Pollution and threats to the environment

Providing the population of the Earth with safe drinking water is one of the biggest challenges of modern society.

The protection of our environment is one of the major problems in the society.

EDOARDOCROCI IEFE - Universita Bocconi, Milano, Italy Voluntary approaches in environmental policy represent a "e;third wave"e; of regulation in the environmental field.

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Climate and economies have interdependent dynamics.

This book is for practising professionals and academics working in urban planning and international development: international project staff, trainers, urban development researchers and teaching staff in universities and polytechnics.

All over the world countries struggle with water stress.

Improvement of energy efficiency is one of the important options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The fourth edition of the European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications (geoENV IV) took place in Barcelona, November 27-29, 2002.

In the development of an international agenda for applied systems analysis Swedish experience, developed over a considerable number of years, embraces a wide range of application domains.

A fascinating look at the perils and promise of geoengineering and our potential future on a warming planetThe risks of global warming are pressing and potentially vast.

The Earth's climate system depends entirely on the Sun for its energy.

In the 1990s Richard B.

A gripping journey through the icy regions of our changing planetFrom the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, The White Planet takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the shrinking world of ice and snow to tell the story of the expeditions and discoveries that have transformed our understanding of global climate.

A severe thunderstorm morphs into a tornado that cuts a swath of destruction through Oklahoma.

The book describes the clean coal technology of chemical looping combustion (CLC) for power generation with pure CO2 capture.

Imagine a world where your autistic child is included, engaged and cherished for how they are; a world which changes for autistic children, rather than changing the child.

Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature.

The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed?

How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient worldHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire.

Energy: The Basics offers a concise and engaging introduction to energy, answering critical questions and providing accessible definitions of essential concepts and developments in the field.

This book offers a long-overdue analysis of the ubiquity of eco-apocalypticism in current discourses on the climate crisis.

This book offers a long-overdue analysis of the ubiquity of eco-apocalypticism in current discourses on the climate crisis.

China, a still developing economy comprising a fifth of the world's population, will play a key role in the global movement towards reducing carbon emissions.

China, a still developing economy comprising a fifth of the world's population, will play a key role in the global movement towards reducing carbon emissions.

Climate change affects human health in all sectors of society, both domestically & globally.

Climate change affects human health in all sectors of society, both domestically & globally.

Evidence-based policymaking is often promoted within liberal democracies as the best means for government to balance political values with technical considerations.

Evidence-based policymaking is often promoted within liberal democracies as the best means for government to balance political values with technical considerations.

In the face of what seems like a concerted effort to destroy the only planet that can sustain us, critique is an important tool.

In the face of what seems like a concerted effort to destroy the only planet that can sustain us, critique is an important tool.

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

Kazakhstan is rich in natural resources including coal, oil, natural gas and uranium and has significant renewable potential from wind, solar, hydro and biomass.

Kazakhstan is rich in natural resources including coal, oil, natural gas and uranium and has significant renewable potential from wind, solar, hydro and biomass.

This book collects the papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (RACR-2017) held in Ostrava/Prague, Czech Republic, on June 5-9, 2017, organized by VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.

This book collects the papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (RACR-2017) held in Ostrava/Prague, Czech Republic, on June 5-9, 2017, organized by VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Both academic and popular representations of globalization, critical or celebratory, have tended to conceptualize it primarily in spatial terms, rather than simultaneously temporal ones.

Both academic and popular representations of globalization, critical or celebratory, have tended to conceptualize it primarily in spatial terms, rather than simultaneously temporal ones.

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

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

The richer countries spend about US$165 billion yearly on overseas aid, mainly to keep human development going.

The richer countries spend about US$165 billion yearly on overseas aid, mainly to keep human development going.

Democracy and Climate Change explores the various ways in which democratic principles can lead governments to respond differently to climate change.

Democracy and Climate Change explores the various ways in which democratic principles can lead governments to respond differently to climate change.

Geopolitical changes combined with the increasing urgency of ambitious climate action have re-opened debates about justice and international climate policy.

Geopolitical changes combined with the increasing urgency of ambitious climate action have re-opened debates about justice and international climate policy.

Greater understanding of the forms and consequences of investment and disinvestment in the extractive industries is required as a result of capitalist expansion, recent declines in global commodity prices, and claims that extractive sector projects, especially in the global south, are poverty reduction projects.

Greater understanding of the forms and consequences of investment and disinvestment in the extractive industries is required as a result of capitalist expansion, recent declines in global commodity prices, and claims that extractive sector projects, especially in the global south, are poverty reduction projects.