Catálogo de libros: Política y protocolos medioambientales

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  • Guidelines for Drinking Water Safety Planning for West Bengal
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication provides practical guidance and best practices on the stages of developing safe rural drinking water delivery service schemes in West Bengal and other areas in India.Water safety planning is considered an international best practice for assessing and managing public health risks from drinking water supply systems. The Asian Development Bank, in close collaborat...
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    40,19 €

  • Decoding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement Version II
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication presents the latest developments and unresolved issues for negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement leading up to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow.Article 6 enables countries to utilize market and nonmarket approaches to achieve their nationally determined contributions. Yet, international negotiations on Artic...
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    30,33 €

  • Pollution and Atmosphere in Post-Soviet Russia
    Lars Rowe
    This study addresses the many initiatives to decrease industrial pollution emitting from the Pechenganikel plant in the northwestern corner of Russia during the final years of the Soviet Union, and examines the wider implications for the state of pollution control in the Arctic today. By examining the efforts of Soviet industry and government agencies, Finnish and Swedish offic...
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    154,29 €

  • Climate-Induced Disasters in the Asia-Pacific Region
    In this volume, contributors look at response, recovery and adaptation to climate-induced disasters, in Asia-Pacific - the world’s most disaster-prone region. Chapters examine case studies from Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa. ...
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    159,40 €

  • Advancing Energy Policy
    Chris Foulds / Rosie Robison
    This open access book advocates for the Social Sciences and Humanities to be more involved in energy policymaking. It forms part of the European platform for energy-related Social Sciences and Humanities’ activities, and works on the premise that crossing disciplines is essential. All of its contributions are highly interdisciplinary, with each chapter grounded in at least thre...
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    62,62 €

  • Advancing Energy Policy
    Chris Foulds / Rosie Robison
    This open access book advocates for the Social Sciences and Humanities to be more involved in energy policymaking. It forms part of the European platform for energy-related Social Sciences and Humanities’ activities, and works on the premise that crossing disciplines is essential. All of its contributions are highly interdisciplinary, with each chapter grounded in at least thre...
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    76,98 €

  • Paris Climate Agreement
    Austin P Hope / Ross J Salawitch / Timothy P Canty
    This volume presents an Empirical Model of Global Climate developed by the authors and uses that model to show that global warming will likely remain below 2ºC, relative to preindustrial, throughout this century provided: a) both the unconditional and conditional Paris INDC commitments are followed; b) the emission reductions needed to achieve the Paris INDCs are carried forwar...
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    74,37 €

  • Paris Climate Agreement
    Austin P Hope / Ross J Salawitch / Timothy P Canty
    This volume presents an Empirical Model of Global Climate developed by the authors and uses that model to show that global warming will likely remain below 2ºC, relative to preindustrial, throughout this century provided: a) both the unconditional and conditional Paris INDC commitments are followed; b) the emission reductions needed to achieve the Paris INDCs are carried forwar...
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    58,85 €

  • Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics
    Alessandro Pezzoli / Maurizio Tiepolo / Vieri Tarchiani
    This book aims to inspire decision makers and practitioners to change their approach to climate planning in the tropics through the application of modern technologies for characterizing local climate and tracking vulnerability and risk, and using decision-making tools. Drawing on 16 case studies conducted mainly in the Caribbean, Central America, Western and Eastern Africa, and...
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    92,58 €

  • Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics
    Alessandro Pezzoli / Maurizio Tiepolo / Vieri Tarchiani
    This book aims to inspire decision makers and practitioners to change their approach to climate planning in the tropics through the application of modern technologies for characterizing local climate and tracking vulnerability and risk, and using decision-making tools. Drawing on 16 case studies conducted mainly in the Caribbean, Central America, Western and Eastern Africa, and...
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    77,06 €

  • Satellite Earth Observations and Their Impact on Society and Policy
    Masami Onoda / Oran R Young
    The result of a workshop bringing together an international advisory board of experts in science, satellite technologies, industry innovations, and public policy, this book addresses the current and future roles of satellite Earth observations in solving large-scale environmental problems. The book showcases the results of engaging distinct communities to enhance our ability to...
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    77,81 €

  • Satellite Earth Observations and Their Impact on Society and Policy
    Masami Onoda / Oran R Young
    The result of a workshop bringing together an international advisory board of experts in science, satellite technologies, industry innovations, and public policy, this book addresses the current and future roles of satellite Earth observations in solving large-scale environmental problems. The book showcases the results of engaging distinct communities to enhance our ability to...
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    63,45 €

  • Framing in Sustainability Science
    Shogo Kudo / Takashi Mino
    This open access book offers both conceptual and empirical descriptions of how to 'frame' sustainability challenges. It defines 'framing' in the context of sustainability science as the process of identifying subjects, setting boundaries, and defining problems. The chapters are grouped into two sections: a conceptual section and a case section. The conceptual section introduces...
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    74,21 €

