Environmental policy and protocols Books
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Sufficiency as Policy: Necessity, Possibilities
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£55.50
Planeta Publishing The Road to Zero
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£9.45
Communalism Press Toward Climate Justice: Perspectives on the
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£12.34
Communalism Press Political Ecology: Beyond Environmentalism
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£12.34
De Gruyter Open Environmental Democracy at the Global Level::
Book SynopsisGiulia Parola’s Environmental Democracy at the Global Level: Rights and Duties for a New Citizenship can be seen as a manifesto that is both traditional and revolutionary at the same time. It calls for the construction of a new civilisation centred on the environment, while drawing on the traditional notions of democratic government. It adopts an approach that is focused on the power of individuals rather than governments, as ways to protect and improve the environment. It proposes that environmental rights and ecological duties are self-evident and inalienable, and should be treated as the cornerstones of a new democracy. Parola’s book is a thought provoking and intriguing work that will be of interest to scholars of environmental studies as well as to legal practitioners and non-specialists. Giulia Parola has studied Environmental Law at the University of Torino, at the University of René Descartes in Paris, (where she obtained PhD in Public Law) and at the University of Iceland ( LLM in Natural Resources Law and International Environmental Law). In 2011, she was appointed by the University of Laval (Canada, Quebec) as a researcher and a lecturer in Environmental Law.
£65.25
ListLab What is Landscape
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£23.75
Brill Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment,
Book SynopsisThis volume of the Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment series is a translation of selections from the 2015 or the 10th edition of the Annual Report on Environment Development of China. Friends of Nature, which has been organizing the writing and compilation of the Annual Report, is the first and continues to be one of the most influential Chinese environmental NGO. Articles in the current volume, written by a group of academics, independent scholars, activists and journalists cover recent development in a host of environment-related issues in China, including air pollution control, plans and policies on coal consumption, recent developments in environmental criminal justice, China’s role in Antarctic marine conservation, among other topics.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables 1 China’s Growing Environmental Civil Society ZHANG Shiqiu 2 Lessons from “APEC Blue” about Air Pollution Control in China ZHAO Lijian 3 Controlling Aggregate Coal Consumption: Plans and Policies CHEN Dan, LIN Mingche, and YANG Fuqiang 4 Revisiting the Private Automobile Ownership Debate after 20 Years SHI Jian 5 Soil Remediation: Still a Long Road Ahead LIU Hongqiao 6 Progress in China’s Environmental Legislation in 2014 QIE Jianrong 7 The Financial Sector and Environmental Risks: Understanding the New Environmental Protection Law WANG Xiaojiang and WANG Tianju 8 Recent Developments in Environmental Criminal Justice YU Haisong and MA Jian 9 Environmental Information Disclosure Made Breakthroughs in 2013–2014 WU Qi 10 China’s New Urbanization Plan and Sustainable Consumption CHEN Hongjuan and CHEN Boping 11 The Imminent Threat of Tropical Viruses: Lessons from the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in Africa SHEN Xiaohui 12 Chinese React to Jack Ma’s Hunting Trip to UK LIU Qin 13 Reflections on Outbound Investment by China’s Mining Industry BAI Yunwen and BI Lianshan 14 A Case for Banning Illegal Timber Imports in China YI Yimin 15 Chinese Involvement in Brazil’s Development: Massive Investments Bring Environmental and Cultural Challenges ZHOU Lei and Petras Shelton ZUMPANO 16 China’s Role in Antarctic Marine Conservation CHEN Jiliang 17 Real-time Information Disclosure under Blue Sky Roadmap II Jointly released by the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs; Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology (SEE); the Institute of Environmental Policy and Planning, Renmin University of China; Friends of Nature; EnviroFriends; Nature University 18 An NGO Review of China’s Carbon Market Greenovation Hub 19 Perverse Incentives: Electricity Generation through Waste Incineration and Renewable Energy Subsidy The Rock Environment & Energy Institute Appendix I: Chronicle of Major Events in 2014 Appendix II: Green Book of Environment Evaluation of China’s Environmental Performance in 2014 Appendix III: Air Quality Ranking for 2014 of Provincial Capitals and Central Government-Controlled Municipalities Appendix IV: List of Environmental Protection Laws and Regulations Released in 2014 Appendix V: A Letter to the Government about Mandatory Protective Book Jackets Appendix VI: Friends of Nature Suggestions for Amending the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law Appendix VII: Friends of Nature Continues to Urge Relaxation of Eligibility Requirements for Litigants in Environmental Public Interest Suits Appendix VIII: A Petition Calling for Releasing for “Soliciting Public Opinions and Ensuring that the Newly Revised Standards for Controlling Pollution from Residential Waste Incineration by July 1, 2014” Appendix IX: 2014 Winners of Ford Motor Conservation & Environmental Grants, China Appendix X: 2014 Winners of Best Environmental Report Award in China Appendix XI: 2014 Winners of UNEP Champions of the Earth Award Appendix XII: 2014 Winners of the Green China • 2014 Environmental Protection Achievement Award Index
£159.60
Bruegel Investing for the common good: a sustainable
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£13.13
United Nations The sustainable development goals report 2020
Book SynopsisThis year marks the start of the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It is a critical period to advance a shared vision and accelerate responses to the world's gravest challenges - from eliminating poverty and hunger to reversing climate change. Yet, in only a brief period of time, the precipitous spread of the novel coronavirus turned a public health emergency into one of the worst international crises of our lifetimes, changing the world as we know it. Now, due to COVID-19, an unprecedented health, economic and social crisis is threatening lives and livelihoods, making the achievement of Goals even more challenging.
