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'The authors take us into less-known corridors of climate
Realpolitik and energy power play. We are provided with the
essential vocabulary to understand what is at stake and how the
challenge should be tackled' Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Global
warming and the resulting climate change present one of the
greatest potential threats humanity has had to face. Every country
contributes to them and they affect every person. Correspondingly,
the Framework Convention on Climate Change, negotiated at the Earth
Summit and since, is potentially one of the most significant
international agreements ever reached and its successful
implementation is vital if the threat is to be averted. This book
provides a guide to the Convention and explains in very clear terms
what is involved: the background which makes it so necessary; the
tortuous process involved in negotiating it; what it says; and most
importantly, how it must be interpreted and implemented, making
clear the scale of the changes involved and the dangers of evading
them. Sten Nilsson is leader of the forest resources project at the
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. David Pitt is
a consultant to the Bellerive Foundation and Alp Action. They are
the authors of Mountain World in Danger, published by Earthscan in
1991. Originally published in 1994
The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are
among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth
century. This book describes, for the first time, the effects of
these phenomena on the high mountains and the forests of Europe.
Mountains and the frozen regions (the cryosphere) not only play a
major part in our climatic system, but are also central to our
water supplies. Yet our glaciers are shrinking, our lakes and soils
are becoming acidified, our forests are damaged and the whole
fragile ecosystem of ranges like the Alps and the Caucasus is
threatened. Nilsson and Pitt present the evidence and assess the
probable effects of these changes on mountain society, tourism,
water, flora and fauna. They also examine the uncertainties. Above
all they look, too, at the best possible strategies in response to
What is happening and at what the next steps should be. Originally
published in 1991
The Reader is the first comprehensive history of the noosphere and
biosphere. Drawing on classical influences, modern parallels, and
insights into the future, the Reader traces the emergence of
noosphere and biosphere concepts within the concept of
environmental change. Reproducing material from seminla works, both
past and present, key ideas and writings of prominent thinkers are
presented, including Bergson, Vernadsky, Lovelock, Russell,
Needham, Huxley, Medawar, Toynbee and Boulding, and extensive
introductory pieces bu the editors drawattention to common themes
and competing ideas. Focussing on issues of origins, theories,
parallels and potential, the discussions place issues in a broad
context, compare and contrast central concepts with those of the
Gaia hypothesis, sustainability and global change, and examine the
potential application of noospheric ideas to current debates about
culture, education and technology in such realms as the Internet,
space exploration, and the emergence of super-consciousness.
Literally the sphere of mind or intellect', the noosphere is aprt
of the realm of the possible' in human affairs, where there is a
conscious effort to tackle global issues
The noosphere concept captures a number of key contemporary issues
- social evolution, global ecology, Gaia, deep ecology and global
environmental change - contributing to ongoing debates concerning
the implications of emerging technologies.
There is growing interest world wide in nuclear-free zones.
Originally published in 1987, this book explores the question of
what constitutes a nuclear-free zone and charts the progress of the
movement to establish them. The book shows how definitions of
nuclear-free zones vary from those intended to exclude everything
nuclear (including nuclear power installations and the dumping of
nuclear waste) to those aiming to exclude nuclear weapons in a
limited way. Special attention is paid to the three treaties which
have established major international nuclear-free zones, (Latin
America, South Pacific, Antarctica) examining their strengths and
weaknesses as well as areas where the idea has been proposed
(Balkans, Africa). The book concludes with a review of problems and
prospects for the future.
There is growing interest world wide in nuclear-free zones.
Originally published in 1987, this book explores the question of
what constitutes a nuclear-free zone and charts the progress of the
movement to establish them. The book shows how definitions of
nuclear-free zones vary from those intended to exclude everything
nuclear (including nuclear power installations and the dumping of
nuclear waste) to those aiming to exclude nuclear weapons in a
limited way. Special attention is paid to the three treaties which
have established major international nuclear-free zones, (Latin
America, South Pacific, Antarctica) examining their strengths and
weaknesses as well as areas where the idea has been proposed
(Balkans, Africa). The book concludes with a review of problems and
prospects for the future.
