Environment and Sustainability

In this study the green hydrogen economy is depicted as successor and replacement of the fossil fuel economy in its entirety. Steps involved in building a green industrial revolution on the basis of hydrogen are outlined and the dynamics of building a technoeconomic green successor to fossil fuels are explored.

This book suggests a unique conceptual framework for designing and conducting economic policy in developing countries, particularly those in Africa.

An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Wildlife Corridors charts some best practices and makes new theoretical contributions about the design and creation of wildlife corridors. The book provides the necessary background for understanding habitat connectivity projects, and makes a theoretical contribution to current knowledge about wildlife corridors.

Severely threatened by climate change, Bangladesh is showing the world how to take an active role in adapting to this situation. Learning from its own experience in coping with floods and cyclones, Bangladesh is taking the lead in international climate change negotiations and attempting to persuade the industrialized world to curb emissions.

Civilisation may be a Ponzi scheme but it doesn’t have to end.The challenge of increasingly scarce resources, environmental degradation and energy-hungry Artificial Intelligence are merely “locked” opportunities. Even challenging regions like the Middle East can turn challenges into opportunities; we can alltranscend scarcity-driven ‘Black Wars’ for resources like oil and water and towards a technology-led ‘Blue Peace’ of shared prosperity.

China and Sustainable Development in Latin America documents the social and environmental impacts of the China-led commodity boom in Latin America. It also highlights important areas of innovation where governments, communities and investors have worked together to harness the commodity boom for the benefit of the people and the planet.

This book examines how cities can use a public health frame of climate change to boost people’s understanding of and concern about climate change and increase policy support for climate adaptation efforts at the local level. It also presents new tools for cities to enhance awareness of and facilitate prioritization of climate risk management choices.

In this timely collection of essays, Frank Ackerman and Elizabeth A. Stanton show that the impact of inaction on climate change will be far worse than the cost of ambitious climate policies.

An in-depth analysis of the climate impacts facing Boston and the city’s efforts to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate.

This book explores Seattle’s current climate policy agenda and future climate challenges within the context of its historical, bio-regional, and metropolitan settings.

Climate Chaos argues powerfully that unless global citizens come together to change the infrastructure and value system of capitalist greed and consumption, human society will not survive past this century.

Green theory broadens international relations by incorporating environmental concerns, climate justice, sustainability, and the ecological consequences of industrialization, colonialism, and economic growth. Using comparative case studies, this edited volume examines climate justice and develops the concept of the distributed ecosystem.