  • Framing in Sustainability Science
    Shogo Kudo / Takashi Mino
    This open access book offers both conceptual and empirical descriptions of how to 'frame' sustainability challenges. It defines 'framing' in the context of sustainability science as the process of identifying subjects, setting boundaries, and defining problems. The chapters are grouped into two sections: a conceptual section and a case section. The conceptual section introduces...
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    58,70 €

  • Crude Reality
    Brian C. Black / Brian CBlack
    This concise, accessible introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum has shaped human life since it was first discovered oozing inconspicuously from the soil. Brian Black brings a global perspective and a wide-ranging technical knowledge clearly explained for general readers, providing a sweeping, forward-looking survey. ...
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    128,66 €

  • Crude Reality
    Brian C. Black / Brian CBlack
    This concise, accessible introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum has shaped human life since it was first discovered oozing inconspicuously from the soil. Brian Black brings a global perspective and a wide-ranging technical knowledge clearly explained for general readers, providing a sweeping, forward-looking survey. ...
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    45,64 €

  • Waste Management
    David Newton
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    82,00 €

  • The sensational humanity guide
    Marty Stone
    The sensational humanity guide is not just another book full of inspirational quotes. This little book is a collection of logical, ethical, natural, and apolitical thoughts. This little book contains ideas and guidance that show a distinctive relation between the natural world and the mechanical world. This guide tries to explain the introgression thinking process. In the next ...
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    18,00 €

  • The sensational humanity guide
    Marty Stone
    The sensational humanity guide is not just another book full of inspirational quotes. This little book is a collection of logical, ethical, natural, and apolitical thoughts. This little book contains ideas and guidance that show a distinctive relation between the natural world and the mechanical world. This guide tries to explain the introgression thinking process. In the next ...
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    20,95 €

  • Industry, War and Stalin’s Battle for Resources
    Lars Rowe
    In this book the territory of Pechenga, located well above the Arctic circle between Russia, Finland and Norway, holds the key to understanding the geopolitical situation of the Arctic today. With specific focus on the local nickel industry of the region, Lars Rowe explores the interaction between commercial and state security concerns in the Soviet Union. Through the lens of t...
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    160,86 €

  • The Preservation of Places of Interest or Beauty
    Robert Hunter
    “The Preservation of Places of Interest or Beauty” is a lecture delivered by Sir Robert Hunter at the University of Manchester in 1907. Sir Robert Hunter KCB (1844–1913) was a civil servant and solicitor who co-founded the National Trust. He campaigned for the conservation of public open spaces, working with other notable advocates including and Hardwicke Rawnsley and Octavia H...
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    21,17 €

  • Open Spaces
    Octavia Hill
    Octavia Hill (1838–1912) was an English social reformer who concentrated on the welfare of city dwellers. Hill was a co-founder of the National Trust, as well as the Charity Organisation Society (now known as Family Action), which pioneered the home-visiting service that provided the basis for modern social work in the U. K. One of her main beliefs was that urban workers should...
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    18,87 €

  • Religion and Environmentalism
    Lora Stone
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    55,09 €

  • Toxic truths
    Post-truth politics have threatened science itself. Drawing on case studies from around the world, Toxic Truths examines enduring issues and new challenges for tackling environmental injustice in a post-truth age. ...
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    42,47 €

  • REVERSING CLIMATE CHANGE
    Graciela Chichilnisky / GRACIELA CHICHILNISKY & PETER BAL / Peter Bal
    The Kyoto Protocol capped the emissions of the main emitters, the industrialized countries, one by one. It also created an innovative financial mechanism, the Carbon Market and its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows developing nations to receive carbon credits when they reduce their emissions below their baselines. The carbon market, an economic system that created...
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    132,71 €

  • REVERSING CLIMATE CHANGE
    Graciela Chichilnisky / GRACIELA CHICHILNISKY & PETER BAL / Peter Bal
    The Kyoto Protocol capped the emissions of the main emitters, the industrialized countries, one by one. It also created an innovative financial mechanism, the Carbon Market and its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows developing nations to receive carbon credits when they reduce their emissions below their baselines. The carbon market, an economic system that created...
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    60,30 €

  • Tax Law and the Environment
    This book explores how tax policy can solve environmental problems, using a multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary approach. The book provides a detailed analysis of environmental taxation with examples from around the world. ...
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    58,25 €

  • Leading Local Government
    John Fenwick / Lorraine Johnston
    Leading Local Government: The Role of Directly Elected Mayors provides a critical assessment of the role occupied by directly elected mayors in the leadership of English local government. Built on original research and historical analysis, the book examines the impact of elected mayors upon public engagement, devolution and local leadership. ...
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    85,05 €

  • Dialogues in Climate and Environmental Research, Policy and Planning
    Innocent Chirisa
    Climate change is the topic of the century. It is a subject of discussion by sceptics, heretics and those that have immersed in it as a serious debate for engagement. In this volume, the matter is localised to the plateau bordered by the great rivers of Limpopo to the south and Zambezi to the north. Evidence has it that climate change is inducing immense environmental change hi...
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    61,73 €

  • The Big Thaw
    Explores the unprecedented and rapid climate changes occurring in the Arctic environment. ...
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    31,27 €


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