Schlagwort(e):
Environmental policy.
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Electronic books.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Global Environmental Politics finally answers the question of how to teach students about environmental harm with a sense of ecological reality, a firm grasp on politics, and an optimistic look toward the future.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
Seiten:
1 online resource (368 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781315479033
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4819349
DDC:
363.70560999999998
Sprache:
Englisch
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Living in an Environmental Age -- Part I State of the Planet -- Section 1: Species Unbound: Humanity's Environmental Impact -- Introduction -- 1. Enter the Anthropocene -- 2. State of the Species -- 3. Humanity's Potential -- Section 1 Exercise: The Time Machine -- Section 2: Four Planetary Challenges: Climate, Extinction, Water, and Food -- Introduction -- 4. Global Warming's Terrifying New Math -- 5. End of the Wild -- 6. Where Has All the Water Gone? -- 7. The Global Food Crisis -- Section 2 Exercise: Fries with That? Tracing Personal Consumption -- Section 3: Causes of Environmental Harm -- Introduction -- 8. Too Many Americans? -- 9. A Finite Earth? -- 10. Consequences of Consumerism -- 11. Use Energy, Get Rich, and Save the Planet -- Section 3 Exercise: Where Do Babies Come From? The Causes of Population Growth -- Part II States, Markets, and Society: Geopolitical Responses to Unsustainability -- Section 4: International State System -- Introduction -- 12. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development -- 13. Brief History of International Environmental Cooperation -- 14. What's Wrong with Climate Politics -- 15. State Sovereignty Endangers the Planet -- Section 4 Exercise: Talking with the United Nations -- Section 5: Economy -- Introduction -- 16. The Promise of Corporate Environmentalism -- 17. Environmental Economics 101: Overcoming Market Failures -- 18. Capitalism vs. Climate -- Section 5 Exercise: What's for Dinner? -- Section 6: Civil Society -- Introduction -- 19. The Power of Environmental Activism -- 20. Forcing Cultural Change -- 21. The Wrong Kind of Green -- Section 6 Exercise: Unpacking the NGO World and Taking Action -- Section 7: Race, Class, and Geopolitical Difference -- Introduction.
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22. The Delusion of Sustainable Growth -- 23. Who Is an Economy For? Rethinking GDP -- 24. One Atmosphere, Two Worlds -- 25. Environmental Colonialism: The Perverse Politics of Climate Change -- 26. Environmental Racism and the Environmental Justice Movement -- Section 7 Exercise: A Toxic Thank-You -- Part III From Person to Planet: Into a Livable Future -- Section 8: Thinking Strategically -- Introduction -- 27. Leverage Points: Toward a Sustainable World -- 28. Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World? -- 29. The Poverty of Lifestyle Change -- 30. Why Bother? -- Section 8 Exercise: Two Minutes to Sustainability: Moving Governments, the Economy, and the Public -- Section 9: Political Imagination -- Introduction -- 31. Island Civilization: 1,000 Years into the Future -- 32. A Is for Acid Rain, B Is for Bee -- 33. The Future Is Local -- 34. Technological Salvation -- 35. Geoengineering: Reformatting the Planet for Climate Protection? -- 36. Humility in a Climate Age -- 37. How to Be Hopeful -- Section 9 Exercise: Calling All Earthlings: Self and Planetary Stewardship -- Credits -- About the Editors -- About the Authors.
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