03592oam 2200817I 450 991077782210332120230207224927.01-136-55615-X1-280-86253-X1-84977-270-31-136-55616-89786610862535600-00-0202-51-4294-8021-110.4324/9781849772709 (CKB)1000000000473277(EBL)981597(OCoLC)804665559(SSID)ssj0000366439(PQKBManifestationID)12152107(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366439(PQKBWorkID)10414278(PQKB)10579104(SSID)ssj0000254228(PQKBManifestationID)11939358(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000254228(PQKBWorkID)10206542(PQKB)11352189(MiAaPQ)EBC981597(MiAaPQ)EBC430110(Au-PeEL)EBL981597(CaPaEBR)ebr10178478(CaONFJC)MIL86253(OCoLC)796796394(OCoLC)162139924(EXLCZ)99100000000047327720180706d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSurviving the century facing climate chaos and other global challenges /edited by Herbert GirardetLondon ;Sterling, Va. :Earthscan,2007.1 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84407-612-1 1-84407-458-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Surviving the Century Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Boxes; List of Contributors; Foreword by Jakob von Üxkuell; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction: Future - What Future?; 1 Addressing Climate Chaos; 2 Renewable Energy is the Future; 3 Feeding People in an Age of Climate Change; 4 Climate and the Amazon; 5 Creating Sustainable and Liveable Cities; 6 Cradle to Cradle Production; 7 A Radical New Vision for World Trade; 8 The Promise of Living Democracy; Index'The combined analysis presented here of why current arrangements are failing the future and clear insights of the way to go, offer us hope.'Mary Robinson, President of Realising Rights, Ethical Globalisation Initiative, and former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsEnvironmental and human catastrophe looms ever larger for planet Earth. Powerful action is required now to turn a deepening global crisis into an unprecedented opportunity for positive change. This book shows how a dramatic transformation of how humans relate to the Earth, and to one another, Facing climate chaos and other global challengesSustainable developmentClimatic changesEconomic aspectsRenewable energy sourcesInternational tradeSocial aspectsEqualitySustainable development.Climatic changesEconomic aspects.Renewable energy sources.International tradeSocial aspects.Equality.338.9/27Girardet Herbert552532MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777822103321Surviving the century3762572UNINA