£22.46
United Nations Uzbekistan: third review
Book SynopsisThis publication assesses progress made by individual countries in reconciling their economic and social development with environmental protection, as well as in meeting international commitments on environment and sustainable development. It assists countries in improving their environmental policies by making concrete recommendations for better policy design and implementation. It helps integrate environmental policies into sector-specific policies such as those in agriculture, energy, transport and health. The present publication contains the third Environmental Performance Review of Uzbekistan. It takes stock of progress made by Uzbekistan in the management of its environment since it was reviewed for the second time in 2009–2010
£71.25
United Nations Guidelines on evidence-based policies and
Book SynopsisThe Guidelines are a practical reference document on approaches to evidence-based policy-making for policy-makers involved in development and implementation of policies on housing and urban development at all levels of governance. The Guidelines can be used at all stages of the policy making – from agenda setting and policy formulation to the implementation/review and evaluation. Application of these Guidelines is an important resource for the analysis of the approaches to review the progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), especially SDG 11
£21.21
United Nations Progress on transboundary water cooperation under
Book SynopsisThe publication presents and analyses the findings of the first pilot reporting exercise under the Water Convention, which was carried out in 2017. Progress made in the implementation of the Convention is reviewed and summarised, together with the identification of significant trends, success, challenges and opportunities concerning transboundary water cooperation. The reporting mechanism under the Convention was formally adopted (decision VII/2) by the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention at its seventh session (Budapest, 17-19 November 2015)
£38.21
United Nations Solutions and investments in the
Book SynopsisThis publication demonstrates the benefits and added value of implementing intersectoral (nexus) solutions to solve the most typical problems affecting transboundary basins in terms of water quantity, quality, and environment. It is based on a survey of stakeholders worldwide who have experience with solutions and investments that link water management, energy, land/agriculture and/or environment protection, including from nexus assessments and dialogues. Designing, planning, and implementing nexus solutions and investments is in the interest of all policy makers (notably from energy and agriculture). Such nexus solutions - in contrast to sectoral-specific solutions - are associated with lower political risks (broader consensus) and higher levels of coherence with respect to cross-sectoral goals (e.g. climate goals, sustainable development) and broader benefits (multiple interests). The categories of solutions considered include international/transboundary cooperation, governance, economic and policy instruments, as well as infrastructure and innovation, while experiences of financing nexus investments are also discussed here
£29.71
United Nations African Governance Report V - 2018: Natural
Book SynopsisExploitation of natural resources has dominated economic activity in Africa but the benefits have accrued only to a privileged few. The continent’s most common strategy of exporting commodities in their raw (non-valued added) form has led to disappointing results, reflected in unsustainable and non-inclusive economic growth, marginal improvements in the well-being of the population, and low levels of economic diversification and transformation. This edition examines efforts to improve the governance of Africa’s abundant natural resources, emphasising the need to strengthen natural resource governance institutions and frameworks to enhance domestic revenue, the promotion of economic diversification, and structural transformation.
£60.00
United Nations Framework for the Development of Environment
Book SynopsisThis multi-purpose conceptual and statistical framework provides an organizing structure to guide the collection and compilation of environment statistics at the national level. Though recommended for use by countries at any stage of development, its primary objective is to guide countries at early stages in the development of their environment statistics programmes by: (i) delineating the scope of environment statistics and identifying its constituents; (ii) contributing to the assessment of data requirements, sources, availability and gaps; (iii) guiding the development of multipurpose data collection processes and databases; and (iv) assisting in the co-ordination and organization of environment statistics, given the inter-institutional nature of the domain. It adequately responds to the increasing demand for information in the follow-up to Rio 20 and the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
£33.96
United Nations Sustainable transport, sustainable development:
Book SynopsisNew and emerging technologies, from electric cars and buses to zero-carbon producing energy sources, as well as policy innovations, are critical for combating climate change, but to be effective, they must ensure that transport strategies benefit everyone, including the poorest, according to this publication, which provides a guide to achieving sustainable transport. This interagency report on sustainable transport was prepared as a background document for the second Global Sustainable Transport Conference, taking place from 14 to 16 October 2021 in Beijing. It was prepared by the Conference Secretariat, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), in close collaboration with other UN agencies
£25.46
United Nations United Nations Environment Programme: report of
Book SynopsisThis is the official report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme submitted to the General Assembly on its fourth session in Nairobi (11-15 March 2019).