A major concern of this book is how ordinary people might come to
manage their own environment more effectively. A valuable resource
for students of environmental studies, it considers how this might
be facilitated by more appropriate technology, assistance and
communications. Reviewed by the International Journal of
Environmental Studies, it has`... something of interest and
information in every chapter of this book and I urge all readers to
look at it carefully, for its combination of the examination of
general principles and down-to-earth data and problems is one of
the best for years'.
Few economic events have caused such controversy as the
privatization process in Russia. Some see it as the foundation of
political and economic freedom. For others it was economics gone
wrong, and ended in "Russians stealing money from their own
country". As Russia reasserts itself, and its new brand of
capitalism, it is ever more important that policy makers and
scholars understand the roots of the economic structure and
governance of that country; what was decided, who made the
decisions and why, what actually transpired, and what implications
this has for the future of Russia. This work, written by two senior
advisors to the Russian government, has unique access to
documentation, tracking the decision making process in the Russian
Mass Privatization process. By close reference to events, and
supplemented by interviews with many of the key participants, it
shows that the policies adopted were often influenced and shaped by
different forces than those cited by current popular accounts. The
book challenges the interpretation of Russian privatization by some
of the West's most eminent economists. It underlines that
economists of all schools, who bring assumptions from the West to
the analysis of Russia, may reach false or misleading conclusions.
It is an essential guide for anyone interested in Russian economic
reform, and anyone who seeks to understand this enigmatic country,
and its actions today.
This book concentrates on the bureaucratic aspects of the United
Nation. It is intended to be educational, and indeed young people
are intended to be a special audience. The book attempts to
identify explanations for stability and initiative within
international secretariats.
Few economic events have caused such controversy as the
privatization process in Russia. Some see it as the foundation of
political and economic freedom. For others it was economics gone
wrong, and ended in "Russians stealing money from their own
country". As Russia reasserts itself, and its new brand of
capitalism, it is ever more important that policy makers and
scholars understand the roots of the economic structure and
governance of that country; what was decided, who made the
decisions and why, what actually transpired, and what implications
this has for the future of Russia. This work, written by two senior
advisors to the Russian government, has unique access to
documentation, tracking the decision making process in the Russian
Mass Privatization process. By close reference to events, and
supplemented by interviews with many of the key participants, it
shows that the policies adopted were often influenced and shaped by
different forces than those cited by current popular accounts. The
book challenges the interpretation of Russian privatization by some
of the West's most eminent economists. It underlines that
economists of all schools, who bring assumptions from the West to
the analysis of Russia, may reach false or misleading conclusions.
It is an essential guide for anyone interested in Russian economic
reform, and anyone who seeks to understand this enigmatic country,
and its actions today.
'The authors take us into less-known corridors of climate
Realpolitik and energy power play. We are provided with the
essential vocabulary to understand what is at stake and how the
challenge should be tackled' Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Global
warming and the resulting climate change present one of the
greatest potential threats humanity has had to face. Every country
contributes to them and they affect every person. Correspondingly,
the Framework Convention on Climate Change, negotiated at the Earth
Summit and since, is potentially one of the most significant
international agreements ever reached and its successful
implementation is vital if the threat is to be averted. This book
provides a guide to the Convention and explains in very clear terms
what is involved: the background which makes it so necessary; the
tortuous process involved in negotiating it; what it says; and most
importantly, how it must be interpreted and implemented, making
clear the scale of the changes involved and the dangers of evading
them. Sten Nilsson is leader of the forest resources project at the
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. David Pitt is
a consultant to the Bellerive Foundation and Alp Action. They are
the authors of Mountain World in Danger, published by Earthscan in
1991. Originally published in 1994
The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are
among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth
century. This book describes, for the first time, the effects of
these phenomena on the high mountains and the forests of Europe.
