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Despite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to rise. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, plastics are set to be the biggest driver of oil demand. Single-use plastics – deemed essential in the fight against COVID-19...
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Polity
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2022-04-21
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ORGANIC REACTIONS Thought-provoking discussions of the challenges posed by—and potential solutions to—plastic and microplastic pollution In Plastic and Microplastic in the Environment: Management and Health Risks, a team of distinguished environmental researchers...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2022-03-22
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Climate change is one of the most serious global challenges facing humankind.Climate change has enormous environmental and economic implications, and finding a solution is a daunting task. The purpose of this book is to look at the global problem of climate change...
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Springer
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2022-03-15
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Das Ziel dieses Buches ist es, einen theoriebezogenen Beitrag dazu zu leisten, kommunale Stadtwerke und finanzielle Bürgerbeteiligung als Bestandteil der NPG-Entwicklung zu erforschen. In diesem Zusammenhang wurde analysiert, welche Formen von finanzieller...
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Springer VS
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2022-03-02
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The European Union, as a regulatory polity based on integration through law, arguably relies more on legal compliance with its policies than any other political system. Proceeding from this point of departure, this book puts the spotlight on the subnational tier and...
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Springer
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2022-02-21
Collection :
The Future of Europe
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The book is an edited collection of contributions by a distinguished international panel of academics on the main scientific, juridical, and economic aspects involved in the mitigation and adaptation processes imposed by climate change. Explicitly interdisciplinary, the...
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Springer
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2022-02-19
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Natural Resource Management and Policy
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Du willst was für das Klima tun? Nicht mehr abwarten? Damit du richtig durchstarten kannst, erklärt dir dieses Buch in kurzen Texten, was beim Klimawandel und der Erderwärmung passiert. Die reinen Fakten werden kombiniert mit einfachen Experimenten.Du hast dann...
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Wiley-VCH
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2022-02-11
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Für Dummies
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This book is the first of its kind to examine the role of great powers in the international politics of climate change. It develops a novel analytical framework for studying environmental power in international relations, what counts as a great power in the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-01-10
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This book is the first of its kind to examine the role of great powers in the international politics of climate change. It develops a novel analytical framework for studying environmental power in international relations, what counts as a great power in the...
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OUP Oxford
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2022-01-10
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This is an Open Access book. In accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it showcases 17 projects under the framework of Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). These projects cover ninefields, namely, biodiversity and ecosystem, clean energy, clean water,...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-12-15
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Ein junges Mädchen aus Schweden schafft, was viele über Jahrzehnte versucht haben. Greta Thunberg und die Fridays for Future-Bewegung schlagen Alarm und die Politik hört nicht nur zu, sondern ist angesichts der Kraft der sozialen Bewegung dazu gezwungen, aktiv zu...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-12-03
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In the merciless arena of life, we are all subject to the law of the jungle, to ruthless competition and the survival of the fittest – such is the myth that has given rise to a society that has become toxic for our planet and for our and future generations. But today...
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Polity
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2021-11-11
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In No Standard Oil, environmental policy expert Deborah Gordon examines the widely varying climate impacts of global oils and gases, and proposes solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in this sector while making sustainable progress in transitioning to a carbon-free...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-10-22
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This book explores the involvement of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the issue area of environmental and disaster displacement. In considering both agencies’ historical involvement,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-10-21
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This book focuses mainly on strategic decision making at a global level, which is rarely considered in approaches to sustainability.This book makes a unique contribution as the work looks at global consequences of mineral exhaustion and steps that can be taken to...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-10-01
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A thirty-thousand-year history of the relationship between climate and civilization that teaches powerful lessons about how humankind can survive. Human-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of...
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PublicAffairs
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2021-09-21
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This book examines why authoritarian governments are willing to address environmental problems that have an international impact, such as CO2 emissions, but are reluctant to address problems that have only a domestic impact. In a case study of Azerbaijani oil...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-09-14
Collection :
Societies and Political Orders in Transition
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Das essential bietet eine Gesamtschau der deutschen Nachhaltigkeitspolitik. Die Handlungsfelder Agrar, Energie, Verkehr und Wald werden kompakt analysiert und einer Bewertung unterzogen. Im Kern wird die Governance der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-08-26
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Given the escalating and existential nature of our current environmental crises, environmental sociology has never mattered more. We now face global environmental threats, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, as well as local threats, such as pollution and...
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Polity
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2021-08-09
Collection :
What is Sociology?
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COVID-19 exposed the world's failure to prepare for the worst -- can we learn to build back better?
TheCOVID-19 pandemic has hit our world on a scale beyond living memory, taking millions of lives and leading to a lockdown of communities worldwide. A pandemic, much...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-08-04
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