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  • Climate Change and Individual Responsibility

    Agency, Moral Disengagement and the Motivational Gap

    by Wouter Peeters, A. De Smet, L. Diependaele, S. Sterckx ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book discusses the agency and responsibility of individuals in climate change, and argues that these are underemphasized, enabling individuals to maintain their consumptive lifestyles without having to accept moral responsibility for their luxury emissions. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • The Global Food Economy

    The Battle for the Future of Farming

    by Tony Weis ...
    The Global Food Economy examines the human and ecological cost of what we eat.The current food economy is characterized by immense contradictions. Surplus 'food mountains', bountiful supermarkets, and rising levels of obesity stand in stark contrast to widespread hunger and malnutrition. Transnational companies dominate the market in food and benefit from subsidies, whilst farmers in developing ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Climate Finance as an Instrument to Promote the Green Growth in Developing Countries

    by Antonio A. Romano, Giuseppe Scandurra, Alfonso Carfora, Monica Ronghi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book analyses the effectiveness of climate finance as political instrument to reduce the effect of anthropogenic activities on climate change and promote the green growth in developing countries.The book highlights that close attention should also be paid to the analysis of political contexts in a broad sense. Particularly focusing on the international negotiations process that enables the ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Sustainable Development of Rice and Water Resources in Mainland Southeast Asia and Mekong River Basin

    by Tuyet L. Cosslett, Patrick D. Cosslett ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book highlights rice and water resources security in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam – countries that share the international Mekong River, which is a source of both regional cooperation and conflict. It discusses the topography, population, economy, rice production and rice trade of these four riparian countries, and analyses the impacts of climate change, El Nino and La Nina, and the ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • José Martí, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, and Global Development Ethics

    The Battle for Ideas

    by S. Babbitt ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book argues that the overlooked ideas of José Martí and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara explain recent politics in Latin America and the Caribbean but also, even more significantly, offer a defensible alternative direction for global development ethics. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Children and Sustainable Development

    Ecological Education in a Globalized World

    Edited by Antonio M. Battro, Pierre Léna, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Joachim von Braun ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book addresses the changes in education practices, especially basic education, necessitated by the global challenges of climate change and sustainable development and in a context characterized by increasing poverty and inequality, migration and refugees.Written by a range of international scholars, scientists and grassroots practitioners from Africa, Latin America, Asia (India, China, ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change

    Keeping Our Heads above Water

    by Joseph Hanlon, Manoj Roy, David Hulme ...
    Series series Anthem Climate Change and Policy Series
    Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change – but it is also a country that is capable of coping. Far from being a victim, Bangladesh has lessons for activists, scientists, government and donor officials and concerned citizens who want to know what climate change looks like and how to respond to it.This densely populated country feeds itself because it is in a rich delta. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Private Security in Africa

    From the Global Assemblage to the Everyday

    Edited by Doctor Paul Higate, Mats Utas ...
    Series series Africa Now
    Across Africa, growing economic inequality, instability and urbanization have led to the rapid spread of private security providers. While these PSPs have already had a significant impact on African societies, their impact has so far received little in the way of comprehensive analysis.Drawing on a wide range of disciplinary approaches, and encompassing anthropology, sociology and political ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • Globalization and Marginalization in Mountain Regions

    Assets and Challenges in Marginal Regions

    Edited by Raghubir Chand, Walter Leimgruber ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book looks at the global importance of mountain systems, emphasizing their ecological and socio-economic role in light of climate change and globalization. With a special focus on the Himalayas, it also examines the Czech–German–Austrian mountain borderland, the Alps, the Andes, the highland regions of Malaysia, and the Arctic. The contributors, specialists in their fields, all use an ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • A Region at Risk

    The Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific

    by Asian Development Bank ...
    Asia and the Pacific continues to be exposed to climate change impacts. Home to the majority of the world's poor, the population of the region is particularly vulnerable to those impacts. Unabated warming could largely diminish previous achievements of economic development and improvements, putting the future of the region at risk. Read the most recent projections pertaining to climate change and ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Environmental News in South America

    Conflict, Crisis and Contestation

    by Juliet Pinto, Paola Prado, J. Alejandro Tirado-Alcaraz ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Combining perspectives from media studies and political ecology, this book analyses socially constructed news regarding three environmental conflicts in South America. In recent decades, South American political administrations have tied national economies to neo-extractive development strategies, creating not only vulnerabilities to global commodity boom and bust pricing cycles, but also to ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability

    Edited by Yongfu Huang, Unai Pascual ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This collection examines the role that foreign aid can play in dealing with the severe global challenge of climate change, one of the most pressing international development issues of the 21st century. Addressing the key threats of rising temperatures, changes in precipitation, coastal erosion and natural disasters, the book considers the implications for policy and future research, particularly ... Read more

    $107.99 USD