In the face of climate change and socially responsible investment (SRI) principles, environmental metrics for driving and managing sustainability creates major data and reporting challenges for most organisations.For instance, for carbon foot printing and accounting alone, there are potentially huge data volumes on carbon and energy which will come from different sources in different formats, at different cycles/frequencies (and likely with different assumptions).Thus the data management challen...
Tourismus und OEkologie (Lehr- Und Handbucher Zu Tourismus, Verkehr Und Freizeit)
by Hansruedi Muller
Wege Zu Einem Nachhaltigen Umgang Mit Süßwasser (Welt Im Wandel, #1997)
Die globale Susswasserkrise wird sich zukunftig weiter verscharfen. Neueste Analysen des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveranderungen (WBGU) zeigen nicht nur die heutigen Brennpunkte, sondern auch die zukunftig fur Wasserkrisen besonders anfalligen Weltregionen auf. Zusatzlich werden drei eng mit der globalen Susswasserkrise in Verbindung stehende "Krankheitsbilder der Erde" untersucht. Aus dieser Zusammenschau leiten die Wissenschaftler in ihrem neuesten Jahresberi...
The main research topics and the discussion among researchers and governmental representatives are featured in this study. In the first chapter, government officials give insight into the current development of the European Spatial Planning Policy. Following this, research reports on developments around the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea make political strategies apparent. This unique combination of the discussion of strategies for sustainable regional development in Europe with different CEE rese...
Mike Hulme has been studying climate change for over thirty years and is today one of the most distinctive and recognisable voices speaking internationally about climate change in the academy, in public and in the media. The argument that he has made powerfully over the last few years is that climate change has to be understood as much as an idea situated in different cultural contexts as it is as a physical phenomenon to be studied through universal scientific practices. Climate change at its c...
Challenging conventional wisdom on the virtues of a consumer economy, this provocative book explores the nexus between growth and environment sustainability. The miracle of the modern affluent economy is an ever-swelling cornucopia of consumer goods, leading to expanding consumption as the essential underpinning of economic growth in more and more parts of the globe. Douglas Booth contends that expansion in this form amounts to an addiction. Are we as a society hooked on economic growth of a kin...
Governance Reform in Africa (Routledge Explorations in Development Studies)
by Jerome Bachelard
Poor governance is increasingly recognized as the greatest impediment to economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, some impressive governance reforms are underway in many countries. This includes cases such as Nigeria - formerly the most corrupt country in the world according to Transparency International. Yet other countries such as Chad are still in reform deadlock. To account for these differences, this book examines governance reform in Sub-Saharan Africa based on an analysis of...
There is no damage to the earth which does not have its counterpart in the ruin of the inner landscapes of humanity.
This book revolves around the theme of Survival Solutions for the Crises and saw a wide variety of discussions take place on the current crises faced by life on earth. It is increasingly necessary to view the numerous interconnected systemic social, political and ecological problems in a new light which will make us capable of addressing these issues and expand our imagination to think of new Visions for the 21st century. This lovely book aims to bring together more responses, ideas,...
International Environmental Agreements (Berichte Aus Der Volkswirtschaft)
by Samuel Rutz
The Frackers by Gregory Zuckerman, bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever, tells the untold story of the tycoons behind the US fracking controversy. Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation's already tenuous relations with the Middle East. China was rapidly industrializing and competing for resources. Major oil companies had just about given up on new discoveries on US soil, and...
1.2 billion people on Earth still don't have electricity. Even where cell phones are now common, like sub-Saharan Africa and parts of India, villagers still walk miles to charge them. But new large-scale, sustainable solutions will not only usher in a new era of light, but be an important first step in lifting people from poverty and putting them on a road of sustainable economic development. Also, a unique, transforming opportunity for Western thinkers and practitioners will be created. These a...
Lean Logic is David Fleming's masterpiece, the product of more than thirty years' work and a testament to the creative brilliance of one of Britain's most important intellectuals. A dictionary unlike any other, it leads readers through Fleming's stimulating exploration of fields as diverse as culture, history, science, art, logic, ethics, myth, economics, and anthropology, being made up of four hundred and four engaging essay-entries covering topics such as Boredom, Community, Debt, Growth, Har...
We are squandering our planet's natural capital-its biodiversity, water and soil, and energy sources-at a blistering pace. Major changes must be made to steer our planet and people away from our current, doomed course. Though technology has been one of the drivers of the current trend of unsustainable development, it is also one of the essential tools for remedying it. Earth at Risk maps out the necessary transition to sustainability, detailing the innovations in technology, along with law, scie...
Perfect for readers of James Rebanks, Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshingly new outlook on the way forward for society. A vital resource for activists, students, policy makers and anyone looking to enact change. In a time of UNCERTAINTY, what would a truly RESILIENT SOCIETY look like? The recent pandemic has brought to light the fragility of a globalised food system. We have seen firsthand how important farmers are and how scary it can be when supply chains b...
Completely revised, this second edition of a bestseller explores the latest technology advancements and the many changes and developments in the utility and environmental regulation areas. It includes new information on the state of deregulation and market pricing as well as discussion of smart grid and other emerging programs. The environmental sections reflect the current emphasis on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon management, updates to CAAA regulations and timelines and the latest develo...
The Wspc Reference on Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the Era of Global Change
As read by James Corden, Fearne Cotton, Jim Chapman and Dougie Poytner.'We have a responsibility, every one of us' David Attenborough Around 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean every year, killing over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals.By 2050 there could be more plastic in the ocean than fish by weight.Plastic pollution is the environmental scourge of our age, but how can YOU make a difference? This accessible guide, written by the campaigner at the forefront of th...
Library Journal This book goes further than any of the other titles considered here, both in terms of the deep societal ills it examines and the radical solutions it proposes. It is not just peak oil, but peak America Murphy takes as his subject. His plan is based on "curtailment" - we must not only make drastic cuts in our use of fossil fuels, but also cut our rates of consumption, buy less, use less, want less, waste less, watch less televsion, eat better foods, give up driving private cars, a...
They contain about 300 pages of exciting ideasand informed papers discussing all aspects of Social Justice and its implementation and todays challenges.The papers include a section by the worlds first professor of social justice and also by the Head of the Heterodox Economists Association and also by a Nobel Prize winning economistThe papers are very informative and very lively and varied with authors from all over the world. The papers have inspired at least 5 books from them too.
The Economic Importance of Wild Resources in the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands, Nigeria, the - 8132IIED