Environmental policy and protocols

There has been increasing concern over the impacts of 21st century challenges, be it on environmental, social, and economic aspect.

The third decade of the 21st century brings new and expansive global sustainability challenges.

The third decade of the 21st century brings new and expansive global sustainability challenges.

This book, the first of its kind, seeks to demonstrate how 'SDG15 - Life on Land' can be implemented through effective biodiversity management, mainstreaming strategies and proposing solutions to achieve and consolidate the goals.

This book, the first of its kind, seeks to demonstrate how 'SDG15 - Life on Land' can be implemented through effective biodiversity management, mainstreaming strategies and proposing solutions to achieve and consolidate the goals.

Water is life.

Water is life.

The heart of the contemporary argument on climate change and energy transition focuses on how energy supply should be decarbonized to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

There is growing recognition and awareness that nature can help provide viable solutions to reduce vulnerability and generate value deploying the properties of ecosystems and the services they provide.

There is growing recognition and awareness that nature can help provide viable solutions to reduce vulnerability and generate value deploying the properties of ecosystems and the services they provide.

In Europe and other developed countries, much of the population live in small and medium sized towns.

In Europe and other developed countries, much of the population live in small and medium sized towns.

Efficient waste management is crucial for a sustainable future.

Efficient waste management is crucial for a sustainable future.

Plastic bottles, cardboard boxes, aluminium cans.

Why, when so many people understand the severity of environmental problems, is progress so slow and sustainability such a distant goal?

This book considers the global question of climate change from local perspectives in the context of Central Africa.

Take a journey to the shadowy frontlines of the world's global economy.

Conservation needs a revolution.

It took nearly sixty years for a meaningful climate change bill to run the politicalgauntlet from Capitol Hill to the Oval Office.

This highly original volume investigates and documents the complex interactions between small family farms and Man and Biosphere Reserves in Cuba.

Electronic waste, which includes everything from refrigerators to smartphones, is one of the world's fastest growing waste streams.

Electronic waste, which includes everything from refrigerators to smartphones, is one of the world's fastest growing waste streams.

Plastic has become a ubiquitous part of modern life.

Plastic has become a ubiquitous part of modern life.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) and "e;negative emissions"e; technologies will play an essential role in mitigating the impact of global warming and meeting the temperature targets set by the IPCC and by COP21.

Since 2009, international climate activism has focused on stopping coalmining in solidarity with local and Indigenous struggles that are resisting coalmining.

Urban Sustainability and Justice presents an innovative yet practical approach to incorporate equity and social justice into sustainable development in urban areas, in line with the commitments of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda.

Urban Sustainability and Justice presents an innovative yet practical approach to incorporate equity and social justice into sustainable development in urban areas, in line with the commitments of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda.

This book provides a comprehensive and balanced account of global energy policy; covering moral, political, social, technical and economic aspects of the subject.

Co-Winner of the Senior Book Prize, American Ethnological SocietyWhat the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around usRubbing two sticks together produces heat and light while one stick alone is just a stick.

An unprecedented analysis of the origin story of New Mexico's modern water management system.

Capitalism Is Back: Learn To Live With ItPrivate companies and multinationals make the free-market, capitalist economy work.

The discourse of 'green growth' has recently gained ground in environmental governance deliberations and policy proposals.

The discourse of 'green growth' has recently gained ground in environmental governance deliberations and policy proposals.

In spite of decades of research on toxicants, along with the growing role of scientific expertise in public policy and the unprecedented rise in the number of national and international institutions dealing with environmental health issues, problems surrounding contaminants and their effects on health have never appeared so important, sometimes to the point of appearing insurmountable.

This book provides the definitive account of a decade-long transformation of energy policy in California with rippling consequences.

This practical guide identifies the technical challenges of transitioning to battery electric vehicles in Australia, reviews the impacts of life cycle emissions on passenger transport systems, and presents government, institutional and personal requirements for reducing passenger vehicle mode share.

This book delves into Europe's urgent quest for energy independence as a foundation for the EU and national sovereignty, economic resilience and climate leadership.

Activists, scientists and policymakers around the world have long argued that we need to find sustainable and secure solutions to the world's energy demands.

Activists, scientists and policymakers around the world have long argued that we need to find sustainable and secure solutions to the world's energy demands.

A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAn essential read.

In this marriage of memoir and manifesto, Elizabeth May reflects on her extraordinary life and the people and experiences that have formed her and informed her beliefs about democracy, climate change, and other crucial issues facing Canadians.

Impeccably researched and masterfully written, this book explains how and why humanity is driving itself off the cliff.

The changemaker's guide to catalyzing environmental behaviour change for a healthy futureTo tackle our urgent environmental problems and achieve positive, durable change, we must design solutions based directly on how people think, make decisions, and act.

The only metric that tracks how much nature we have - and how much nature we useEcological Footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew its biocapacity and distils this into one number: how many Earths we use.

Help build a world based on flourishing well-being for both the human family and nature In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it's difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy.

As a new US administration edges closer to international climate action, will Australia follow suit, or risk becoming an outlier?