£19.09
WHO Regional Office for Europe Night Noise Guidelines for Europe
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£41.83
Amsterdam University Press Chinese Environmental Contention: Linking Up
Book SynopsisA plethora of new actors has in recent years entered China’s environmental arena. In Western countries, the linkages and diffusion processes between such actors often drive environmental movements. Through a study of Chinese anti-incineration contention, Chinese Environmental Contention: Linking Up against Waste Incineration investigates how the different contentious actors in China’s green sphere link up, and what this means for environmental contention. It addresses questions such as: What lies behind the notable increase of environmental protests in China? And what are the potentials for the emergence of an environmental movement? The book shows that a complex network of ties has emerged in China’s environmental realm under Hu Jintao. Affected communities across the country have connected with each other and with national-level environmentalists, experts and lawyers. Such networked contention fosters both local campaigns and national-level policy advocacy. Beyond China, the detailed case studies shed light on the dynamics behind the diffusion of contention under restrictive political conditions.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures List of Abbreviations Preface CHAPTER 1: An Emerging Network in China's Green Sphere - Towards an Environmental Movement? Introduction Networked Contention: Horizontal and Vertical Linkages and the Diffusion of Contention Methods and Data CHAPTER 2: A Burning Issue - Waste Incineration in China A "Golden Age" of Chinese Waste Incineration: Policies and Economic Incentives Critical Voices: The Chinese "No Burn" Community A Wave of Local Resistance: Local Community Contention against Waste Incinerators CHAPTER 3: Learning between Homeowners - The Urban Case of Beijing Asuwei Setting the Stage: Waste Incineration and "Homeowner" Resistance in Beijing For the Broader Public Good: The Case of Beijing Asuwei Analysis: The Role of Horizontal and Vertical Linkages in the Asuwei Campaign CHAPTER 4: Making the Most of External Linkages - The Rural Case of Panguanying Village With a Little Help from their Friends: The Case of Panguanying Village Analysis: The Role of Horizontal and Vertical Linkages for the Panguanying Villagers CHAPTER 5: The Limitations of Linkages - The Peri-Urban Case of Beijing's Dagong Village "Resistance is Futile": The Case of Dagong Village Analysis: The Role of Horizontal and Vertical Linkages in the Dagong Struggle CHAPTER 6: Conclusion - Networked Contention: No Longer Fragmented, Not Yet a Movement Environmental Actors Linking Up: Implications for Local Anti-Incineration Contention in China Beyond Localized Struggles: Networked Contention and the Prospects of a Broader Movement Beyond Waste Incineration: Linking Up as Broader Trend in Chinese Environmental Contention Beyond China: Networked Contention, Linkages and Diffusion in a Restrictive Political Setting Appendices Appendix I: List of Interviews Appendix II: List of Cited Documents Appendix III: Basic Information on Collected Cases Appendix IV: Brief Description of Sample and Central Background Cases Appendix V: Case Protocol Template References Index
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Asean-china Cooperation For Environmental
Book SynopsisIn order for the joint research by Network of ASEAN-China Think-tanks (NACT) to reach out to a much wider audience, NACT began to publish joint research of all Working Groups since 2019. This book is a collection of research papers contributed by ASEAN and China scholars who attended NACT Working Group Meeting on Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Energy Development on April 16, 2019 and NACT Working Group Meeting on Environmental Protection in ASEAN and China on May 17, 2019. The contributing scholars give their ingenious and insightful thoughts on ASEAN-China energy and environmental protection cooperation from either a national or a regional perspective. Two NACT Working Group Reports are also incorporated in the appendices of this book, including innovative and practical policy recommendations on strengthening ASEAN-China sustainable energy and environmental protection cooperation in existing priority areas and identifying new ones.
£66.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Climate And Development
Book SynopsisThe 2015 Paris Accord stated the aim to limit the increase in global mean temperatures to 2ºC compared to pre-industrial levels and if possible, keep it down to 1.5ºC. Achieving this is possible, but the costs incurred are uncertain and the distribution of costs among nations is indistinct. Furthermore, even if the goal is realised, significant impacts from climate change can be expected. Evidence indicates that these will be felt most severely in countries that are relatively poor. These effects of climate change will be added to by the measures taken to reduce GHGs. Together, they will determine how climate change affects the prospects for development across the globe. The analysis of the interplay between climate change and policies to combat it on the one hand and development on the other are the focus of this book.
