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Global Environmental Politics in a Turbulent Era
Edited by Peter Dauvergne, Leah Shipton
With the rapid destabilization, escalation and convergence of various environmental crises, global environmental politics is facing extreme turbulence. Tracing the causes, consequences and dangers of planetary turbulence, this essential ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Transforming Energy Systems
Steven Fries
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. Ste...eBook:Find out more$37.60
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A Modern Guide to Knowledge
Francisco J. Carrillo
Outlining an integrative theory of knowledge, Francisco Javier Carrillo explores how to understand the underlying behavioural basis of the knowledge economy and society. Chapters highlight the notion that unless a knowledge-based value c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Urban Climate Resilience
Edited by Angela van der Berg, Jonathan Verschuuren
This significant book addresses the most important legal issues that cities face when attempting to adapt to the changing climate. This includes how to become more resilient against the impacts of climate change such as sea level rise, i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe
Edited by Mi A. Schoyen, Bjørn Hvinden, Merethe Dotterud Leiren
Foreword by Ian Gough This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This seminal book addresses the critical and urgent question of ‘what... -
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City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis
Edited by Francisco J. Carrillo, Cathy Garner
Exploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Knowledge For The Anthropocene
Edited by Francisco J. Carrillo, Günter Koch
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 u...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Personal Sustainability Practices
Edited by Mark Starik, Patricia Kanashiro
Personal Sustainability Practices is a collection of 19 academic and practitioner perspectives on the topic of faculty personal sustainability. The book addresses the issues of whether, how, where, and when faculty who teach, research, c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Climate Justice
Edited by Paul G. Harris
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 ...eBook:Find out more$33.56
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Environmental Assessments
Edited by K. N. Ninan
In this authoritative book, leading international experts examine the use of scenario analyses and modelling in environmental assessments. Including chapters with a global or regional focus as well as in-depth case studies from Africa, A...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Effective Global Carbon Markets
Justin D. Macinante
As numerous jurisdictions implement emissions mitigation mechanisms that put a price on carbon, this incisive book explores the emerging emissions markets and their diverse and fragmented nature. It proposes an innovative model for conne...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Instruments for a Low-carbon Future
Edited by Theodoros Zachariadis, Janet E. Milne, Mikael Skou Andersen, Hope Ashiabor
Critically assessing recent developments in environmental and tax legislation, and in particular low-carbon strategies, this timely book analyses the implementation of market-based instruments for achieving climate stabilisation objectiv...eBook:Find out more$40.00