"This book brings together diverse perspectives concerning uncertainty and climate change in India. Uncertainty is a key factor shaping climate and environmental policy at international, national, and local levels. Climate change and events such as cyclones, floods, droughts and…
"Humanity is facing an unprecedented global catastrophe as a result of global warming. This book examines the reasons why international agencies, together with national governments, are seemingly unable to provide real and binding solutions to the problems. The reasons presented…
Humanity is facing an unprecedented global catastrophe as a result of global warming. This book examines the reasons why international agencies, together with national governments, are seemingly unable to provide real and binding solutions to the problems. The reasons presented …
La 4e de couverture indique : "Le climat se réchauffe, personne ne le conteste plus, le moment de l'action est venu. Non, cette planète n'est pas condamnée, il faut seulement prendre conscience que l'économie aborde un nouveau et gigantesque défi. La réponse des économistes au c…
Want to keep up with emerging design thinking and issues worldwide? Design Studio is a new thematic series that distils the most topical work and ideas from schools and practices globally. The first volume launches with the proposition: Everything Needs to Change. Exploring arch…
Evolve with the business landscape -- Block and tackle your climate strategy -- Reduce GHG! The saga continues -- Choose wisely -- Seek the truth and it shall set you free -- Consider more than carbon -- Put it all together. "This is the decade for climate action. Internal and …
by Bankes, Nigel, Koivurova, Timo, Keskitalo, E. Carina H.
The world is facing several serious challenges at the close of the fossil and nuclear energy regime: the limited resources of cheap conventional oil can only be surmounted by tapping unconventional oil reserves, e.g. deep sea oil. The explosion of the oil platform Deepwater Hori…
Climate change represents a "tragedy of the commons" on a global scale, requiring the cooperation of nations that do not necessarily put the Earth's well-being above their own national interests. And yet international efforts to address global warming have met with some success;…
"Climate and Energy Politics in Poland: Debating Carbon Dioxide and Shale Gas presents a new, object-oriented perspective on the challenge faced by the largest post-socialist EU Member State from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Poland, to produce knowledge about its energy sys…
Lomborg argues that climate change, while real, is not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. There is no scientific evidence, for instance, that the world is suffering from more droughts, wildfires, or hurricanes than ever before. Climate panic is based on bad scien…
Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction and Analytical Framework: 1. Introduction; 1.1. China and India's puzzling energy and climate policy behavior; 1.2. Argument in brief and propositions; 1.3. Literature review: levels of analysis; 1.4. Case selection; 1.5. Con…
