1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910598002103321

Autore

Pirani Simon <1957->

Titolo

Burning up : a global history of fossil fuel consumption / / Simon Pirani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Pluto Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-78680-312-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 pages)

Disciplina

363.7387

Soggetti

Fossil fuels - Environmental aspects

Fossil fuels - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Coal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution. And yet, of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50 years. Most alarming of all, fossil fuel consumption has grown fastest in the last three decades, since scientists confirmed that it is the main cause of potentially devastating global warming.     In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid twentieth century. Dispelling explanations foregrounding Western consumerism, and arguments that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are consumed through technological, social and economic systems, and that these systems must change.     This is a major contribution to understanding the greatest crisis of our time.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786735803321

Titolo

Article 33 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [[electronic resource] ] : national structures for the implementation and monitoring of the convention / / edited by Gauthier de Beco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013

ISBN

90-04-22082-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

De BecoGauthier

Disciplina

342.08/7

Soggetti

People with disabilities - Legal status, laws, etc - Europe

International and municipal law - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Gauthier de Beco -- Editorial Introduction / Gauthier de Beco -- National Structures for the Implementation and Monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Gauthier de Beco and Alexander Hoefmans -- Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in Denmark: The Sails Are up / Maria Ventegodt Liisberg -- Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in the United Kingdom: The Need to Consolidate Civil Society Engagement / Rachel Murray and Kelley Johnson -- Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in Italy: Magna Pars est Profectus Velle Proficere / Delia Ferri -- Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in Slovenia: A Feeling of Confusion / Aleksandra Tabaj and Cveto Uršič -- Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in Austria: An Evolving Sense of Action / Marianne Schulze -- Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in Spain: A Rather Erratic and Improvised Experience / Francisco J. Bariffi -- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Gauthier de Beco -- Principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles) / Gauthier de Beco -- Index / Gauthier de Beco.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an in-depth examination of Article 33 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Article 33 of the CRPD requires that, for persons with disabilities, States parties 1)



designate focal points and, if required, coordination mechanisms; 2) designate or establish independent mechanisms and; 3) guarantee the participation of civil society. The book aims to contribute to a better understanding of the national structures for the implementation and monitoring of the CRPD. In addition to analysing Article 33 of the CRPD, in a theoretical part, it studies its application through case studies on the following six EU Member States: Denmark, the United Kingdom, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, and Spain.