Environmental policy and protocols

Nuclear power is often characterized as a "e;green technology.

In the late 2000s climate action became a defining feature of the international political agenda.

The science is clear: climate change is a fact and the probability is extremely high that it has been caused by humans.

Cities, the world over, are increasingly recognised to be both a principal source of the environmental and social sustainability challenges facing contemporary society and a critical site for addressing these challenges.

This book is the sixth volume in the series Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, and includes AEGLs for chemicals such as ammonia, nickel carbonyl and phosphine, among others.

The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE) is responsible for the safe cleanup of sites used for nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.

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

This examination of myths from around the world focuses on the role nature plays within mythology.

This edited volume brings together international authors to explore how cities around the world are implementing their commitment towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Multilateral negotiations on worldwide challenges have grown in importance with rising global interdependence.

This handbook provides readers with up-to-date knowledge on environmental movements and activism and is a reference point for international work in the field.

First published in 1993.

The world relies on very few crop and animal species for agriculture and to supply its food needs.

Once considered the antithesis of a verdant and vibrant ecosystem, cities are now being hailed as highly efficient and complex social ecological systems.

Climate change poses fundamental and varied challenges to all communities across the globe.

This book documents food insecurity in urban communities across the United States and asks whether emerging urban food and agriculture initiatives can address the food security needs of American city dwellers.

The Politics and Crisis Management of Animal Health Security addresses the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic in the United Kingdom - one of, if not the, most significant crises ever to face the UK farming industry.

This book provides an analysis of the European policy approach to combined heat and power (CHP), a highly efficient technology used by all EU Member States for the needs of generating electricity and heat.

In an era of rapid urbanization, peri-urban areas are emerging as the fastest-growing regions in many countries.

Development-caused forced displacement and resettlement (DFDR) is a critical problem on the international development agenda.

Originally published in 1995.

Food and the global agricultural system has become one of the defining public concerns of the twenty-first century.

Aquaculture is increasingly complementing global fisheries and is relevant to ocean and freshwater health, biodiversity and food security, as well as coastal management, tourism and natural heritage.

Water scarcity due to climate change, population growth, and economic development is a critical issue in many semi-arid and arid regions around the world.

This handbook presents a must-read, comprehensive and state of the art overview of sustainable diets, an issue critical to the environment and the health and well-being of society.

Biopolitics refers to a form of politics concerned with administering and regulating the conditions of life at an aggregated level of populations.

Although it is generally accepted that the climate is changing for the worse and that human activities are a major contributing factor in that change, there is still only marginal response to the challenge posed by climate change.

Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures explores how our dominant carbon and nuclear energy assemblages shape conceptions of participation, risk, and in/securities, and how they might be reengineered to deliver justice and democratic participation in transitioning energy systems.

This book focuses on the regional political ecologies (RPEs) of environmental conflicts in India.

Originally published in 1982, this report explores long-term trends in demand for U.

Climate Change and Foreign Policy: Case Studies from East to West and its companion volume, Environmental Change and Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice, examine and explain the role of foreign policy politics, processes and institutions in efforts to protect the environment and natural resources.

What 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.

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is considered in its application to human beings in this book.

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

Political strategies for tackling climate change and other ';long problems' that span generationsClimate change and its consequences unfold over many generations.

Dieses Buch beleuchtet die wichtige Rolle der naturbasierten Lösungen bei der Erreichung der weltweiten Energie-, Entwicklungs- und Klimaziele durch eine Transformation der Land- und Forstwirtschaft.

Tucked away in the northeastern corner of Alaska is one of the most contested landscapes in all of North America: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

This book explores the gendered dimensions of recent land governance transformations across the globe in the wake of unprecedented pressures on land and natural resources.

Mining in Ecologically Sensitive Landscapes explores the interface between geology and botany, and mining and conservation.

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.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses plays a crucial role in protecting and managing international watercourses and other sources of fresh water.

In recent years, 'environmental collapse' has become an important way of framing and imagining environmental change and destruction, referencing issues such as climate change, species extinction and deteriorating ecosystems.

This book focuses on River Basin Organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources.

By the turn of the millennium, it had become painfully apparent that the United States had made some serious misjudgments in its interactions with the natural world.

Charting innovative directions in the environmental humanities, this book examines the cultural history of climate change under three broad headings: history, writing and politics.

There is enormous current interest in urban food systems, with a wide array of policies and initiatives intended to increase food security, decrease ecological impacts and improve public health.

This volume presents a critical analysis of transatlantic relations in the field of environmental governance and climate change.