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050 00 $aHC79.E5$bH463 2017
082 00 $a338.9/27$223
100 1 $aHenry, Claude,$eauthor.
245 10 $aEarth at risk :$bnatural capital and the quest for sustainability /$cClaude Henry and Laurence Tubiana.
263 $a1710
264 1 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$c2017.
300 $ax, 360 pages$b24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aErosion 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.
520 8 $aWe 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 unsustainable development, it is also one of the essential tools for remedying it. Earth at Risk maps out the necessary transition to sustainability, detailing the innovations in technology, along with law, science, institutional design, and economics, that can and must be put to use to avert environmental catastrophe. Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana begin with a measure of the costs of ecological damage-the erosion of biodiversity; air, water, and soil pollution; and the wide-reaching effects of climate change-and then consider the solutions that are either now available or close on the horizon that may lead to a more sustainable global trajectory. What market-based tools can be used to promote clean growth? How can renewable energy help us decrease our use of fossil fuels? Is international agreement on climate goals possible? Henry and Tubiana tackle a range of urgent questions, emphasizing possibilities for-and obstacles to-implementation and action. Building on the experience of the most significant climate negotiation of the decade, they show what a world organized along the principles of sustainability could look like.
650 0 $aSustainable development.
650 0 $aNatural resources$xManagement.
650 0 $aGlobal environmental change.
650 7 $aGlobal environmental change.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00943478
650 7 $aNatural resources$xManagement.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01034438
650 7 $aSustainable development.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01139731
700 1 $aTubiana, Laurence.
852 00 $bglg$hHC79.E5$iH463 2017