Pollution and threats to the environment

This book takes stock of the position of motorsport in the 21st century and considers how it will continue to influence sport business, politics, and society in the future.

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Cities have played an important role in our lives since the dawn of civilization.

This book takes stock of the position of motorsport in the 21st century and considers how it will continue to influence sport business, politics, and society in the future.

Since the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1997, the negotiation of policy responses to climate change has become an area of major research.

The Peaceful Atom is a non-fiction book about nuclear energy and its potential for peaceful applications.

Although poisonous substances have been a hazard for the whole of human history, it is only with the development and large-scale production of new chemical substances over the last two centuries that toxic, manmade pollutants have become such a varied and widespread danger.

An argument that humanists have the toolsand the responsibilityto mobilize political power to tackle climate changeAs climate catastrophes intensify, why do literary and cultural studies scholars so often remain committed to the separation of aesthetic study from the nitty-gritty of political change?

Building and Facilities Maintenance Management: An Innovative Operational Approach is a new introductory textbook aimed at students who are studying building maintenance and asset management for the first time as part of their undergraduate or foundation course.

Imperiled Life theorizes an exit from the potentially terminal consequences of capital-induced climate change.

Approaching the issues of climate change and climate justice from a range of diverse perspectives including those of culture, gender, indigeneity, race, and sexuality, as well as challenging colonial histories and capitalist presents, Climate Futures boldly addresses the apparent inevitability of climate chaos.

This thoroughly engaging, concise book tells the story of California's most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods.

Climate change is the greatest market failure in world history and thus the most urgent challenge in the world of business for the foreseeable future.

In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

According to UN estimates, approximately nearly half of the world's population now lives in cities and that figure is expected to rise to almost 70% by 2050.

In the vein of "e;An Inconvenient Truth,"e; a sobering assessment of our nation's energy policies and a stirring call for change.

This publication seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Pakistan.

This country diagnostic assessment seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Fiji, focusing on insurance and other risk transfer instruments.

In the following pages, we will discover the answer to the question "e;Where do clouds come from?

What's the weather like today?

This publication outlines the rationale for and benefits of piloting activities for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

This publication presents a factual overview of the design and implementation of the Korea Emissions Trading Scheme, focusing on lessons from its implementation and opportunities under the Paris Agreement.

This publication showcases 50 innovative case studies from cities in the People's Republic of China that are mitigating against and adapting to climate change.

This energy sector assessment, strategy, and road map documents the status and strategic priorities of the Government of the Philippines in the energy sector.

Enhancing Disaster Preparedness: From Humanitarian Architecture to Community Resilience relates to the fourth priority of the UNDRR's Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

This publication launches the Inclusive Green Growth Index, a new comprehensive metric that captures the key dimensions of economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability.

Climate and Land Use Impacts on Natural and Artificial Systems: Mitigation and Adaptation provides in-depth information on the linkages between climate change and land use, how they are related, how land use is shifting over time, and the major global regions at risk for climate and land use changes.

Transport accounts for 23% of global carbon dioxide emissions and is one of the few industrial sectors where emissions are still growing.

Remediation of Contaminated Environments summarises - amongst other things - what happened to the people and environment around Chernobyl (and other nuclear sites) and what measures need to be taken in future in the event of nuclear accidents etc.

Ecosystems are often examined from a ecological perspective because of the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Architecture and the urban are connected to challenges around violence, security, race and ideology, spectacle and data.

Disasters have a widescale impact with drastic consequences on human lives, especially those who are marginalised by the wider society.

The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing global society.

The little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the worldThe Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States.

A non-heated discussion on global warming and climate changeInterested in getting to the core of the reasons for the Earth's changing climate?

The definitive guide to petroleum hydrocarbon fuel spill and leak causes, prevention, response, and cost recoveryOil Spills and Gas Leaks highlights the complex nature of petroleum hydrocarbon fuel extraction methods, the unintended consequences when disasters occur, spill behavior, and environmental impact mitigation.

Marine environment is the largest habitat covering approximately 70% of the total earth surface.

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

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This book focuses solely on the issues of agricultural productivity analysis with advanced modeling approaches bringing solutions to food-insecure regions of the world, especially in south and southeast Asia and in Africa.

We are proposing this comprehensive volume aimed at bridging and bonding of the theory and practical experiences for the elimination of a broad range of pollutants from various types of water and soil utilizing innovative nanotechnologies, biotechnologies and their possible combinations.

The objective of Sustainable Communities Design Handbook is to ensure a better quality of life for everyone, both now and for generations to come.

This book addresses environmental changes and how they reconfigure society's relationship to the future.

Teaching Climate Change: Science, Stories, Justice shows educators how climate change can be taught from any disciplinary perspective and in a transdisciplinary way, drawing on examples from the author's own classroom.

This is a concise book with comprehensive information on coal and biomass ash generated from their combustion in thermal power plants.

This book focuses on climate change and sustainable development, showcasing examples of research, projects and other initiatives aimed at educating various target groups.

This volume provides a theoretical basis for the argument that available research that analyzes the impacts of climate on hydrology, water resources, and water systems, without factoring in the effect of climate variability, are inadequate and often misleading.

This SpringerBrief focuses on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in the three basins in the Witwatersrand, South Africa.