£130.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lecture Notes In Water Policy
Book SynopsisFreshwater is our planet's most precious resource — essential for life itself. Despite this fact, many people across our planet face difficulties finding safe, clean, potable water. A U.S. State Department report contends that the world's thirst for water may become a human security crisis by 2040. The World Bank reports many developing nations face catastrophe from intensive irrigation, urbanization, and deteriorating infrastructure. Also, numerous reports contend that in many places un-treated wastewater is still released directly into the environment. This is particularly true in low-income countries, which on average treat less than 10% of their wastewater discharges.In short, we face three imminent challenges regarding freshwater: (1) demands by agriculture, cities, industry, and energy production are increasing; (2) severe pollution from various contaminants and growing withdrawals are limiting the capacity of waterways to dilute contaminants — threatening human and aquatic life; and, (3) climate change will cause periods of frequent and severe droughts — punctuated by acute periods of flooding.The goal of this book is to illuminate how the governance of freshwater is a political, social, economic, cultural, and ecological challenge. The management and provision of water are not merely technical problems whose resolution hinges on hydrological principle, cost, or engineering feasibility. They are products of decisions made by governments, businesses, and interest groups that exercise control over who has access to water, how they use it, and in what condition they receive it. It discusses basic knowledge about water supply and quality; the evolution of water policy in different societies; the importance of water to human and environmental health; the role of law, politics, and markets in its allocation, use, and protection; and, the importance of ethics in its equitable provision.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lecture Notes In Water Policy
Book SynopsisFreshwater is our planet's most precious resource — essential for life itself. Despite this fact, many people across our planet face difficulties finding safe, clean, potable water. A U.S. State Department report contends that the world's thirst for water may become a human security crisis by 2040. The World Bank reports many developing nations face catastrophe from intensive irrigation, urbanization, and deteriorating infrastructure. Also, numerous reports contend that in many places un-treated wastewater is still released directly into the environment. This is particularly true in low-income countries, which on average treat less than 10% of their wastewater discharges.In short, we face three imminent challenges regarding freshwater: (1) demands by agriculture, cities, industry, and energy production are increasing; (2) severe pollution from various contaminants and growing withdrawals are limiting the capacity of waterways to dilute contaminants — threatening human and aquatic life; and, (3) climate change will cause periods of frequent and severe droughts — punctuated by acute periods of flooding.The goal of this book is to illuminate how the governance of freshwater is a political, social, economic, cultural, and ecological challenge. The management and provision of water are not merely technical problems whose resolution hinges on hydrological principle, cost, or engineering feasibility. They are products of decisions made by governments, businesses, and interest groups that exercise control over who has access to water, how they use it, and in what condition they receive it. It discusses basic knowledge about water supply and quality; the evolution of water policy in different societies; the importance of water to human and environmental health; the role of law, politics, and markets in its allocation, use, and protection; and, the importance of ethics in its equitable provision.
£42.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lecture Notes In Global-local Policy Interactions
Book SynopsisGlobalization and recent developments in the world suggest strong relationships between local and global decisions, actions and impacts. Global-local relationships are also associated with positive and negative externalities, which necessitate policy interventions.Lecture Notes in Global-Local Policy Interactions discusses the process of building and managing a global public policy and the interaction of public policies at the global and local (national/regional) levels. This book demonstrates the global negative externalities from under-regulation of various activities by one agent/country that affect the well-being of other agents/countries, and the design of policies (agreements) to reduce the impacts of such externalities. Possible opposed interests to global policies of local stakeholders and the (local) policies they established to tackle such externalities in their jurisdictions are included as well.The book introduces concepts and principles associated with conflict, negotiation and cooperation, all of which are part of policy reform and design. It explores to various extents the global-local interactions that are related to selected global policies. Special emphasis is placed on global policies such as climate change, water, anti-terrorism, tobacco control, regulation of substances that deplete the ozone layer, desertification, and elimination of anti-personnel mines.
£76.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lecture Notes In Global-local Policy Interactions
Book SynopsisGlobalization and recent developments in the world suggest strong relationships between local and global decisions, actions and impacts. Global-local relationships are also associated with positive and negative externalities, which necessitate policy interventions.Lecture Notes in Global-Local Policy Interactions discusses the process of building and managing a global public policy and the interaction of public policies at the global and local (national/regional) levels. This book demonstrates the global negative externalities from under-regulation of various activities by one agent/country that affect the well-being of other agents/countries, and the design of policies (agreements) to reduce the impacts of such externalities. Possible opposed interests to global policies of local stakeholders and the (local) policies they established to tackle such externalities in their jurisdictions are included as well.The book introduces concepts and principles associated with conflict, negotiation and cooperation, all of which are part of policy reform and design. It explores to various extents the global-local interactions that are related to selected global policies. Special emphasis is placed on global policies such as climate change, water, anti-terrorism, tobacco control, regulation of substances that deplete the ozone layer, desertification, and elimination of anti-personnel mines.
