Environmental policy and protocols

In the mid-2000s it seemed that the global carbon market would take off and spark the worldwide transition to a profitable low carbon economy.

Radioactive sources such as nuclear power installations can pose a great threat to both humans and our environment.

Phosphorus is an essential plant nutrient, but global population growth has dramatically reduced the availability of phosphorus fertilizer resources.

A Comprehensive Review of Developing Environmentally Friendly LubricantsA push from environmentally savvy consumers along with recent changes in governmental regulations have paved the way for a marketplace of products with high levels of environmental performance.

Governing Sustainability in the EU examines the recent novelties in the EU agenda for sustainable development, illustrating how the process of policy change has occurred at different levels, comprising general priorities, specific objectives and policy instruments.

Governing Sustainability in the EU examines the recent novelties in the EU agenda for sustainable development, illustrating how the process of policy change has occurred at different levels, comprising general priorities, specific objectives and policy instruments.

Southeast Asia is highly diversified in terms of socio-ecosystems and biodiversity, but is undergoing dramatic environmental and social changes.

Southeast Asia is highly diversified in terms of socio-ecosystems and biodiversity, but is undergoing dramatic environmental and social changes.

As climate change has increasingly become the main focus of environmentalist activism since the late 1990s, the global economic drivers of CO2 emissions are now a major concern for radical greens.

As climate change has increasingly become the main focus of environmentalist activism since the late 1990s, the global economic drivers of CO2 emissions are now a major concern for radical greens.

A study of environmental degradation, this work presents the environmental problems of South Korea.

A study of environmental degradation, this work presents the environmental problems of South Korea.

Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in food security and the state of the global food system.

Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in food security and the state of the global food system.

Environmental politics has many faces and operates at multiple scales: it preoccupies individuals as well as governments, drives local agreements as well as international treaties, results in minor business changes as well as wholesale business decisions, and fluctuates between a politics of protest and one of accommodation.

This textbook offers a comprehensive overview of the most prominent theories, concepts and debates in environmental political thinking.

This book provides systematic coverage of the key concepts in the study of environmental politics; the evolution of environmental thinking; the national and international actors involved in environmental policy; and a selection of specific environmental problems including their causes, the challenges and results of addressing them to date.

This broad-ranging text provides an analysis and assessment of the European Union's energy policy.

Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change is a major new book addressing one of the most challenging questions of our time.

Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change is a major new book addressing one of the most challenging questions of our time.

Multilateral UN summits from Stockholm to Copenhagen have set the pace and direction for the global governance of sustainable development.

Multilateral UN summits from Stockholm to Copenhagen have set the pace and direction for the global governance of sustainable development.

The interlinked issues of air pollution and energy policies in an enlarged Europe are currently subjects of major interest in economic, environmental, geography and regional sciences.

The interlinked issues of air pollution and energy policies in an enlarged Europe are currently subjects of major interest in economic, environmental, geography and regional sciences.

Spatial planning has a vital role to play in the move to a low carbon energy future and in adapting to climate change.

Spatial planning has a vital role to play in the move to a low carbon energy future and in adapting to climate change.

One of the most challenging environmental threats to the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been the haze, the sickening and deadly cloud of smoky pollution caused by widespread burning of land and forests in Indonesia.

One of the most challenging environmental threats to the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been the haze, the sickening and deadly cloud of smoky pollution caused by widespread burning of land and forests in Indonesia.

Evidence of climate change, resource shortages and biodiversity loss is growing in significance year by year.

Evidence of climate change, resource shortages and biodiversity loss is growing in significance year by year.

The world is caught in the mesh of a series of environmental crises.

The world is caught in the mesh of a series of environmental crises.

This book examines sustainability in European environmental policy and explores the related challenges of governance and knowledge.

This book examines sustainability in European environmental policy and explores the related challenges of governance and knowledge.

This reissue, first published in 1995, focuses on philosophy and social science in human ecology, and includes case studies dealing with the problems of political implementation of development plans and schemes.

This reissue, first published in 1995, focuses on philosophy and social science in human ecology, and includes case studies dealing with the problems of political implementation of development plans and schemes.

First published in 1987, this volume was written to shed some light upon the nature and environmental consequences and wider relevance of development strategies in the Peoples' Republic of China.

First published in 1987, this volume was written to shed some light upon the nature and environmental consequences and wider relevance of development strategies in the Peoples' Republic of China.

The ideas of neoliberalism perpetuate a disembedded and dichotomised view of economy-ecology relations.

The ideas of neoliberalism perpetuate a disembedded and dichotomised view of economy-ecology relations.

This volume queries the state and effect of the global decentralization movement through the study of natural resource decentralizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

This volume queries the state and effect of the global decentralization movement through the study of natural resource decentralizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Climate change is the single largest threat to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and sustainable development.

Climate change is the single largest threat to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and sustainable development.

The importance of the built environment to environmental protection is well established, with strict environmental regulations now a feature of the working lives of planners, contractors, building designers, and quantity surveyors alike.

The importance of the built environment to environmental protection is well established, with strict environmental regulations now a feature of the working lives of planners, contractors, building designers, and quantity surveyors alike.

Food security is high on the political agenda.

Food security is high on the political agenda.