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  • Sustainable Energy for All

    Innovation, technology and pro-poor green transformations

    by David Ockwell, Rob Byrne ...
    Series series Pathways to Sustainability
    Despite decades of effort and billions of dollars spent, two thirds of people in sub-Saharan Africa still lack access to electricity, a vital pre-cursor to economic development and poverty reduction. Ambitious international policy commitments seek to address this, but scholarship has failed to keep pace with policy ambitions, lacking both the empirical basis and the theoretical perspective to ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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  • The Hydrogen Economy

    by Jeremy Rifkin ...
    "The road to global security lies in lessening our dependence on Middle East oil and making sure that all people on Earth have access to the energy they need to sustain life. Weaning the world off oil and turning it toward hydrogen is a promissory note for a safer world." -Jeremy RifkinRifkin's international bestseller presents the clearest, most comprehensive case for moving ourselves away from ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Blood and Earth

    Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World

    by Kevin Bales ...
    For readers of such crusading works of nonfiction as Katherine Boo’s Beyond the Beautiful Forevers and Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains comes a powerful and captivating examination of two entwined global crises: environmental destruction and human trafficking—and an inspiring, bold plan for how we can solve them.A leading expert on modern-day slavery, Kevin Bales has traveled to some of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Developing the Global Bioeconomy

    Technical, Market, and Environmental Lessons from Bioenergy

    Edited by Patrick Lamers, Erin Searcy, J. Richard Hess, Heinz Stichnothe ...
    Developing the Global Bioeconomy: Technical, Market, and Environmental Lessons from Bioenergy brings together expertise from three IEA-Bioenergy subtasks on pyrolysis, international trade, and biorefineries to review the bioenergy sector and draw useful lessons for the full deployment of the bioeconomy. Despite the vast amount of politically driven strategies, there is little understanding on how ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Grassroots Innovation Movements

    by Adrian Smith, Mariano Fressoli, Dinesh Abrol, Elisa Arond, Adrian Ely ...
    Series series Pathways to Sustainability
    Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been innovating grassroots solutions for social justice and environmental sustainability for decades. Unencumbered by disciplinary boundaries, policy ... Read more

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  • Green Innovation in China

    China's Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

    by Joanna Lewis ...
    Series series Contemporary Asia in the World
    As the greatest coal-producing and consuming nation in the world, China would seem an unlikely haven for wind power. Yet the country now boasts a world-class industry that promises to make low-carbon technology more affordable and available to all. Conducting an empirical study of China's remarkable transition and the possibility of replicating their model elsewhere, Joanna I. Lewis adds greater ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Biofuels and Rural Poverty

    by Joy Clancy ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Bioenergy
    Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries.Three key concerns are examined from a North-South perspective: ecological ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Gender Equality and Sustainable Development

    Edited by Melissa Leach ...
    Series series Pathways to Sustainability
    For pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality and the rights and capabilities of women and girls, those whose lives and well-being are at stake must be involved in leading the way.Gender Equality and Sustainable Development calls for policies, investments and initiatives in sustainable development that recognize women’s knowledge, agency and decision-making as fundamental. Four ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Renewable Energy Sources - Wave, Geothermal and Biomass Energy Edition : Environment Books for Kids | Children's Environment Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Wave, geothermal and biomass energies are complex sources of renewable energy. They require sophisticated equipment to harvest the energy and generate electricity for homes and industries. In this book, we’re going to learn the basic definitions of these energy sources. We’re also going to study the science and technology that converts them into electricity. Go ahead and secure a copy today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Cars, Automobility and Development in Asia

    Wheels of change

    Edited by Arve Hansen, Kenneth Nielsen ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Transport, Environment and Development
    Cars, Automobility and Development in Asia explores the nexus between automobility and development in a pan-Asian comparative perspective. The book seeks to integrate the policies, production forms, consumption preferences and symbolism implicated in emerging Asian automobilities. Using empirically rich and grounded analyses of both comparative and single-country case studies, the authors chart ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Global Warming and Social Innovation

    The Challenge of a Climate Neutral Society

    Edited by Andre Faaij, Marcel Kok, David Jager ...
    Societies need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 80 per cent in order to counter the risks of climate change. This study envisions a climate neutral society - one where the output of polluting gases is minimised by social innovations set up in households, by local authorities, through developments in information and communications technologies and dematerialization, and through the shift ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • China's Resource Diplomacy in Africa

    Powering Development?

    by M. Power, G. Mohan, M. Tan-Mullins ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book seeks to understand China's evolving political and economic role in Africa and assesses what impacts Chinese aid, trade and investment have on the politics of specific African countries, and the extent to which it excites geopolitical competition. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD