The book shows one individual's (the author) experience of the world, through contacts with government officials and scholars in the Middle East and Asia, Europe and Latin America during the post-Second World War years up to the later 1960s; and then that individual's reflections and study during the succeeding decades, up to and including the first decade of the 21st century, concerning the future of the world and the critical choices that confront the world both in inter-state relations and in maintaining the security of the biosphere.
This book describes the effect that hydrocarbon energy (oil, gas and coal) has had on human evolution, how we got to the stage we are at today, what we are doing about it and where it will lead us in the not-too-distant future.
This book with the accompanying field trip guide, aims to foster environmental literacy of non-science students and to train them to look at environment-related issues from a critical perspective.
Knowing Life examines the limits of dominant knowledge forms that contribute to current practices negatively affecting more-than-human beings, while also exploring alternative approaches to knowing that are capable of reducing harm and maximizing planetary thriving.
This book addresses the increasingly important subject of ecomedia by critically examining the interconnections between environment, ecology, media forms, and popular culture in the Southeast Asian region, exploring methods such as textual analysis, thematic analysis, content analysis, participatory ethnography, auto ethnography, and semi-structured interviewing.
This book translates the latest theoretical perspectives on the emerging field of Planetary Health Studies into the practical reality of global political decision makers.
Lakes, wetlands and coastal regions provide essential services critical to the survival of human, wildlife and, by and large, the ecosystems, which are constantly threatened by anthropogenic activities, environmental degradation and climate change.
Una estación meteorológica posible se constituye en una herramienta, no sólo para la recolección de valiosos datos en lugares apartados, sino también como un excelente ejercicio académico para que niños y estudiantes conozcan algunos conceptos de clima e identifiquen patrones del tiempo atmosférico y su relación con la vida diaria (e.
El presente libro es el resultado de investigación de distintos proyectos en América Latina que se enlazan desde el Programa-Red Estudios del Rururbano en América Latina (ELER).
La humanidad ha llegado a ser la más poderosa fuerza trasformadora del planeta, con lo cual ha creado un nuevo periodo: el Antropoceno o la "era humana".
Si bien los campos de estudio que hasta ahora han abordado los conflictos por recursos naturales han hecho aportes incontestables, estos presentan las limitaciones propias de su especialización, como el uso de un solo enfoque y, en muchos casos, de un único nivel de análisis.
This edited volume explores the crucial intersections between Indigenous Land-Based Knowledge (ILK), sustainability, settler colonialism, and the ongoing environmental crisis.
El Uso Múltiple del Agua se propone en el marco del concepto de Gestión Integrada de Recursos Hídricos como una estrategia que contribuirá a la reducción de la pobreza y la inequidad.
Al entrar a los predios de la Reserva Biológica Encenillo (rbe), ubicada en la vereda Trinidad del municipio de Guasca (Cundinamarca), pocos se imaginan que allí operó una mina de piedra caliza por más de sesenta años.
La pobreza del agua: geopolítica, gobernanza y abastecimiento recoge las ponencias de los especialistas que participaron en el VII Foro Nacional del Agua.
Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world and water is the primary medium through which the impacts of climate change are felt.
The recent coronavirus disease pandemic has exposed the nature of compound risk, which occurs when two or more shock events overlap, inducing additional pressure on social and physical vulnerabilities.
This report explores green bonds and other finance instruments for climate-resilient infrastructure to help meet the growing demand for green investments and achieve a low carbon economy in Indonesia.
This report explores green bonds and other finance instruments for climate-resilient infrastructure and investment opportunities that can support Thailand in achieving a low carbon economy.
Promoting regional cooperation in the health sector is an operational priority of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Strategy 2030.
Carbon pricing is a key element of the broader climate policy architecture that can help countries reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cost-effectively, while mobilizing fiscal resources to foster green recovery and growth.
Carbon pricing is a key element of the broader climate policy architecture that can help countries reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cost-effectively, while mobilizing fiscal resources to foster green recovery and growth.
This publication provides insights on deliberations regarding the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) transition and implications for Asia and the Pacific.
Refusing Ecocide: From Fossil Capitalism to a Liveable World provides a critical analysis of the central role of fossil capitalism in causing climate change and argues that only alternatives based upon democratic eco-socialism can prevent the deepening of the climate crisis.
This book explores the pervasive anticipation of catastrophe in contemporary society, examining how temporal expectations shape personal and collective experiences and influence our perspectives and responses.
Drawing on expertise from communication scholars who examine resilience within and across individual, relational, group/team, organizational, inter-organizational, and community levels, this handbook provides a wide-ranging resource for theory building, empirical investigations, and practical applications.
Desde una perspectiva en la que confluyen literatura, genero y medioambiente, se efectua un recorrido por la literatura ecofeminista chicana a traves de las obras que renombradas autoras de esta ascendencia -Ana Castillo, Lucha Corpi, Helena Maria Viramontes y Cherrie Moraga- publicaron a lo largo de la ultima decada del siglo XX.
Desde una perspectiva en la que confluyen literatura, genero y medioambiente, se efectua un recorrido por la literatura ecofeminista chicana a traves de las obras que renombradas autoras de esta ascendencia -Ana Castillo, Lucha Corpi, Helena Maria Viramontes y Cherrie Moraga- publicaron a lo largo de la ultima decada del siglo XX.
Desde Homero y Tucídides, y desde Antiguo Testamento hasta nuestros días, la imagen de la plaga -junto con la de la guerra- es una de las más habituales en la filosofía y la literatura para ilustrar el desorden político.
"A través de la historia de tres monocultivos que están entre los más importantes del agronegocio a nivel mundial –caña azucarera, palma de aceite y soja– se plantea un recorrido por la historia de la agricultura, comenzando con la caña de azúcar, muy vinculada a la colonización y que en la América conquistada requirió de miles de esclavos en las plantaciones, desde las que se acumuló el capital que contribuyó a realizar la Revolución industrial.
Hoy nos enfrentamos a una creciente desestabilización global de los ecosistemas y de los ciclos naturales de nuestro planeta, como consecuencia de una economía extractivista y orientada a un crecimiento sin límites mundializado.