£38.00
Springer Verlag, Singapore Sustainability Standards and Global Governance:
Book SynopsisThis open access book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and emerging economies. It stems from the recognition that the accelerated pace of economic globalization has generated production and consumption patterns that are generating sustainability concerns. Sustainability standards (and regulations) are increasingly being used in a bid to make global consumption and production more sustainable. Given the dense inter-connectedness of economic affairs globally, the use of sustainability standards has become a concern of global governance, who face the challenge of achieving a balance between the use of standards for genuine sustainability objectives, and not allowing them to turn into instruments of protectionism or coercion.The emerging economies, given their increasing engagement with the global economy, are most impacted by the use of sustainability standards. The emphasis of ‘emerging economies’ in this book is retained both by using case studies from these economies and by collating perceptions and assessments of those located in these economies. The case studies included span sectors such as palm oil, forestry, food quality, vehicular emissions and water standards, and address the problems unique to the emerging economies, including capacity building for compliance with standards, adapting international standards in domestic contexts and addressing the exclusion of small and medium enterprises etc. Complex interfaces and dynamics of a global nature are not limited to the thematic of this book but also extend to the process through which it was written. This book brings together insights from developed as well as emerging economies (Germany, India, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan, Mexico and China). It also brings together scholars and practitioners to jointly ponder upon the conceptual aspects of the global frameworks for sustainability standards. This book is a very useful resource for researchers and practitioners alike, and provides valuable insights for policy makers as well. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Part I – Global Governance Frameworks for Sustainability Standards.- Chapter 2. Transformative impacts? Exploring the link between voluntary sustainability standards and the Sustainable Development Goals.- Chapter 3. Assessing the role of the World Trade Organization in regulating the use of standards in international trade.- Chapter 4. Towards greening trade? Environmental provisions in emerging markets’ preferential trade agreements.- Chapter 5. The CSR interface between the private sector and social and environmental standards and regulations.- Chapter 6. Advances in sustainability reporting: What is missing?.- Chapter 7. The impact of global labour standards on export performance.- Part II – Sustainability Standards in Sectoral and Country Contexts.- Chapter 8. The changing landscape of sustainability standards in Indonesia: Potentials and pitfalls of making global value chains more sustainable.- Chapter 9. The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and its contribution to sustainable forest management in Indonesia.- Chapter 10. Emerging international environmental standards and trade: Sectoral implications for Pakistan.- Chapter 11. Global and national food safety and quality standards: Implications and impacts for farmers in Thailand and India.- Chapter 12. Making local work for the global best: A comparative study on vehicle efficiency standards implementation in China and Mexico.- Chapter 13. Standard-setting in water use and sustainable development: A comparative critical analysis of grey water recycling in the tourism sector.- Chapter 14. Conclusions and policy recommendations.
£40.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Knowledge Society and Education in the
Book SynopsisThis book explores recent trends in the knowledge-based society and education field in Asia-Pacific and discusses future challenges in the region. It presents studies on the development of scientific thought in the field on the knowledge-based society in the Pacific Circle. This book explores the theoretical framework of the knowledge-based society framed by the borders imposed by the Pacific Ocean, particularly from the perspective of the Pacific Circle Consortium (PCC), in the face of a paradigm shift to satisfy the human needs that must be preserved to guarantee economic and human conditions that future development requires. It analyzes how education relates to the knowledge society in the Asia Pacific region, and considers global issues such as environmental degradation, climate change, pollution, soil erosion, growth of the population. It discusses how these issues concerns parents, educators, civil societies and governments of the countries around the Pacific Circle. This book explores the necessity of changing the current transformative paradigm to one that ensures environmental sustainability, with the support of scientific education and research, as an issue that must be integrated into the curricula in schools at all educational levels. Table of ContentsPresentation.- Introduction.- Chapter I A Call to Examine Civic Discourse and Engagement in the Asia-Pacific in an Online World.- Chapter II Business and Training in a Knowledge-Based Economy Environment the Telmex Case.- Chapter III The Russia’s Knowledge Society.- Chapter IV China: Compatible Relations between the Development of Artificial Intelligence, Employment and Education.- Chapter V Higher Education, Knowledge Economy and Tourism Competitiveness in the APEC Area.- Chapter VI The Knowledge Based Economy in Asia and the Pacific: Links to the Sustainable Development Goals.- Chapter VII Some Reflections on the Evolution and the roll of the Environmental Education.- Epilogue The Knowledge Society in the Circle: The New Era of Education and Research in Asia and the Pacific.
£49.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore The Belt and Road Initiative Green Development
Book SynopsisThis is an Open Access book. In accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it showcases 17 projects under the framework of Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). These projects cover ninefields, namely, biodiversity and ecosystem, clean energy, clean water, sustainable transportation, solid waste treatment, sustainable consumption and production, green buildings, sustainable foodproduction and corporate social responsibility. Aiming at achieving green development, these projects, in their implementation, adhere to the concept of ecological civilization, combine China’s strict environmental protection systems and international standards, and take various measures of environmental protection based on the conditions of the local environment. These measures include joint efforts with local governments, businesses and communities, optimizating of design and construction plans, strict controling over different types of pollutants, and in situ conservation of species and ecosystems.The experience and practice of these 13 projects set an example for the latecomers.Table of ContentsCongratulation massage.- Executive summary.- Chapter i: Biodiversity and Ecological Systems.- Chapter ii: Clean Energy.- Chapter iii: Clean Water.- Chapter iv: Sustainable Traffic.- Chapter v: Solid Waste Treatment.- Chapter vi: Sustainable Consumption and Production.- Chapter vii: Green Architecture.- Chapter viii: Corporate Social Responsibility.- Conclusion.
