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  • Climate Policy Options Post-2012

    European strategy, technology and adaptation after Kyoto

    Series series Climate Policy Series
    This special issue of the Climate Policy journal addresses the following key questions:* What long-term range of policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation should Europe pursue to adequately enhance sustainability on a global level?* What are the implications of long-term European climate strategy for the design of a global post-2012 climate regime?* What are the key concerns of ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Development Policy as a Way to Manage Climate Change Risks

    Edited by Bert Metz, M Kok J T ...
    The integration of development and climate objectives is increasingly recognized as significant in research and policy making. In practice, some development aims, such as poverty alleviation, enhancing energy security and access or improving health, also have potential climate benefits. The challenge is to find a broadly applicable range of effective policies and actions that realize development ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Controlling Climate Change

    by Bert Metz ...
    An unbiased and comprehensive overview, based on the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and adapting to man-made climate change, and works through the often confusing potential solutions. Bert Metz is the former co-chair of the IPCC, at the center of international climate change negotiations. His insider expertise provides a ... Read more

    $70.59 USD

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  • Climate Cover-Up

    The Crusade to Deny Global Warming

    This "must-read book describes in disturbing detail" how the energy industry has fueled a bogus controversy about manmade climate change ( Toronto Star).This book rips the lid off the campaign to discredit scientists, confuse journalists, and deny climate change. The tactics have been slick, but PR expert James Hoggan and investigative journalist Richard Littlemore have compiled a readable, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Vanishing Face of Gaia

    A Final Warning

    The global temperature is rising, the ice caps are melting, and levels of pollution across the world have reached unprecedented heights. According to eminent scientist James Lovelock, in order to survive an assault from her dependents, the Earth is lurching ever closer to a permanent "hot state." Within the next century, we will almost certainly be forced to give up many of the comforts of western ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Climate of Hope

    How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former head of the Sierra Club Carl Pope comes a manifesto on how the benefits of taking action on climate change are concrete, immediate, and immense. They explore climate change solutions that will make the world healthier and more prosperous, aiming to begin a new type of conversation on the issue that will spur bolder action by cities, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Little Black Lies

    Corporate and Political Spin in the Global War for Oil

    by Jeff Gailus ...
    Series series RMB Manifesto
    Beginning in 1967 and for just over 30 years, the oil industry toiled in the relative obscurity of Northern Alberta as machines peeled away earth and boreal forest to exhume what has now become one of humanity’s most precious and contentious resources: bitumen. As the years passed, the bitumen mines sprawled, poisonous tailings ponds spread, toxins polluted the environment, cancer reared its head ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Why We Disagree About Climate Change

    Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity

    by Mike Hulme ...
    Climate change is not 'a problem' waiting for 'a solution'. It is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon which is re-shaping the way we think about ourselves, our societies and humanity's place on Earth. Drawing upon twenty-five years of professional work as an international climate change scientist and public commentator, Mike Hulme provides a unique insider's account of the ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Inheritors of the Earth

    How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction

    Human activity has irreversibly changed the natural environment. But the news isn't all bad.It's accepted wisdom today that human beings have permanently damaged the natural world, causing extinction, deforestation, pollution, and of course climate change. But in Inheritors of the Earth, biologist Chris Thomas shows that this obscures a more hopeful truth -- we're also helping nature grow and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • When Soldiers Fall

    How Americans Have Confronted Combat Losses from World War I to Afghanistan

    by Steven Casey ...
    Call it the Vietnam Syndrome or Black Hawk Down blowback. It's the standard assumption that Americans won't tolerate combat casualties, that a rising body count lowers support for war. But that's not true, argues historian Steven Casey; even worse, this assumption damages democracy. Fearing a backlash, the military has routinely distorted its casualty reports in order to hide the true cost of war. ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Global Warming

    The Complete Briefing

    by John Houghton ...
    How much of global warming is due to human activities? How far will it be possible to adapt to changes of climate? Sir John Houghton's definitive, full colour guide to climate change answers these questions and more by providing the best and latest information available, including the latest IPCC findings. The simple, logical flow of ideas gives an invaluable grounding in the science, as well as ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • A Joosr Guide to... This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein: Capitalism vs. the Climate

    by Joosr ...
    In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.You've probably heard warnings about climate change; ... Read more

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