Mountains and the frozen regions (the cryosphere) not only play a
major part in our climatic system, but are also central to our
water supplies. Yet our glaciers are shrinking, our lakes and soils
are becoming acidified, our forests are damaged and the whole
fragile ecosystem of ranges like the Alps and the Caucasus is
threatened. Nilsson and Pitt present the evidence and assess the
probable effects of these changes on mountain society, tourism,
water, flora and fauna. They also examine the uncertainties. Above
all they look, too, at the best possible strategies in response to
What is happening and at what the next steps should be. Originally
published in 1991
This book concentrates on the bureaucratic aspects of the United
Nation. It is intended to be educational, and indeed young people
are intended to be a special audience. The book attempts to
identify explanations for stability and initiative within
international secretariats.
A major concern of this book is how ordinary people might come
to manage their own environment more effectively. A valuable
resource for students of environmental studies, it considers how
this might be facilitated by more appropriate technology,
assistance and communications.
Reviewed by the International Journal of Environmental Studies,
it has... something of interest and information in every chapter of
this book and I urge all readers to look at it carefully, for its
combination of the examination of general principles and
down-to-earth data and problems is one of the best for years'.
This book presents the proceedings of the Sixth International
Conference on Category Theory and Computer Science, CTCS '95, held
in Cambridge, UK in August 1995.
The 15 revised full papers included in the volume document the
exploitation of links between logic and category theory leading to
a solid basis for much of the understanding of the semantics of
computation. Notable amongst other advances is the introduction of
linear logic and other substructural logics, providing a new
approach to proof theory. Further aspects covered are semantics of
lambda calculi and type theories, program specification and
development, and domain theory.
A new 76-mile long-distance walk from Kirkby Stephen to Settle by
David and Heather Pitt, who recreated Alfred Wainwright’s famous
1938 `Pennine Journey’, with maps by Ron Scholes and
illustrations by Colin Bywater. This pictorial guide follows a
route through this picturesque area of Cumbria and North Yorkshire
- with a short diversion into Lancashire. Based on Wainwright’s
Walks on the Howgill Fells and Walks in Limestone Country, it can
be linked with the final stages of the Pennine Journey from Kirkby
Stephen to Settle to form a 134-mile circular walk. The route has
strong associations with railways. It passes over the spectacular
Smardale Gill viaduct, and close to the Stainmore railway, the
disused Ingleton- Tebay railway and the Settle-Carlisle railway.
In the manner of Thoreau, naturalist David Pitt-Brooke meditates on
one of Earth's last untouched places - Vancouver Island's fabled
Clayoquot Sound. This area came to prominence during Clayoquot
Summer, a 1993 protest that resulted in 800 arrests but also halted
the region's destruction by logging. Clayoquot Sound encompasses
every imaginable landscape, from alpine tundra to old-growth
temperate rain forest. Like Barry Lopez did with the north in
Arctic Dreams, Pitt-Brooke approaches this wild, magical place by
taking readers on an unforgettable journey for each month of the
year. Chasing Clayoquot is a profound - and political - trip
through an extraordinary environment.
Where is your final destination?Is it heaven Jesus is the answer
and the way.A journey will always take us from somewhere.A
WORLD-WIDE MESSAGEThe idea that something has the ability to
transform or the potential to be transformed is a powerful one. It
is powerful simply because it reinforces the idea that change is
possible. It is possible that the sum total of who we are and what
we are capable of is not limited to what can only be seen by the
naked eye. The great truth about all of us is the fact that our
external circumstances do not often reflect our internal potential
and power. By God's design, there is more to us than meets the eye.
This is why the Bible says, "Greater is he that is within you, than
he that is within in the world." 1 John 4: 3-4 (NLT)In each of us
lies the ability and potential, not only to be transformed, but
also to be transformational. Transformation is not a small change;
it is a big, radical change, reminiscent of a caterpillar becoming
a butterfly. The idea that we do not have to remain as we are and
our circumstance does not have to remain as it is, is
powerful.Jesus saves individuals, families and nations for life.
