas—can only be used
once. Together, they are the foundation that ensures our survival
and well-being, and the basis of all economic activity. In the face
of the global, local, and national destruction of biodiversity and
ecosystems, economist Dieter Helm here offers a crucial set of
strategies for establishing natural capital policy that is
balanced, economically sustainable, and politically viable. Â
Helm shows why the commonly held view that environmental protection
poses obstacles to economic progress is false, and he explains why
the environment must be at the very core of economic planning. He
presents the first real attempt to calibrate, measure, and value
natural capital from an economic perspective and goes on to outline
a stable new framework for sustainable growth. Bristling with ideas
of immediate global relevance, Helm’s book shifts the parameters
of current environmental debate. As inspiring as his trailblazing
The Carbon Crunch, this volume will be essential reading for anyone
concerned with reversing the headlong destruction of our
environment.
Weltweit erstes Werk zur Biologie der Kakteen, das sich an
botanische Laien wendet. Das ideale Geschenk fur Kakteenfreunde.
Hier findet er alles, was in den anderen Buchern fehlt.
Hier ist Band 2 der dreiteiligen Reihe zur Biologie der Kakteen. Er
umfasst die Kapitel Evolution (Entstehung und Verbreitung),
Okophysiologie (wie Kakteen leben) und Blutenbiologie. Band 1
(Systematik - Nomenklatur - Bedeutung der Namen) ist bereits unter
der ISBN 978-1-4461-3377-4 erschienen. Der dritte Band behandelt
die Themen Morphologie (Bau der Kakteen), Naturschutz und Nutzung
der Kakteen. Er wird abgeschlossen mit den Anmerkungen zur Kultur.
Der Autor ist promovierter Biologe und beschaftigt sich seit 1969
mit Kakteen.
The New Energy Paradigm provides an overview of the current energy
policy debate, contextualized by the oil shock from 2000, and
considers how the trends in international energy markets impact on
security of supply and climate change. It includes a discussion of
market design, looks at carbon and oil markets, and considers best
practice for effective policy design.
A broad and lively survey of British energy policy since 1979. The book blends economic analysis with political and historical narrative. The author traces the way in which political pressures from the proponents of both nationalization and privatization, as well as environmentalists, have affected the development of an industry which forms a significant part of the national economy. There is a particular focus on the role of government and the influence of technological advances.
This volume addresses the practical issues which arise in applying economic instruments to environmental policy. It surveys the main concepts and toolsDSsuch as sustainability, biodiversity, and costbenefit analysisDSand analyses the broad environmental policy agenda, including the global agreements on climate change and the narrow British context. The main sectors of the economy are surveyed, with particular attention paid to transport and agriculture.
Written in light of recent advances in the field, this book is an
up-to-date account of economic aspects of the energy markets. The
editors fully consider the implications for regulation,
privatization, and international competition in each of the major
markets--electricity, gas, coal, and oil.
The international framework for a climate change agreement is up
for review as the initial Kyoto period to 2012 comes to an end.
Though there has been much enthusiasm from political and
environmental groups, the underlying economics and politics remain
highly controversial. This book takes a cool-headed look at the
critical roadblocks to agreement, examining the economics of
climate change, the incentives of the main players (the U.S., EU,
China) and examines the policies governments can put in place to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and ultimately shift our economies
onto a low-carbon path. The volume brings together leading climate
change policy experts to set out the economic analysis and the
nature of the negotiations at Copenhagen and beyond. In addition to
reviewing the main issues discussed above, a number of the articles
question the basis of much of the climate change consensus, and
debate the Stern Report's main findings.
The book is in four parts. Following an overview of the main
issues, the first part is a reassessment of the economics of
climate change. This is fundamental to the rest of the volume, and
it contains new material which goes well beyond what might be
called the new conventional wisdom. The second part looks at the
geography of the costs and benefits of climate change--the very
different perspectives of Africa, China, the U.S. and Europe. These
chapters provide a building block to considering the prospects for
a new global agreement--the very different interests that will have
to be reconciled at Copenhagen and beyond. The third part looks at
policy instruments at the global level (whereas much of the
literature to date is nationally and regionally based). Trading and
R&D feature in the chapters, but so too do more radical
unilateral options, including geo-engineering. Part four turns to
the institutional architecture--drawing on evidence from previous
attempts in other areas, as well as proposals for new bodies.
