Pollution and threats to the environment

This book undertakes a scholarly assessment of the state of the art of law and policy perspectives on groundwater and climate change at the international, regional and national levels.

This book undertakes a scholarly assessment of the state of the art of law and policy perspectives on groundwater and climate change at the international, regional and national levels.

What explains our attitudes towards the environment?

What explains our attitudes towards the environment?

This volume focuses on how, in Europe, the debate on the commons is discussed in regard to historical and contemporary dimensions, critically referencing the work of Elinor Ostrom.

This volume focuses on how, in Europe, the debate on the commons is discussed in regard to historical and contemporary dimensions, critically referencing the work of Elinor Ostrom.

Climate change has never been more important than it is now, as it has become arguably the world's most urgent problem.

Climate change has never been more important than it is now, as it has become arguably the world's most urgent problem.

The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN General Assembly in 2015 represents the latest attempt by the international community to live up to the challenges of a planet that is out of control.

The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN General Assembly in 2015 represents the latest attempt by the international community to live up to the challenges of a planet that is out of control.

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

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

This book explores the complex relationship between energy and development and discusses the core issues and concepts surrounding this growing area of research and policy.

This book explores the complex relationship between energy and development and discusses the core issues and concepts surrounding this growing area of research and policy.

China's recent climate-energy policy, an outcome of contemporary challenges, has generated conflict of interest amongst major stakeholders.

China's recent climate-energy policy, an outcome of contemporary challenges, has generated conflict of interest amongst major stakeholders.

This book provides a unique introduction to Bitcoin mining's energy use and environmental impacts.

This book explores the development of climate change discourses in Russia.

This book explores the development of climate change discourses in Russia.

This book looks at institutional reforms for the use of energy, water and resources toward a sustainable future in East Asia.

This book looks at institutional reforms for the use of energy, water and resources toward a sustainable future in East Asia.

Over the past thirty years we have witnessed a demand for resources such as minerals, oil, and gas, which is only set to increase.

Over the past thirty years we have witnessed a demand for resources such as minerals, oil, and gas, which is only set to increase.

Winner of the 2020 Book Award for the Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) Division of the Academy of Management.

Winner of the 2020 Book Award for the Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) Division of the Academy of Management.

Livestock production and its use of finite resources is devastating biodiversity and pushing wildlife to the brink of extinction.

Livestock production and its use of finite resources is devastating biodiversity and pushing wildlife to the brink of extinction.

In the present global context, some countries still face many challenges to bringing about inclusive, efficient, and environmentally sustainable development.

This edited collection brings together a selection of expert authors and draws on a wide range of case studies, geographies, and perspectives to explore the links between forced migration and energy access.

This edited collection brings together a selection of expert authors and draws on a wide range of case studies, geographies, and perspectives to explore the links between forced migration and energy access.

Our changing climate and more extreme weather events have dramatically increased the number and severity of floods across the world.

Our changing climate and more extreme weather events have dramatically increased the number and severity of floods across the world.

This book presents an analysis of climate change and agricultural laws in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa in order to determine whether they adequately addressed the concept of agricultural adaptation.

Climate change and depletion of the ozone layer are two examples of dramatic changes in the Earth's natural environment which raise new questions in international relations.

A documentary account of the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986, this is based on interviews with many of the participants.

A personal interpretation of the impact of the Chernobyl disaster both in the Soviet Union and the West, examining the environmental consequences, Soviet media coverage, reconstruction of life in the disaster zone (including the city built for Chernobyl workers) and safety changes in the industry.

The author looks at the context, conduct and content of the Sizewell B Inquiry and suggests how politically charged projects like Sizewell B should be handled in the light of the Sizewell B experience.

This is the first examination of how China is currently dealing with environmental problems and challenges, and of its successes, failures and dilemmas.

This is the first examination of how China is currently dealing with environmental problems and challenges, and of its successes, failures and dilemmas.

As rates of consumption grow, the problem of waste management has increased significantly.

As rates of consumption grow, the problem of waste management has increased significantly.

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

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

High-level nuclear waste (HLW) is a controversial and risky issue.

High-level nuclear waste (HLW) is a controversial and risky issue.

In all of the major challenges facing the world currently, whether it be climate change, terrorism and conflict, or urbanization and demographic change, no progress is possible without the alleviation of poverty.

In all of the major challenges facing the world currently, whether it be climate change, terrorism and conflict, or urbanization and demographic change, no progress is possible without the alleviation of poverty.

China's rapid economic growth in the recent decades has produced an unprecedented energy vulnerability that could threaten the sustainability of its economic development, a linchpin to social stability and ultimately the regime legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as well as the foundation for China's rising power aspirations.