Climate change

During the last few decades, China has accomplished unprecedented economic growth and has emerged as the second largest economy in the world.

According to some estimates, humanity has now passed the point at which city dwellers outnumber country dwellers.

Climate Impacts on Extreme Weather: Current to Future Changes on a Local to Global Scale presents fundamentals and advances in the science of weather and climate extremes, building on the existing knowledge by using regional and global case studies.

This state-of-the-art compendium, combining theory with practical examples, looks at the entire biochar supply chain.

Depth Psychology and Climate Change offers a sensitive and insightful look at how ideas from depth psychology can move us beyond psychological overwhelm when facing the ecological disaster of climate change and its denial.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) loved nature and his daily walks in the Swiss Mountains and by the Mediterranean Sea heavily influenced his writing, and particularly his most famous book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

Parenting an autistic child as a neurotypical adult can be challenging but it doesn't need to feel impossible!

Architecture must adapt to protect people from the threat of climate change.

"e;Open this book and James Garvey is right there making real sense to you.

In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now.

Landraces possess a very large genetic base in population structure and are dynamic populations of cultivated plants with historical origin, distinct identity, and without any formal crop improvement.

Sustainability in Transition: Principles for Developing Solutions offers the first in-depth education-focused treatment of how to address sustainability in a comprehensive manner.

Mal angenommen es war nicht früher alles besser – sondern wird es erst in der Zukunft: Wie würde die ideale Welt 2040 in Bezug auf fossile Brennstoffe, Mobilität und Ernährung aussehen?

This book serves the purpose of showcasing some of the works in respect of applied research, field projects, and best practice to foster climate change adaptation across the region.

This book defines regional climate leadership in East Asia and the Pacific as a novel addition to the climate leadership theory.

Greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies can remove greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

In this volume, Stephen M.

Balanced factual and conceptual analysis of the political and economic factors that shape the United States'' responses to climate change.

Die Erderwärmung ist Fakt, das Klima wird bedrohlich; ungebremst bewegen sich die Umweltdaten in die falsche, unheilvolle Richtung.

Despite three decades of scientists' warnings and environmentalists' best efforts, the political will and public engagement necessary to fuel robust action on global climate change remain in short supply.

Blending the latest academic research with case studies of famous figures, this highly insightful book presents 'doubt' as a central concept for psychology.

Provides unique synthesis of various modeling methodologies used to aid planning and operational decision making, for academic researchers and professionals.

Geology and Natural Resources of Nigeria is an up to date and comprehensive overview of the geological framework of the continental crust of Nigeria, its evolution, and the natural resources it holds.

Experiments in geoengineering - intentionally manipulating the Earth's climate to reduce global warming - have become the focus of a vital debate about responsible science and innovation.

Rethinking Heritage in Precarious Times sets a fresh agenda for Heritage Studies by reflecting upon the unprecedented nature of the contemporary moment.

Issues of the Day provides an easy way for students, academics, journalists, policymakers, and the public to learn about a diverse range of policy issues affecting the environment, energy, transportation, and public health.

Five years after the one of the worst nuclear accidents in history, Fukushima now only occasionally headlines national and international media.

An analytically precise and theoretically probing exploration of the challenge to our values and virtues posed by climate change.

This book is intended to provide a hitherto missing English-language overview of a multi-year research project in which a comprehensive methodology was developed to assess a rule-based classification of the habitat services, the primary net biomass productivity and carbon sequestration capacity.

In line with COP21 agreements, state-led climate change mitigation and adaptation actions are being undertaken to transition to carbon-neutral, green economies.

This book is the first to fully explore the short- and long-term impact of the global electric car rollout on the supply of raw materials.

Our attitude to nature has changed over time.

Calls for redress of historical wrongs regularly make headlines around the world.

The climate change crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever confronted.

This interdisciplinary book brings into dialogue research on how different fluids and bodies of water are mobilised as liquid ecologies in the arts in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This book highlights clean energy transition via sustainable utilization of biomass resources, viz.

This topic is central to contemporary concerns for more sustainable agricultural development.

This book explores the issue of energy poverty in post-communist Europe and shows how it is viewed and addressed through public policies.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how climate change affects planetary health and what this means for our collective future.

"e;I will put in the wilderness the cedar,the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive"e; (Isa 41:19).

This book explores the nature of climate change in southern Africa, its impacts on tourism and the resilience, adaptation and governance needs in various tourism operations and environments.

Given the tendency of books on disasters to predominantly focus on strong geophysical or descriptive perspectives and in-depth accounts of particular catastrophes, Disaster Research provides a much-needed multidisciplinary perspective of the area.

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Despite decades of effort and billions of dollars spent, two thirds of people in sub-Saharan Africa still lack access to electricity, a vital pre-cursor to economic development and poverty reduction.

Global climate change poses an unprecedented challenge for governments across the world.

Environmental journalism is an increasingly significant area for study within the broader field of journalism studies.

This book encompasses all aspects and perspectives of crop and climate science.

This book addresses the climate change crisis through scientific, historical, and spiritual lenses.

Drawing on evidence from urban resilience initiatives around the globe, the authors make a compelling argument for a "e;resilience reset"e;, a pause and stocktake that critically examines the concepts, practices and challenges of building resilience, particularly in cities of the Global South.