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This guidance sets out elements of credible corporate climate transition plans, which aim to align with the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.

The role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the business world has developed from a fig leaf marketing front into an important aspect of corporate behavior over the past several years.

Brazil made significant progress in managing water resources since the adoption of the National Water Law in 1997 and the creation of the National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA) in 2000.

This book provides insights into the role of environmental management accounting practices and the impact of various governance aspects dedicated to the environment in enhancing corporate environmental performance.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

Nach der sozialrechtlichen Anerkennung ist es fur systemisch approbierte Therapeut:innen die Herausforderung der Stunde, die systemischen Kernideen in das Gesundheitssystem einzubringen.

The "e;livable city,"e; the "e;creative city,"e; and more recently the "e;pop-up city"e; have become pervasive monikers that identify a new type of urbanism that has sprung up globally, produced and managed by the business improvement district and known colloquially by its acronym, BID.

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.

Norway has made progress on the path towards green growth over the past decade.

This edited volume takes a comprehensive look at solid waste management across jurisdictions in Canada, including provinces, territories, municipalities, and Indigenous communities.

From Crops and Wastes to Bioenergy: Current Status and Challenges is a comprehensive volume on all aspects of biomass utilization for bioenergy, from the fundamentals to the latest commercial and regulatory issues.

This book explores the practice of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in the cities of the Global South.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world historyAre mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality?

This book presents a novel perspective on immobility, a topic often overlooked in urban planning and transport studies.

An eye-opening account of the failures of our financial system, the sources of its staying power, and the path to meaningful economic reform.

While plastics are extremely useful materials for modern society, plastics production and waste generation continue to increase with worsening environmental impacts despite international, national and local policy responses, as well as industry commitments.

Economics and Property provides a clear and easy-to-read introduction to any property economics module in a degree leading to a profession in real estate, surveying, construction and related courses in the built environment.

This book presents fresh research on how Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), patterns of clustering, digitalization and innovation policies, interact and influence India's industrialisation and its greening or sustainability.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

To realise Colombia's clean energy ambitions and enable the necessary mobilisation of finance and investment, the government has set forth a number of important policy strategies, including the 2018 Green Growth Policy, the 2019 National Circular Economy Strategy and the forthcoming 2022 Energy Transition Policy.

'The blizzard of excitement, misinformation and pure hype around AI has driven many of us to want an honest guide.

AI tech giant Nvidia is as valuable as Apple and Microsoft.

How do we fix a healthcare system that's too complex, costly, and often unequal?

El surgimiento de una de las mas exitosas economias exportadoras del planeta en el que hasta el siglo XVIII habia sido un rincon muy poco prometedor de un arcaico imperio colonial constituye sin duda el tema central de la historia de la Argentina moderna.

El libro que el lector tiene entre manos evalúa estos temas cruciales desde una perspectiva comparada.

Los temas, problemas y retos relativos al desarrollo exigen de interdisciplinariedad y abarcan bastante más que las escalas económica o financiera.