£31.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Political Economy of China’s Climate Policy
Book SynopsisThis book covers major advances in China’s climate policy over the past decade and presents theoretical approaches to climate justice and low-carbon transformation from a Chinese perspective. It analyzes the political economy of China’s climate policy, and subsequently addresses the following major aspects: carbon emissions and human rights, equity and carbon budgets, economic analysis of low-carbon transformation, economics of adaptation to climate change, and international climate regime building. Table of ContentsAn Economic Analysis of China's Climate Policy.- China’s Balance of Emissions Embodied in Trade: Approaches to Measurement and Allocating International Responsibility.- Low Carbon Transformation.- Adapting to the Carrying Capacity, Ensuring Ecological Safety.- Post-Paris Process: A Transformational Breakthrough Is Still Needed.
£80.99
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd China-eu: Green Cooperation
Book SynopsisThis book offers a selection of views from Chinese and European experts and scholars on the most pressing environmental challenges — air quality, global warming, climate change, energy security, urbanisation — faced by Europe and China in 2014. The contributors also discuss possibilities of technical cooperation between the two sides on remedies for the domestic scene as well as contributions to international negotiations. These problems top the agenda of the new leadership in China and also feature prominently on the EU-China agenda for EU's efforts to mitigate climate change.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Critical Materials: Underlying Causes And
Book SynopsisThis book covers a new frontier of research in Critical Materials that provides insight in terms of the possible sustainable mitigation strategies, the complexity, broadness and multi-disciplinarity of the subject. By exploring in both 'systems view' and 'in-depth materials view' in light of the circular economy, this book tackles the problem of sustainable usage of materials that is closely intertwined with the energy issue and climate change. Topics covered include: geopolitics of materials, the energy-materials nexus, definitions of the criticality of materials, circular product design, the development of alternative materials (substitution), sustainable mining and recycling.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd China-eu: Green Cooperation
Book SynopsisThis book offers a selection of views from Chinese and European experts and scholars on the most pressing environmental challenges — air quality, global warming, climate change, energy security, urbanisation — faced by Europe and China in 2014. The contributors also discuss possibilities of technical cooperation between the two sides on remedies for the domestic scene as well as contributions to international negotiations. These problems top the agenda of the new leadership in China and also feature prominently on the EU-China agenda for EU's efforts to mitigate climate change.Table of ContentsClimate Change and China and EU Positions on the World Stage; China and EU's Efforts and Cooperation Towards Low Carbon Economy and Renewable Energy; Urbanization, "Better City, Better Life", including Air Quality, Water and Food Safety and the Possibilities for China-EU Cooperation.
£85.50
Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd Dancing on Thin Ice
Book SynopsisMarina Mahathir continues to make her mark as a community leader, writer and outspoken commentator on social and political affairs. She is also the eldest child of Malaysia's longest-serving prime minister. Marina has for more than 20 years written an insightful and provocative column which is published fortnightly in The Star newspaper. Dancing On Thin Ice is the third compilation of these columns to be be published by EDM, and features her most recent work from 2012 onwards as well as several of her best articles from earlier years. In Dancing On Thin Ice, Marina draws attention to the many dangers faced by Malaysia and raises and addresses issues that concern her and her fellow citizens. Along the way she recalls conversations with Nelson Mandela, proposes that Kuala Lumpur's National Mosque twin with St John s Cathedral, applauds the Malaysians who aid orphans of other faiths and admits to feeling like Alice in Wonderland. The book showcases Marina s perceptiveness and wit and her willingness to speak up for the vulnerable and defenceless. It also demonstrates her common-sense approach to tackling the challenges that beset right-thinking Malaysians, making the book essential reading for everyone interested in Malaysia and in making it a better place."
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Wspc Reference On Natural Resources And
Book SynopsisThe WSPC Reference on Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the Era of Global Change provides a comprehensive and prominent reference of various highly authoritative volumes of long-term scientific value, for milestone concepts and theories. The books in the reference set are edited by leading experts in the fields of: Game Theory, International Relations and Global Politics, Computable General Equilibrium (CGE): Economy-Wide Modeling, and Experimental Economics. Each book in the reference set includes chapters that are laid out by recognized, broadly respected researchers, in fields associated with issues related to natural resources and environmental policy in the era of global change. The reference set focuses on the economic and strategic aspects of interactions among various parts of society, all dependent on the availability and utilization of limited natural resources and their impact on the environment. Policy implications are addressed, including current challenges and future perspectives.The combination of the four books provides a unique perspective on the issues that engage the public discourse of researchers and policy-makers at state, regional, and global levels. Each of the books in the reference set and all four books as a whole provide coverage of disciplines and angles through which the reader can obtain an understanding of the state-of-the-art of dealing with natural resources and environmental policy in the era of global change. The books in the reference set complement each other and provide a scientific understanding of our ability to address the issues covered.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Reversing Climate Change: How Carbon Removals Can
Book Synopsis'The genius of Graciela Chichilnisky is recognized by economists and with this book she has focused that talent to the dire problem facing mankind. To survive we must do more than stave off a further rise of CO₂ in the atmosphere. We need to reverse it if the planet is to be viable. Professor Chichilnisky's achievement along with her co-author Peter Bal is to show us the way to rescue our future.'Professor Edmund Phelps2006 Nobel Laureate in EconomicsDirector, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University'In the world of economic theory, Graciela Chichilnisky is an A-list star.'The Washington Post'The team of Chichilnisky and Bal has exceptional skill in explaining complex topics with great clarity making it easy for non-scientists interested in climate change to read. They address the science of climate change, the complex international negotiations needed to reach a compromise between developing nations and the developed ones, and importantly the urgent need to find a way of extracting CO₂ from the atmosphere and utilizing and sequestering it in a commercially profitable manner. The last topic has been almost completely ignored by the media.'Theodore Roosevelt IVManaging Director & Chairman of Barclays Cleantech InitiativeBARCLAYSThe Kyoto Protocol capped the emissions of the main emitters, the industrialized countries, one by one. It also created an innovative financial mechanism, the Carbon Market and its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows developing nations to receive carbon credits when they reduce their emissions below their baselines. The carbon market, an economic system that created a price for carbon for the first time, is now used in four continents, is promoted by the World Bank, and is recommended even by leading oil and gas companies. However, one critical problem for the future of the Kyoto Protocol is the continuing impasse between the rich and the poor nations.Who should reduce emissions — the rich or the poor countries?
