This book explores how metals like cadmium, mercury, lead, aluminium, manganese, and chromium can harm our health, whether through short-term or long-term exposure.
Este es el primero de tres tomos de la colección Gridale que recogen temas de varias de las ponencias presentadas por académicos latinoamericanos y europeos en un Simposio organizado por el Gridale y el ielepi en la Universidad Alcalá de Henares, España, en octubre de 2022 para analizar los resultados de la Conferencia sobre el Futuro de Europa realizada durante un año entre 2012 y 2022, con el objetivo de brindar oportunidades a la ciudadanía europea de sugerir temas para la profundización de su proceso de integración.
This book shares real-life case studies taken from GreenSCENT, a three-year EU-funded project that promotes sustainability through the development of digital platforms and tools, green education programme, and climate and environmental literacy certification.
This report presents a comprehensive review of the investment landscape in energy efficiency and climate-smart infrastructure (CSI) technologies, maps the supplier environment, and lists barriers to investments.
'A landmark work on perhaps the essential question of our time' - David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth In this ground-breaking book, environmental journalist, Peter Schwartzstein, takes the reader on the first on-the-ground exploration of climate change's contribution to global conflict.
Politicians stand at a crossroads where the path to green policies is fraught with political risks, as the immediate costs to society may overshadow the profound future benefits.
This book explores Veganism through the holistic journeys and lived experiences of former vegans, with a particular focus on the impact this has on their Selfhood and identity.
Süßwasser- und Meeresökologie bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die aquatische Ökologie, indem es die Fachgebiete Limnologie und biologische Ozeanographie integriert.
Süßwasser- und Meeresökologie bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die aquatische Ökologie, indem es die Fachgebiete Limnologie und biologische Ozeanographie integriert.
This comprehensive text provides a concise overview of environmental problems caused by agriculture, (such as pesticide pollution and increased nitrate levels) and offers practical solutions to them.
The third edition of this well-received textbook delivers a concise overview of global and individual environmental pollution for undergraduate courses, presenting students with the tools to assess environmental issues.
La Sabana de Bogota es un territorio clave para entender lo que ha sido el pasado, la experiencia del presente y el incierto futuro de la region metropolitana de Bogota.
This publication explains how ADB's Environment Action Plan 2024-2030 (EAP) guides its strategic approach to tackling the triple planetary threats of biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change to better support sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.
Coordinated, well-functioning institutions are crucial for tackling environmental challenges like climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, and resource overuse.
This book is aimed at covering all aspects of the evaluation, certification, and reduction of the energy and carbon footprint of the built environment from the scale of the city and its neighbourhoods, to the building level and finally to the level of single building materials and components.
Rekordtemperaturen, Dürre-Katastrophen und Starkregenereignisse treten heute immer häufiger auf, so dass die Folgen des Klimawandels im gesellschaftlichen Bewusstsein immer präsenter werden und nicht mehr zu verharmlosen sind.
Dire reports of surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appear often in international headlines, with commentators decrying the destruction of tree-covered habitats as an act of environmental vandalism.
Dire reports of surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appear often in international headlines, with commentators decrying the destruction of tree-covered habitats as an act of environmental vandalism.
"e;Urban Climate Change Adaptation"e; is a timely and informative book that delves into the complex challenges posed by climate change and explores the pathways to achieving environmental sustainability.
"e;Urban Climate Change Adaptation"e; is a timely and informative book that delves into the complex challenges posed by climate change and explores the pathways to achieving environmental sustainability.
This innovative and practical book offers pedagogical tools to show how drama can be used in educational settings to advance a relational, action-oriented, interdisciplinary, and creative climate education attuned to the social and emotional effects of the climate emergency.
Drawing together the evidence of archaeology, palaeoecology, climate history and the historical record, this first environmental history of Scotland explores the interaction of human populations with the land, waters, forests and wildlife.
Drawing together the evidence of archaeology, palaeoecology, climate history and the historical record, this first environmental history of Scotland explores the interaction of human populations with the land, waters, forests and wildlife.
This book explores the intersection of climate change and security in the Indo-Pacific, from the South China Sea disputes to national and regional security practices in India, Japan and Southeast Asia, highlighting the vulnerability of countries facing extreme weather, sea-level rise, and geopolitical tensions.
Contested Waste' examines socio-environmental conflicts involving waste pickers in the Global South, uncovering the systemic injustices that underpin contemporary waste policies.
Coordinated, well-functioning institutions are crucial for tackling environmental challenges like climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, and resource overuse.
