Surviving the century : facing climate chaos and other global challenges / / edited by Herbert Girardet
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| Titolo: |
Surviving the century : facing climate chaos and other global challenges / / edited by Herbert Girardet
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.9/27 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sustainable development |
| Climatic changes - Economic aspects | |
| Renewable energy sources | |
| International trade - Social aspects | |
| Equality | |
| Altri autori: |
GirardetHerbert
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | '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, |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Facing climate chaos and other global challenges |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Surviving the century |
| ISBN: | 1-136-55615-X |
| 1-280-86253-X | |
| 1-84977-270-3 | |
| 1-136-55616-8 | |
| 9786610862535 | |
| 600-00-0202-5 | |
| 1-4294-8021-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910829103103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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