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  • Cities and Mega Risks

    COVID-19 and Climate Change

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses on the emergence of COVID-19 and climate change as twin mega risks to cities of both developed and developing countries. The work analyses how the pandemic has transformed city functions, promoted remote working, and affected socializing, education and learning patterns, recreation, as well as shopping and entertainment. It discusses the lessons learned from these two Mega Risks, ... Leer más

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  • Atmospheric Methane

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    Methane is an important greenhouse gas that can cause global warming. The present concentrations of methane are nearly three times higher than several hundred years ago. Today, more than 60% of the atmospheric methane comes from human activities, including rice agriculture, coal mining, natural gas usage, biomass burning, and raising of cattle. Methane affects the stratospheric ozone layer and the ... Leer más

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  • Sustainability Standards and Global Governance

    Experiences of Emerging Economies

    This open access book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and emerging economies. It stems from the recognition that the accelerated pace of economic globalization has generated production and consumption patterns that are generating sustainability concerns. Sustainability standards (and regulations) are increasingly being used ... Leer más

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  • Fixing the Climate

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    Solving the global climate crisis through local partnerships and experimentationGlobal climate diplomacy—from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement—is not working. Despite decades of sustained negotiations by world leaders, the climate crisis continues to worsen. The solution is within our grasp—but we will not achieve it through top-down global treaties or grand bargains among nations.Charles ... Leer más

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  • Efficiency, Finance, and Varieties of Industrial Policy

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    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
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  • Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development

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    Edición de Lez Rayman-Bacchus, Philip Walsh ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sustainability and Business
    Corporate responsibility and sustainable development are two concepts that may be able to reconcile many of the big challenges facing the world; challenges such as tensions between respect for the natural environment, social justice, and economic development; the long view versus short-term imperatives and the competing priorities between developed and developing economies.This book explores the ... Leer más

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  • Global Health Watch 6

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  • Designing Smart and Resilient Cities for a Post-Pandemic World

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    Series series Routledge Frontiers in the Development of International Business, Management and Marketing
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