Environmental policy and protocols

Motivated by a deeply rooted sense of place and community, Appalachian women have long fought against the damaging effects of industrialization.

Low-Carbon Energy Security from a European Perspective draws on the European Commission's funded project MILESECURE-2050.

Energy Management Principles: Applications, Benefits, Savings, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to the fundamental principles and systematic processes of maintaining and improving energy efficiency and reducing waste.

This book discusses in detail the facts and findings related to the X-Press Pearl container vessel accident that occurred in May 2021 off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

This book discusses in detail the facts and findings related to the X-Press Pearl container vessel accident that occurred in May 2021 off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Conflict over the extraction of coal and gas resources has rapidly escalated in communities throughout the world.

An essential guide to sustainable development for students and practitionersSustainability is a global imperative and a scientific challenge like no other.

This book examines how extractivism transforms territories and affects the well-being of rural people, drawing on in-depth fieldwork conducted on tree plantations in Chile.

This book examines how extractivism transforms territories and affects the well-being of rural people, drawing on in-depth fieldwork conducted on tree plantations in Chile.

The concept of circular economy is based on strategies, practices, policies, and technologies to achieve principles related to reusing, recycling, redesigning, repurposing, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recovering water, waste materials, and nutrients to preserve natural resources.

Global energy network is an important platform to guarantee effective exploitation of global clean energy and ensure reliable energy supply for everybody.

This is the last volume in the six-volume Open University set.

As scientists and policymakers try to come to grips with problems such as climate change and risks to biodiversity, they turn more and more frequently to the method of scenario analysis to better understand the future of these problems.

The most pressing problems facing humanity today - over-population, energy shortages, climate change, soil erosion, species extinctions, the risk of epidemic disease, the threat of warfare that could destroy all the hard-won gains of civilization, and even the recent fibrillations of the stock market - are all ecological or have a large ecological component.

Providing a wealth of reference material for research scientists and policy makers, these proceedings address the extremely complex problem of acidification - a phenomenon which is causing serious deterioration of natural environments in Europe and North America.

Populism, Eco-populism, and the Future of Environmentalism analyzes the history and language of populism in order to fully comprehend the threat of eco-fascism - paradoxically revealing that it is possible for there to be both progressive eco-Populist and right-wing sham eco-Populist discourses.

This book examines the dynamics of natural resource conflicts in Africa and explores the different governance approaches for securing sustainable peace.

A Brookings Institution Press and Yale Center for the Study of Globalization publicationThe latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reflects the growing international consensus that the earth's climate is being changed by anthropogenic greenhouse gasses.

American voters say they want to hear more about the issues and less about partisan politics.

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.

This Element provides novel insight into global climate policy implementation.

The Populist Logic on the Environment provides a framework that draws from populism's essence to explain populist politicians' approaches to the environment.

Since the European Union's de-regulation policy for electricity and energy suppliers was implemented, new strategic configurations have emerged.

This book examines how current energy and water management processes affect Indigenous communities in North America, with a specific focus on Canada.

This book examines how current energy and water management processes affect Indigenous communities in North America, with a specific focus on Canada.

It is the largest landholder in America, overseeing nearly an eighth of the country: 258 million acres located almost exclusively west of the Mississippi River, with even twice as much below the surface.

The Global Smart City: Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Age is a ground-breaking exploration of the transformative impact of smart cities in today's urban landscape.

The Global Smart City: Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Age is a ground-breaking exploration of the transformative impact of smart cities in today's urban landscape.

Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change is a guide to successfully integrating science into urban, regional, and coastal planning activities to build truly sustainable communities that can withstand climate change.

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

The time has come for us to collectively reexamineand ultimately move pastthe concept of sustainability in environmental and natural resources law and management.

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.

The world confronts an existential challenge in responding to climate change, resulting in an urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors of the economy.

A vital kickback against national decline.

Are radical climate activists hurting the cause?

Are radical climate activists hurting the cause?

Reports from the United Nations indicate that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not meeting their targets, at least not according to the proposed timeline.

The promise and challenges of managed aquifer recharge, a proven water-supply strategy that is benefitting communities around the globeGroundwater is essential for a healthy environment and thriving communities, but around the world, aquifers are drying up.

The promise and challenges of managed aquifer recharge, a proven water-supply strategy that is benefitting communities around the globeGroundwater is essential for a healthy environment and thriving communities, but around the world, aquifers are drying up.

In an age of climate disruption, economic insecurity, technological acceleration, political fracture, and intensifying great-power rivalry, crises no longer arrive one at a time.

In an age of climate disruption, economic insecurity, technological acceleration, political fracture, and intensifying great-power rivalry, crises no longer arrive one at a time.

This book addresses emerging technologies for the sustainable remediation of polluted environments, guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book addresses emerging technologies for the sustainable remediation of polluted environments, guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Psychotherapy for Climate Change explores the complex ways in which climate change is both exacerbating and being fueled by modern society's epidemic of loneliness and social isolation.

Psychotherapy for Climate Change explores the complex ways in which climate change is both exacerbating and being fueled by modern society's epidemic of loneliness and social isolation.

This book brings together the postcolonial and postsocialist conditions of the post-Soviet space and the Indian subcontinent through the study of human-nature relationships.