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Reversing Climate Change: How Carbon Removals Can
Book Synopsis'The genius of Graciela Chichilnisky is recognized by economists and with this book she has focused that talent to the dire problem facing mankind. To survive we must do more than stave off a further rise of CO₂ in the atmosphere. We need to reverse it if the planet is to be viable. Professor Chichilnisky's achievement along with her co-author Peter Bal is to show us the way to rescue our future.'Professor Edmund Phelps2006 Nobel Laureate in EconomicsDirector, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University'In the world of economic theory, Graciela Chichilnisky is an A-list star.'The Washington Post'The team of Chichilnisky and Bal has exceptional skill in explaining complex topics with great clarity making it easy for non-scientists interested in climate change to read. They address the science of climate change, the complex international negotiations needed to reach a compromise between developing nations and the developed ones, and importantly the urgent need to find a way of extracting CO₂ from the atmosphere and utilizing and sequestering it in a commercially profitable manner. The last topic has been almost completely ignored by the media.'Theodore Roosevelt IVManaging Director & Chairman of Barclays Cleantech InitiativeBARCLAYSThe Kyoto Protocol capped the emissions of the main emitters, the industrialized countries, one by one. It also created an innovative financial mechanism, the Carbon Market and its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows developing nations to receive carbon credits when they reduce their emissions below their baselines. The carbon market, an economic system that created a price for carbon for the first time, is now used in four continents, is promoted by the World Bank, and is recommended even by leading oil and gas companies. However, one critical problem for the future of the Kyoto Protocol is the continuing impasse between the rich and the poor nations.Who should reduce emissions — the rich or the poor countries?
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Management Of Transboundary Water Resources Under
Book SynopsisWater scarcity due to climate change, population growth, and economic development is a critical issue in many semi-arid and arid regions around the world. Water scarcity is especially critical in regions where water is shared by several riparian states and used for competing purposes (irrigation, domestic, industry, environment, and hydropower). There is evidence that water scarcity may give rise to conflicts among the riparian states that share water basins. At the same time, there is evidence that proper arrangements among riparian states create a basis for cooperation, which is a necessary condition for economic development, food production, environmental sustainability, and poverty reduction. This book presents a collection of work presented by a group of academics and policy experts dealing with the impact of water scarcity and variability on the ability to jointly manage shared water and the derived welfare of international states and nations sharing international river basins, consisting of economics, technology, law and institutions, geography, and international relations.The book covers theoretical aspects of management of transboundary water as well as case studies from hotspots around the world. The unique aspect of this book is the multidisciplinary nature of the chapters, reflecting a new field of research that will gain popularity as water scarcity will increase over time and across regions.The chapters from the book were presented at the 'Management of Transboundary Water Resources under Scarcity: Perspectives on Agriculture and Food Security' workshop held at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, from June 22 to 23, 2015.Table of ContentsForeword Climate Change, Institutions and Transboundary Water (Aaron Wolf); Introduction (Ariel Dinar and Yacov Tsur); Economic, Institutional and Technological Aspects in Management of Transboundary Water under Scarcity: The Economics of Transboundary River Management (Erik Ansink and Harold Houba); Managing Water Scarcity in the Jordan River Basin (Yacov Tsur); Distributional Aspects of Damming the Blue Nile (Getachew Nigatu and Ariel Dinar); Issue Linkage as a Mechanism for Conflict Management in the Mekong Basin (Kim Hang Pham Do and Ariel Dinar); Water Treaty Models: New International Legal and Institutional Framework to Manage Surface Water and Groundwater in Conjunctive Use with Specific Regulation for Fossil Aquifers Along the United States - Mexico Border Region: A Water Banking Respective (Maria Milanes-murcia); Changing the Nature of Transboundary Water Agreements: The Israeli-Palestinian Case (David B Brooks and Julie Trottier); Israel and the Palestinian Authority: Water Governance and Pollution Prevention: A Watershed-based Approach to Mitigating Transboundary Wastewater Conflicts between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (Clive Lipchin and David Lehrer); Environmental Restoration as a Basis for Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation: Method and Examples from Two Transboundary Streams (Nir Becker); Regional Case Studies: Climate Change, Transboundary Water and Security in the Middle East (Eran Feitelson); Disputes over Shared Waters: Can River Basin Organizations make a Difference? (Susanne Schmeier and Sabine Schulze); Transboundary Water Management along the Tagus River Basin in the Iberian Peninsula: Sustainable Water Allocation of the Tagus-Segura Aqueduct (Maria Milanes-murcia); Institutional Settings in Transboundary Water Management: Lessons from the Fergana Valley and the Lower Jordan Basin (Christine Bismuth and Bernd Hansjurgens); Cooperation in Transboundary Water Sharing with Issue Linkage: A Game-Theoretical Case Study in the Aral Sea(Anik Bhaduri and Jens Liebe); Conclusion and Future Research Needs (Yacov Tsur and Ariel Dinar);
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Penguin Books Ltd Hope Dies Last
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Random House USA Inc Lone Wolf
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Information Age Publishing Climate Governance in International and
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Haymarket Books Environmentalism from Below: How Global People's
Book SynopsisA global account of the grassroots environmental movements on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Environmentalism from Below takes readers inside the popular struggles for environmental liberation in the Global South. These communities—among the most vulnerable to but also least responsible for the climate crisis—have long been at the forefront of the fight to protect imperiled worlds. Today, as the world’s forests burn and our oceans acidify, grassroots movements are tenaciously defending the environmental commons and forging just and sustainable ways of living on Earth. Scholar and activist Ashley Dawson constructs a gripping narrative of these movements of climate insurgents, from international solidarity organizations like La Via Campesina and Shack Dwellers International to local struggles in South Africa, Colombia, India, Nigeria, and beyond. Taking up the four critical challenges we face in a warming world—food, urban sustainability, energy transition, and conservation—Dawson shows how the unruly power of environmentalism from below is charting an alternative path forward, from challenging industrial agriculture through fights for food sovereignty and agroecology to resisting extractivism using mass nonviolent protest and sabotage. An urgent, essential intervention, Environmentalism from Below offers a hopeful alternative to the gridlock of UN-based climate negotiations and the narrow nationalism of some Green New Deal efforts. As Dawson reminds us, the fight against ecocide is already being waged worldwide. Building on longstanding traditions of anticolonial struggle, environmentalism from below is a model for a people’s movement for climate justice—one that demands solidarity.Trade ReviewPraise for Extinction: “An elegant, controversial thesis” —The Guardian “A welcome contribution to the growing literature on this slow-motion calamity.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “Dawson's searing report on species loss will sober up anyone who has drunk the Kool-Aid of green capitalism.” —Andrew Ross “Fusing social and ecological challenges to power is the only way forward … a long-awaited, elegant and comprehensive expression of why the time is right to make these links." —Patrick Bond “A great tool for anti-capitalists, climate change activists, and those still making sense of the intrinsic connections between the two." —Jasbir Puar “Historically grounded, densely researched, fluidly written … a powerful and painful exploration of human civilization's environmental irrationalities.” —Christian Parenti Praise for People’s Power: “For anyone wanting to understand what comes after oil and how we might get there.” —Imre Szeman, author of On Petrocultures “A gift to activists, providing a clear and accessible history of energy as well as a vision towards the publicly owned, democratically controlled, 100% renewable world we need.” —Aaron Eisenberg, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation “A brilliant guide to building collective, equitable, and radical energy democracies in the here and now.” —Lavinia Steinfort, Transnational Institute Praise for Extreme Cities: Named One of the Top 10 Books of the Year by Publishers Weekly and Planetizen “Extreme Cities is a ground-breaking investigation of the vulnerability of our cities in an age of climate chaos. We feel safe and protected in the middle of our great urban areas, but as Sandy and Katrina made clear, and as this fine book reveals anew, the massive shifts on our earth increasingly lay bare the social inequalities that fracture our civilization.”—Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org
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Haymarket Books Its Not That Radical
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Columbia Global Reports Climate Radicals
Book SynopsisAre radical climate activists hurting the cause? Germany should have been a global leader in combating climate change—its voters consider it a major issue and back the world’s most powerful Green Party. Yet, Germany’s climate policies have been disappointing, with its relatively weak carbon reduction efforts. What happened? In Climate Radicals, Cameron Abadi profiles the fascinating activists of Letzte Generation, known for gluing themselves to street intersections and throwing food on works of art; Ende Gelande, which demands the immediate phaseout of coal by occupying mines; and the German leaders of the global coalition Fridays for Future, which organizes school strikes (on Fridays) and many other large-scale demonstrations. Abadi finds that the groups’ uncompromising stances and outrage over narrowly defined policy failures have led them to extreme acts of publicity that feed their sense
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