Climate change

Hosting Earth is a timely and much-needed volume in the emerging literature of environmental philosophy, drawing upon art, science, and politics to explore alternatives to the traditional domination of nature by humans.

How the dirt below our feet can save us from extinction.

The regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation and maritime transport has proved to be a difficult task for international climate negotiations such as the Paris Agreement in 2015.

The success of the entire food supply chain depends on the prosperity of farms and local communities.

Climate change is a pressing international political issue, for which a practical but principled solution is urgently required.

To be comfortable stands as an aspiration of the times; to be comfortable defines what it means to live 'the good life'.

To be comfortable stands as an aspiration of the times; to be comfortable defines what it means to live 'the good life'.

Demokratie und Wohlstand, ein längeres Leben, mehr Gleichberechtigung und Bildung: Der Kapitalismus hat viel Positives bewirkt.

This book posits that a sustainable future is possible without abandoning Capitalism.

Shifts the conversation from abstract ';global warming' to the deeply human impacts of heatand how our efforts to keep cool have made the problem worse.

This book compares how governments in 192 countries perceive climate change related health risks and which measures they undertake to protect their populations.

A comprehensive overview of the geomorphological processes that shape rivers and that should be considered in river management.

Energy Poverty and Vulnerability provides novel and critical perspectives on the drivers and consequences of energy-related injustices in the home.

In 1990, NASA began developing Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE), an initiative aimed at using satellites to study the planets environment from space.

Climate change poses multiple challenges to development.

The Kyoto Protocol, the world's first tentative step towards avoiding the threat of climate change, has failed.

This book provides local governments and interested stakeholders with insights into the challenges and opportunities inherent in addressing climate change.

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This book critiques modern museologies and curatorial practices that have been complicit in emerging existential crises.

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.

Today's climate variability already has a large impact on water supply and protection.

Soak up carbon into beautiful, healthy buildings that heal the climate "e;Green buildings"e; that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren't enough.

This book examines water resource management in China's electric power sector and the implications for energy provision in the face of an emerging national water crisis and global climate change.

This book presents new research on solar mini-grids and the ways they can be designed and implemented to provide equitable and affordable electricity access, while ensuring economic sustainability and replication.

With knowledge from our deserts, Australians can reshape the human story.

This book explores the pervasive anticipation of catastrophe in contemporary society, examining how temporal expectations shape personal and collective experiences and influence our perspectives and responses.

This book explores the perplexing question of how to increase sustainable energy technology use in the developing world, and specifically focuses on two megacities within Latin America.

Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics.

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Bringing together ecology, evolutionary moral psychology, and environmental ethics, J.

An accessible introduction to statistical methods for students in the climate sciences.

This book addresses key questions on biofuels within agrarian political economy, political sociology and political ecology.

,This is such a timely book.

As our economic and natural systems continue on their collision course, Bruce Jennings asks whether we have the political capacity to avoid large-scale environmental disaster.

Focusing on cultural values and norms as they are translated into politics and policy outcomes, this book presents a unique contribution in combining research from varied disciplines and from both the developed and developing world.

This book explores the role and importance of interdisciplinary research in addressing key issues in climate and energy decision making.

Many of the challenges that decision-makers grapple with in relation to climate change are governance related.

Die Musikerin Johaenne – Sängerin und Bassistin einer Band – steht auf ihrem Fenstersims im fünften Stock, und der Friedhof ist praktischerweise nebenan.

The accelerating pace of global warming is provoking anxiety that the Earth is reaching an ominous threshold, a point of no return.

Panikmache oder sicheres Weltende?

This textbook introduces readers to basic scientific principles of climate change.

How the latest cutting-edge science offers a fuller picture of life in Rome and antiquityThis groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive look at how the latest advances in the sciences are transforming our understanding of ancient Roman history.

Living with Energy Poverty: Perspectives from the Global North and South expands our collective understanding of energy poverty and deepens our recognition of the phenomenon by engaging with the lived experiences of energy-poor households across different contexts.

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This book systematically introduces the knowledge system and research results of fisheries forecasting.

This book brings together the works of the nineteenth and twentieth century writers Henry David Thoreau and Anna Shepherd.

This volume discusses the transformational role that carbon - both as a concept and as a distinct set of material forms and effects - has come to play in social and cultural life.

Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership.