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The carbon footprint wars : what might happen if we retreat from globalization? /
Climate change is acknowledged to be the major problem currently facing the human race, and the need to reduce our carbon footprint becomes ever more urgent as the scientific predictions of the effects of climate change become increasingly dire. Whether we are fully aware of the social and political...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Climate change is acknowledged to be the major problem currently facing the human race, and the need to reduce our carbon footprint becomes ever more urgent as the scientific predictions of the effects of climate change become increasingly dire. Whether we are fully aware of the social and political consequences of striving for a significant reduction is more questionable. The Carbon Footprint Wars identifies the many dangers inherent in the projected solutions - such as retreating from the spread of globalization, the current socio-economic paradigm for world trade. The war of words that is b. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748637676 0748637672 0748637664 9780748637669 1282136585 9781282136588 |