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An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere''s stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production.

Experts investigate how states and other actors can improve inter-institutional synergy and examine the complexity of overlapping environmental governance structures.

A leading economist develops a supply-side approach to fighting climate change that encourages resource owners to leave more of their fossil carbon underground.

Governance challenges and solutions for the provision of global public goods in such areas as the environment, food security, and development.

Combining the theoretical tools of comparative politics with the substantive concerns of environmental policy, experts explore responses to environmental problems across nations and political systems

An examination of how a transnational coalition of firms and NGOs influenced the emergence of emissions trading as a central component of global climate governance.

An exploration of the impact of unintended consequences in an interdependent world and of the opportunities for creativity and community.

How to imagine and then realize an ecological order based on living within our biophysical means.

Was denken Sie, wird möglich, wenn man das Know-how der Allgemeinmedizin mit der altbewährten Naturheilkunde sowie den vielfältigen Möglichkeiten der Alternativmedizin kombiniert?

This title offers a profound exploration of one of the worlds oldest civilizations and its pivotal role in shaping global history and modern international relations.

As urban populations grow unprecedentedly, cities worldwide face pressures from rapid expansion, climate change, and social inequalities.

Going Circular explores the concept of a circular economy (CE) and its transformative potential for cities and regions.

Worldwide every year, 83 billion animals are slaughtered on factory farms, at the end of brief lives full of suffering.

What if climate change isn t an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge?

Italian immigrants to the United States and Argentina hungered for the products of home.

This book explores the historical and theoretical classification of True Cost Accounting (TCA) and its business-oriented ways of implementation.

Public Health Law and Ethics defines these fields for a new generation.

This title offers a profound exploration of one of the worlds oldest civilizations and its pivotal role in shaping global history and modern international relations.

Economic Development of Communist China: An Appraisal of the First Five Years of Industrialization analyzes the rapid economic transformation in China between 1952 and 1957 under the First Five-Year Plan.

In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place.

Best books of 2021, Financial Times'Grab some popcorn and take a front row seat, because Robin Wigglesworth has an astonishing story to tell you' Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up'A fascinating account of an investment revolution' Ian Fraser, Literary Review'A magisterial, delightfully written history offering up portraits of the academic scribblers and entrepreneurial practitioners who created the index-fund revolution' The Wall Street Journal'Wigglesworth has written an important book' Patrick Hosking, Financial Editor, The Times'A terrific read' Gregory Zuckerman, author of The Man Who Solved the Market'A fascinating journey and a crucial book for anyone trying to understand the financial markets' Bradley Hope, author of Billion Dollar Whale---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In Trillions, Financial Times journalist Robin Wigglesworth unveils the vivid secret history of index funds, bringing to life the colourful characters behind their birth, growth and evolution into a world-conquering phenomenon.

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Take the first step toward a better environment.

An expert helps readers understand what the big economic picture means for their money, and how to respond.

When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety.

From the international bestselling author of The Post-American World 'An intelligent, learned and judicious guide for a world already in the making' The New York TimesSince the end of the Cold War, the world has been shaken to its core three times.

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF 2022 'A landmark book.

'This book presents a salient truth: every investor - no matter how large or small - has the power to help address our climate crisis and build a more sustainable world.

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.

How does Britain get its food?

What are the effects of decreasing social mobility?

The new international bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The World is Flat - this is an essential and entertaining field guide to thriving in the twenty-first century.

For the first time in history, humans have exceeded the sustaining capacity of Earth's global ecosystems.

Discover the Master Key to Revolutionizing Real Estate: Profitable Mixed-Use DevelopmentsEmbark on a journey that transforms the landscape of real estate investment through the lens of mixed-use developments.

Green issues have a large impact on how an organization is seen and huge implications for the organization's success, brand values and the sales decisions of consumers towards its products.

This book applies a spatial economics perspective to the understanding of the recent dynamism of the global economy, with particular focus on East Asia, and examines the prospects of regional integration in East Asia.

This book provides insights into how human well-being could be better defined and empirically assessed.

Major theoretical approaches stress the superiority of privately-owned over state-owned companies without addressing how corporate performance should best be measured.

By examining the issues of environmental policy formation and implementation linked to economic development, and reviewing the Japanese experiences and the examples of other Asian countries, this book reveals factors of dynamism between environmental policy and social change in a domestic, regional and global context.

This history of Cass Business School, part of City University in the UK, contrasts its humble beginnings with its present high international standing.

Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) are a massive subset of the healthcare industry that negotiate lower costs for healthcare supplies by buying for several hospitals at once.