Earth at risk : natural capital and the quest for sustainability /

We are squandering our planet's natural capital - its biodiversity, water and soil, and energy sources - at a blistering pace. Major changes must be made to steer our planet and people away from our current, doomed course. Though technology has been one of the drivers of the current trend of un...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Henry, Claude (Author), Tubiana, Laurence (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Sustainable development.
Natural resources > Management.
Global environmental change.
Développement durable.
Ressources naturelles > Gestion.
Changement global (Environnement)
sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
Global environmental change
Natural resources > Management
Sustainable development
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Erosion of biological diversity
  • The ubiquitous waste and growing scarcity of water and soil
  • Energy, as little as possible
  • Perspectives on climate change
  • Applying the scientific method for sustainable development
  • Sustainability at the intersection of science and nature
  • Scientific uncertainty, fabricated uncertainty and the vulnerability of regulation
  • Producing and disseminating sustainability-enhancing innovations
  • Economic instruments for sustainable development
  • Global governance of sustainable development
  • The geopolitics of environment
  • The new multi-polarity of sustainable development.

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