1. Introduction -- 2 Basic science : and some politics : of climate change -- 3. Sustainable agriculture : sequestering carbon for food security -- 4. Economic growth, well-being and sustainability -- 5. Development in a changing climate -- 6. Ethics and climate change -- 7. Kyo…
"...reviews new developments and the alarming lack of progress in reducing emissions. This updated edition explains the key scientific, economic and policy issues related to climate change without assuming any prior knowledge...[Economists and policy makers] underestimate the gr…
" ... Reviews new developments and the alarming lack of progress in reducing emissions. This updated edition explains the key scientific, economic and policy issues related to climate change without assuming any prior knowledge ... [Economists and policy makers] underestimate th…
Threatening Dystopias shows how in Bangladesh--described by many as the world's most vulnerable country to climate change--national and global elites ignore the history of landscape transformation and intense, contemporary political conflicts. At the same time, these elites also…
"The political ecology of climate change adaptation is shaped by longer histories of development and agrarian change. In coastal Bangladesh, competing visions of this history and of desirable development trajectories under climate change among practitioners, scientists, and loca…
"The political ecology of climate change adaptation is shaped by longer histories of development and agrarian change. In coastal Bangladesh, competing visions of this history and of desirable development trajectories under climate change among practitioners, scientists, and loca…
Climate change is at the forefront of ideas about public policy, the economy and labour issues. However, the gendered dimensions of climate change and the public policy issues associated with it in wealthy nations are much less understood. This book covers a wide range of issues…