In this compilation of David Suzuki's latest thoughts and writings, the renowned scientist, author, and broadcaster explores the myriad environmental challenges the world faces and their interconnected causes.
The Sustainability Transformation is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of what is happening to our world - and wanting to change it for the better.
Future farm managers need a range of tools and knowledge to run successful businesses, and this accessible textbook provides the required foundations from economics and management, applied to the farm context.
Von der Abfallanalyse über Cradle-to-Cradle und Ökobilanz bis zu Virtual Water: Die Sprache des Umweltmanagements zeichnet sich durch unzählige Fachtermini und Anglizismen aus.
Ziel dieses Lehrbuchs ist es, das Material des ersten Semesters eines Vorlesungszyklus zur Analysis prägnant und verständlich darzustellen und darüber hinaus Ausblicke und Ergänzungen zu geben, die den Stoff lebendig werden lassen.
Climate policy making today demands balancing the need for immediate, accelerated climate action with essential responses to punctual crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.
Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding.
Explains how energy industry firms have hedged their bets by using paradoxical strategies to cope with the uncertainty around energy prices and climate change.
Der Umgang mit der neuen Begrenzung von CO2-Emissionen verändert in Unternehmen die bisherigen Entscheidungskalküle, der Aufbau eines unternehmensspezifischen betrieblichen Emissionsmanagements wird notwendig.
,The Jevons Paradox,, which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to increased use of that resource rather than to a reduction.
examines principal energy policy decisions and their lingering effects, by recounting the historical context surrounding the interplay of law, markets, and technology.
The passage of the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970 marked a sweeping transformation in American politics.
Dem vorliegenden Sammelband liegt die Ausgangsfrage zugrunde, welchen Beitrag Kooperationsformen zwischen Staat und Privaten im Rahmen der Umweltpolitik leisten können, um nachhaltige Innovationen in der Wirtschaft zu begünstigen.
This book approaches Green Civilization based on the background of international initiative on sustainable development and in-depth analyzes the valuable era consensus reached by 193 countries on the UN Sustainable Development 2030 Agenda.
This book brings together, in a single volume, an overview of multiple applications of the concept of environmental sustainability, featuring examples of useful methodologies and tools for pursuing environmental targets, experiences and case studies spanning a variety of sectors, embracing both industry and research projects; and case studies applied to very different territorial contexts.
The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015 income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability.
Cities for Smart Environmental and Energy Futures presents works written by eminent international experts from a variety of disciplines including architecture, engineering and related fields.
This book examines the effects of high and volatile food prices during 2007-08 on low-income farmers and consumers in developing, transition, and industrialized countries.
As productivity expands to cater for population increase and shifting diets, many individuals remain hungry, whilst others suffer obesity, and significant amounts of food are wasted.
