La mala calidad del aire es un problema ambiental y de salud pública de urgente atención por parte de los estados, quienes han adquirido compromisos internacionales que los obliga a adoptar medidas preventivas, regulatorias y de control.
El nuevo libro de Amitav Ghosh, una poderosa obra de historia, ensayo, testimonio y polémica, remonta nuestra crisis planetaria contemporánea al descubrimiento del Nuevo Mundo y la ruta marítima hacia el Océano Índico.
Using climate justice as an analytical tool, this volume examines the role of local mitigation and adaptation actions in Southern Africa in furthering climate-resilient development.
India's neighbourhood has witnessed crucial developments in the last decade: complex security challenges, looming economic crises, socio-political unrest, border clashes, China's expanding engagement, India's rising profile, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
This book explores the connections between risk and responsibilisation in official communication to the public about the global risks of the pandemic and climate change.
This proceedings volume constitutes peer-reviewed full-length papers contributed by the Authors and tailored on various thematic areas of the 3rd International Conference on "e;Advanced Technologies for Industrial Pollution Control"e; (ATIPC - 2022).
This edited volume examines the importance of centering gender in research and policymaking focused on climate change, environmental sustainability, and digital technology.
Using climate justice as an analytical tool, this volume examines the role of local mitigation and adaptation actions in Southern Africa in furthering climate-resilient development.
This book explores the connections between risk and responsibilisation in official communication to the public about the global risks of the pandemic and climate change.
Nanopesticides, Nanoherbicides, and Nanofertilizers: Formulations and Applications demonstrates the potential for nanomaterials to revolutionize modern agriculture to become more sustainable.
A practical guide to cultivating expansive understandings of climate change and environmental regeneration in K12 students through classroom instructional practices and curricula.
A partir de la experiencia en Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación del grupo de investigación Nutrifaca, relacionada con evaluación de forrajes, manejo del suelo, el agua como factor de producción y manejo ambiental y emisión de gases de efecto invernadero, nace este libro para la orientación de aspectos acordes al manejo del frágil agroecosistema de bosque seco tropical.
This book comprises selected proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Water Resources 2021 (ICWR 2021) focusing on innovations and preparations to face the water-related challenges.
This proceedings volume constitutes peer-reviewed full-length papers contributed by the Authors and tailored on various thematic areas of the 3rd International Conference on "e;Advanced Technologies for Industrial Pollution Control"e; (ATIPC - 2022).
Written by one of the leading experts in the field, Paul Ekins, Stopping Climate Change provides a comprehensive overview of what is required to achieve 'real zero' carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, and negative emissions thereafter, which is the only way to stop human- induced climate change.
This edited volume examines the importance of centering gender in research and policymaking focused on climate change, environmental sustainability, and digital technology.
Our divided politics, unable to solve the challenges we face concerning society's hierarchies of injustice, poverty, endless war, and climate change, are now backtracking to even more division.
This book presents select proceedings of the 2nd Asian Conference on Indoor Environmental Quality (ACIEQ-2023) and explores the current research in the field of indoor environmental quality which includes indoor air quality, adaptive thermal comfort, productivity and health, indoor lighting, and acoustics.
Promoting peace and sustainability in human development while accounting for the risks associated with the impact of climate change on society has become more imperative than ever when addressing humanity's challenges of the twenty-first century.
This new volume offers up-to-date coverage of the energy scenario in South Asia, showcasing the major challenges being faced in the South Asian Energy Corridor in the context of energy security versus clean energy.
Embedded in the emerging field of climate change communication, Thaker provides a comprehensive analysis of enablers and barriers to corporate action on climate change, business role and influence on media coverage of climate change, and its impact on public opinion and the policy-making process.
Este libro presenta un análisis de la Agenda 2030, sus Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible y los compromisos del Acuerdo de París en el contexto colombiano, así como los retos que supone su implementación conjunta.
Based on case studies, the book creates a multidisciplinary conversation on the gendered vulnerabilities resulting from extractive industries and toxic pollution, and also charts the resilience and courage of women as they resist polluting industries, fight for clean water and seek to protect the land.
A call to arms, How to Save the City invites the reader to engage with the challenges of living and working in cities at a time when several conflating emergencies have become more pressing and connected.
This creative volume demonstrates the urgent importance of engaging students cognitively and affectively with the climate crisis and environmental education, underpinning the vital role the language arts play in expanding this engagement for a better future.
Developing an innovative approach to understanding how organized crime groups diversify into the illegal trade in natural resources, this book looks at the convergence between environmental crime and other serious crimes.
Sunscreens and a variety of other products contain chemical ultraviolet (UV) filters that absorb or block the sun's radiation and thereby help mitigate harms to human skin from the sun.
The National Academies Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, and Board on Children Youth and Families convened a workshop in August 2022 to explore the impact of specific environmental exposures in utero, infancy, early childhood, and adolescence.
Over the past century, the Everglades has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management infrastructure intended to improve flood management, urban water supply, and agricultural production.
This two-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of modern nanoscience, and encompasses advanced techniques of nanocomposite materials that make their way from the laboratory to the field for the revival of energy and environmental systems in a sustainable manner.
This book represents the background of the Barind Tract of Bangladesh with the proximity of drought information, conceptual and logic of the books, history, definition and perception on drought and climate scenario and how people understand underlying causes, impacts and consequences of drought in agriculture, environment, human health and society.
