Pollution and threats to the environment

This book presents a comprehensive review of the most recent studies on the impact of contaminants on the marine environment.

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 asks what it means to write poetry in and about the Anthropocene, the name given to a geological epoch where humans have a global ecological impact.

Over the past decade there have been extraordinary advances towards drought risk reduction with the development of new water-conserving technologies, and new tools for planning, vulnerability and impact assessment, mitigation, and policy.

Over the past decade there have been extraordinary advances towards drought risk reduction with the development of new water-conserving technologies, and new tools for planning, vulnerability and impact assessment, mitigation, and policy.

The Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security offers a comprehensive examination of security in the region, encompassing both state-based and militarized notions of security, as well as broader security perspectives reflecting debates about changes in climate, environment, economies, and societies.

The Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security offers a comprehensive examination of security in the region, encompassing both state-based and militarized notions of security, as well as broader security perspectives reflecting debates about changes in climate, environment, economies, and societies.

Climate change poses a risk to business operations and to markets, and a poor business response to this risk can lead to reputational damage, or worse.

Climate change poses a risk to business operations and to markets, and a poor business response to this risk can lead to reputational damage, or worse.

It is now accepted that the world's climate has warmed by about 0.

It is now accepted that the world's climate has warmed by about 0.

Many effects of environmental and energy policy are likely to disproportionately burden those with low income.

Many effects of environmental and energy policy are likely to disproportionately burden those with low income.

How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth?

How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth?

There is a growing awareness that international law insufficiently protects common global interests and that States and non-State actors need to work together to protect global aims.

There is a growing awareness that international law insufficiently protects common global interests and that States and non-State actors need to work together to protect global aims.

The international legal rules affecting renewable alternative energy resources are amongst the most important legal and environmental concerns of the near future.

The international legal rules affecting renewable alternative energy resources are amongst the most important legal and environmental concerns of the near future.

This important work satisfies the need for a thorough assessment of environmental justice concerns at the global level.

This important work satisfies the need for a thorough assessment of environmental justice concerns at the global level.

Globalization was the buzzword of the last decade.

Globalization was the buzzword of the last decade.

Jonathan D Oldfield provides a detailed assessment of the changing relationship between Russian society and the wider environment since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Jonathan D Oldfield provides a detailed assessment of the changing relationship between Russian society and the wider environment since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Globalisation is heavily dependent on physical transport, as people and goods travel over longer distances and with higher frequency.

Globalisation is heavily dependent on physical transport, as people and goods travel over longer distances and with higher frequency.

This book provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through a systematic review of 132 sub national case studies.

This book provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through a systematic review of 132 sub national case studies.

The seaside has always held a special position in British history as a place of rest, relaxation and recuperation.

The seaside has always held a special position in British history as a place of rest, relaxation and recuperation.

This book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the sustainability of the contemporary civil air transport system, examining its three main components: airports, air traffic control, and airlines.

This book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the sustainability of the contemporary civil air transport system, examining its three main components: airports, air traffic control, and airlines.

This book serves as a knowledge bank for researchers and graduate students in microbiology, chemistry, and environmental sciences, among others.

This book serves as a knowledge bank for researchers and graduate students in microbiology, chemistry, and environmental sciences, among others.

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.

Carbon markets are developing and expanding around the world, but how and to what extent is their design shaped by learning and interaction between them?

Ecological crisis is being widely discussed in society today and therefore, the subject of religious naturalism has emerged as a major topic in religion.

Ecological crisis is being widely discussed in society today and therefore, the subject of religious naturalism has emerged as a major topic in religion.

Carbon markets are developing and expanding around the world, but how and to what extent is their design shaped by learning and interaction between them?

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.

This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world.

This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world.

Nitrogen (N) is potentially one of the most complex elements on the Earth.

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.