The international framework for a climate change agreement is up
for review as the initial Kyoto period to 2012 comes to an end.
Though there has been much enthusiasm from political and
environmental groups, the underlying economics and politics remain
highly controversial. This book takes a cool headed look at the
critical roadblocks to agreement, examining the economics of
climate change, the incentives of the main players (the US, EU,
China) and examines the policies governments can put in place to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and ultimately shift our economies
onto a low-carbon path.
The volume brings together leading climate change policy experts to
set out the economic analysis and the nature of the negotiations at
Copenhagen and beyond. In addition to reviewing the main issues
discussed above, a number of the articles question the basis of
much of the climate change consensus, and debate the Stern Report's
main findings.
The book is in four parts. Following an overview of the main
issues, the first part is a reassessment of the economics of
climate change. This is fundamental to the rest of the volume, and
it contains new material which goes well beyond what might be
called the new conventional wisdom. The second part looks at the
geography of the costs and benefits of climate change - the very
different perspectives of Africa, China, the US and Europe. These
chapters provide a building block to considering the prospects for
a new global agreement - the very different interests that will
have to be reconciled at Copenhagen and beyond. The third part
looks at policy instruments at the global level (whereas much of
the literature to date is nationally and regionally based). Trading
and R&D feature in the chapters, but so too do more radical
unilateral options, including geo-engineering. Part four turns to
the institutional architecture - drawing on evidence from previous
attempts in other areas, as well as proposals for new bodies.
The transformation of Britain's energy policy in the last two
decades has been more radical than any such change in developed
economies. Since 1979 the great state energy monopolies created
after the Second World War have been privatised and made subject to
competition. Images of Arthur Scargill and the miners' strike of
the 1980s remain vivid, but what effect has the new market
philosophy had on Britain's energy industries? Since 1979 the
National Coal Board, British Gas, and the Central Electricity
Generating Board have all been broken up. Energy trading,
electricity pools, auctions, and futures markets first developed,
but they failed to solve the old energy policy problems of security
of supply and network integrity, and the new ones of the
environment and reliance on gas. The government introduced a new
regulatory regime as a temporary necessity but regulation did not
wither away, rather it grew to be more pervasive. Changing the
ownership of the industries did not reduce the government's
involvement, it simply changed its form. The 1980s and 1990s were
years of energy surpluses and low fossil-fuel prices. There was
little need to invest, and much of the investment in the so-called
dash for gas was artificially stimulated. The new owners sweated
the assets, and engaged in major financial engineering. Takeovers
consolidated the industry into a smaller number of dominant firms.
As investment priorities became more urgent, with the environmental
pressures of climate change and the gradual switch to imported gas,
the market philosophy was found wanting. Energy policy could not
rely solely on the market. And it is the government which finds
itself responsible for resolving the core issues of energy policy.
Helm's book tells this story. It is a major study of the new market
approach to energy policy in Britain since 1979. It describes the
miners' strike, the privatisations of the gas, electricity, nuclear
generation, and coal industries, and looks at events such as the
dash for gas, regulatory failures in setting monopoly prices, and
the takeovers and the consolidations of the late 1990s. Helm sets
out the achievements of the new market philosophy, but also
analyses why it has ultimately failed to turn energy industries
into normal commodity businesses. The revised paperback edition
includes a new chapter on the White Paper on a low-carbon economy
and updated discussions on nuclear power, to incorporate the 2003
Nuclear White Paper, price reviews, and emissions trading.
The UK has pioneered the introduction of competition into
previously monopolistic utility industries. Competition has been
introduced progressively, starting with BT, and continuing with the
gas and electricity industries, where it is to be completed during
1998. In water, competition has so far been restricted to new
developments, and it is said that it will be phased in once the
initial franchises expire. These radical policy innovations have
been controversial, and raise significant generic problems
concerned with market design, regulation, corporate strategy and
income distribution. The lessons from the UK provide an essential
input into liberalization throughout the world, as well as helping
to shape the transitional arrangements already in place in the UK.
This volume brings together independent experts with the specialist
regulators to provide a comprehensive analysis of the issues. The
common themes are drawn together in the introduction. The volume
will be essential reading for utility companies, regulators,
politicians and policy advisors.
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