Carvings on the Heart recalls the teachings of Jesus, the basics
that are often lost in our religions. These "laws of Christ" are to
be carved on human hearts, not on tablets of stone. The book
discusses twenty commandments that he intended for us to have
written on our hearts, guiding our lives. This book is about
changing your life by letting Jesus carve his laws on your heart.
It's an easy read with a sprinkling of refreshing humor. Yet the
book presents a depth of information suitable for more intense
consideration and study. The message of the book can improve your
life, happiness, and hope by transforming you into a Jesus person.
It's a great basis for a study group or class. Carvings on the
Heart is suitable for all Christians or for anyone seeking a better
understanding of what Jesus expects from his people.
I'm not that kind of boy," Jack angrily wrote to Lem after his
friend made a sexual advance. But Jack didn't end the relationship.
From the time John F. Kennedy and Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings met
at Choate, until the President's assassination thirty years later,
Jack and Lem remained best friends. Lem was a virtual fixture in
the Kennedy family who even had his own room at the White House.
Drawing on hundreds of letters and telegrams between the two, plus
Lem Billings's oral history and interviews with family and friends
like Ben Bradlee, Gore Vidal, and Ted Sorensen, award-winning
Kennedy scholar David Pitts tells the story of an unusual
friendship that endured despite an era of rampant homophobia.
Thanks to the rise of mutual funds and retirement plans, the actual
owners of the world's corporate giants are no longer a few wealthy
families. Rather, they're the huge majority of working people who
have their pensions and life savings invested in shares of today's
largest companies. These grassroots owners have ideas about value
that differ from those of tycoons or Wall Street traders. And
corporate directors and executives are coming under increasing
pressure to respond. The New Capitalists provides examples--from GE
to Disney to British Petroleum--of enterprises whose shareholders
have recently wielded their control in ways unimaginable just
several years ago. Authors Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik and David
Pitt-Watson describe how civil ownership will profoundly alter our
world--including forcing the rise of a new species of corporation.
It has already begun demolishing old rules and habits, laying the
groundwork for a new "constitution of commerce." The authors spell
out conventional thinking destined for extinction--and fresh
strategies companies must implement to survive in the emerging
"civil economy." They also outline how investors, advisors,
activists, and policy makers can make their voices heard.
Drawing parallels between tribal behavior and international
relations to demonstrate that societies are not inherently
aggressive but are led into conflict when pride or in-group
pressures push people to fight, this profound look at the chilling
reality of cold war and its arsenal of nuclear destruction offers
valuable new insights into how prejudices and stereotypes
contribute to what may seem like an inexorable drift to war. Yet
the authors conclude that war is not inevitable, as they offer
suggestions for an end to the arms race in the nuclear age. Based
on original research, this is a long overdue contribution to the
study of war and peace in our time and a text for newly emerging
courses on the subject.
A call to reboot capitalism and preserve $85 trillion in retirement
savings for their owners-not for use as the financial industry's
ATM Each year we pay billions in fees to those who run our
financial system. The money comes from our bank accounts, our
pensions, our borrowing, and often we aren't told that the money
has been taken. These billions may be justified if the finance
industry does a good job, but as this book shows, it too often
fails us. Financial institutions regularly place their business
interests first, charging for advice that does nothing to improve
performance, employing short-term buying strategies that are
corrosive to building long-term value, and sometimes even
concealing both their practices and their investment strategies
from investors. In their previous prizewinning book, The New
Capitalists, the authors demonstrated how ordinary people are
working together to demand accountability from even the most
powerful corporations. Here they explain how a tyranny of errant
expertise, naive regulation, and a misreading of economics combine
to impose a huge stealth tax on our savings and our economies. More
important, the trio lay out an agenda for curtailing the
misalignments that allow the financial industry to profit at our
expense. With our financial future at stake, this is a book that
analysts, economists, policy makers, and anyone with a retirement
nest egg can't afford to ignore.
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