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The World We'll Leave Behind : Grasping the Sustainability Challenge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (198 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351242912
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 304.2
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- The World We'll Leave Behind -- Praise -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Our Purpose -- The Sustainability Challenge -- Structure -- Reading the Book -- Part I Issues -- 1 Global Warming and Climate Change -- Notes -- 2 Inequality -- Notes -- 3 Species Loss -- Notes -- 4 Human Population -- Notes -- 5 Acidifying the Oceans -- Notes -- 6 Electricity Generation -- Notes -- 7 Genetic Modification -- Notes -- 8 Clean Water for All -- Notes -- 9 Gender Disparity -- Notes -- 10 Natural Resource Depletion -- Notes -- 11 Migration -- Notes -- 12 Air Pollution -- Notes -- 13 Elephants, Rhinos and Donkeys -- Notes -- 14 Environmental Justice -- Notes -- 15 Economic Growth -- Notes -- 16 Water Pollution -- Notes -- 17 Eating Meat -- Notes -- 18 Weather and Climate -- Notes -- 19 Ozone and CFCs -- Note -- 20 Biocentrism -- Notes -- Part II Concepts -- 21 The Anthropocene -- Notes -- 22 Nature -- Notes -- 23 Gaia -- Notes -- 24 Biodiversity -- Notes -- 25 Conservation -- Note -- 26 Charismatic Megafauna -- Notes -- 27 The Greenhouse Effect -- Notes -- 28 Valuing the Environment -- Notes -- 29 Sustainable Development -- Notes -- 30 Development -- Notes -- 31 The Four Capitals -- Note -- 32 Harmony -- Notes -- 33 Systems and Systems Thinking -- Notes -- 34 Frames and Framing -- Notes -- 35 Resilience -- Notes -- 36 Complexity -- Notes -- 37 Globalisation -- Notes -- 38 Neoliberalism -- Notes -- Part III Strategies -- 39 Reducing Global Inequalities -- Notes -- 40 The Copenhagen Consensus -- Notes -- 41 Feeding 10 Billion -- Notes -- 42 Living within Limits -- Notes -- 43 Energy Policy -- Notes -- 44 Carbon Capture and Storage -- Note -- 45 Ecological Footprints and Handprints -- Notes -- 46 The Circular Economy -- Notes -- 47 The Earth Charter -- Notes.
48 Brexit and Environmental Law -- Notes -- 49 Protected Areas -- Notes -- 50 Recycling -- Notes -- 51 Transition Towns -- Notes -- 52 Rewilding -- Notes -- 53 Biomimicry -- Notes -- 54 (Environmental) Education -- Notes -- 55 The Montreal Protocol -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: The core dilemma of our time is: How can we all live well, now and in the future, without compromising the ability of the planet to enable us all to live well? This book identifies the connected environmental and social problems we now face; their causes, their connections and the potential resolutions. This book is for everyone who cares about such challenges, and wants to know more about them.
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Intro -- The World We'll Leave Behind -- Praise -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Our Purpose -- The Sustainability Challenge -- Structure -- Reading the Book -- Part I Issues -- 1 Global Warming and Climate Change -- Notes -- 2 Inequality -- Notes -- 3 Species Loss -- Notes -- 4 Human Population -- Notes -- 5 Acidifying the Oceans -- Notes -- 6 Electricity Generation -- Notes -- 7 Genetic Modification -- Notes -- 8 Clean Water for All -- Notes -- 9 Gender Disparity -- Notes -- 10 Natural Resource Depletion -- Notes -- 11 Migration -- Notes -- 12 Air Pollution -- Notes -- 13 Elephants, Rhinos and Donkeys -- Notes -- 14 Environmental Justice -- Notes -- 15 Economic Growth -- Notes -- 16 Water Pollution -- Notes -- 17 Eating Meat -- Notes -- 18 Weather and Climate -- Notes -- 19 Ozone and CFCs -- Note -- 20 Biocentrism -- Notes -- Part II Concepts -- 21 The Anthropocene -- Notes -- 22 Nature -- Notes -- 23 Gaia -- Notes -- 24 Biodiversity -- Notes -- 25 Conservation -- Note -- 26 Charismatic Megafauna -- Notes -- 27 The Greenhouse Effect -- Notes -- 28 Valuing the Environment -- Notes -- 29 Sustainable Development -- Notes -- 30 Development -- Notes -- 31 The Four Capitals -- Note -- 32 Harmony -- Notes -- 33 Systems and Systems Thinking -- Notes -- 34 Frames and Framing -- Notes -- 35 Resilience -- Notes -- 36 Complexity -- Notes -- 37 Globalisation -- Notes -- 38 Neoliberalism -- Notes -- Part III Strategies -- 39 Reducing Global Inequalities -- Notes -- 40 The Copenhagen Consensus -- Notes -- 41 Feeding 10 Billion -- Notes -- 42 Living within Limits -- Notes -- 43 Energy Policy -- Notes -- 44 Carbon Capture and Storage -- Note -- 45 Ecological Footprints and Handprints -- Notes -- 46 The Circular Economy -- Notes -- 47 The Earth Charter -- Notes.

48 Brexit and Environmental Law -- Notes -- 49 Protected Areas -- Notes -- 50 Recycling -- Notes -- 51 Transition Towns -- Notes -- 52 Rewilding -- Notes -- 53 Biomimicry -- Notes -- 54 (Environmental) Education -- Notes -- 55 The Montreal Protocol -- Notes -- Index.

The core dilemma of our time is: How can we all live well, now and in the future, without compromising the ability of the planet to enable us all to live well? This book identifies the connected environmental and social problems we now face; their causes, their connections and the potential resolutions. This book is for everyone who cares about such challenges, and wants to know more about them.

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