climate change in context

Earth Bible Commentary Jonah: An Earth Bible Commentary (Paperback)

Jione Havea analyses the Book of Jonah through the lens of climate change using this present situation to reconsider the significance of Jonah for contemporary struggles and contexts and tapping into traditional practices of commentary to draw out the... more

Ethics for Contemporary Bureaucrats: Navigating Constitutional Crossroads (Hardcover)

In the current United States (U.S.) context we are facing a constitutional crisis with frequent government shutdowns and new debates surrounding immigration climate change budgeting practices and the balance of power. With competing interests unclear... more

Climate Change : Legal Issues and Contexts

Climate Change : Legal Issues and Contexts more

Coping with Climate Change: Principles and Asian Context (Paperback)

Climate change is real and coping with it is major concern in coming days. This book offers recent and customized data on climate change in Asia making it an ideal resource for those working on the subject in this specific geographic area. more

International Environmental Governance S Protecting the Atmosphere: The Climate Change Convention and its context (Paperback)

The authors take us into less-known corridors of climate Realpolitik and energy power play. We are provided with the essential vocabulary to understand what is at stake and how the challenge should be tackled Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Global warming... more

Landslides in Cold Regions in the Context of Climate Change (Paperback)

This book collects key case studies on landslides from cold regions all over the world providing an overview which includes new trends concerning landslide occurrence and motion which severely impact economic development and communities. more

The Challenge of International and Comparative Law in the Context of Climate Justice and Climate Change Law - Post Copenhagen Scenario (Paperback)

Readers will have contact with a multi-disciplinary approach and an overview of the tools the legal discipline of Comparative Law offers to the climate change debate. The book considers the current gaps in international law by arguing that a... more

Advances in Global Change Research: Climate Change and United States Forests (Hardcover)

This volume offers a scientific assessment of the effects of climatic variability and change on forest resources in the United States. It serves as a framework for managing U.S. forest resources in the context of climate change. more

Climate Change and American Foreign Policy (Hardcover)

Climate Change and American Foreign Policy examines the actors institutions and ideas shaping US policy on climate change (global warming). The book begins by introducing the issue of climate change in the context of US foreign policy before critically... more

Healthcare Infrastructure Resilience and Climate Change: Preparing for Extreme Weather Events (Hardcover)

This book highlights the vulnerability of healthcare buildings in the context of climate change-triggered extreme weather events (EWEs) and the case for mitigation. With a concise discussion on climate change and its consequences in the form of such... more

Critical Green Engagements: Investigating the Green Economy and its Alternatives: Once Upon the Permafrost : Knowing Culture and Climate Change in Siberia (Paperback)

Once Upon the Permafrost is a longitudinal climate ethnography about “knowing� a specific culture and the ecosystem that culture physically and spiritually depends on in the twenty-first-century context of climate change. Through careful... more

Green Chemical Processing: Green Chemistry: Research and Connections to Climate Change (Hardcover)

The greening of industry processes--making them more sustainable--is a popular and often lucrative trend. The volume covers green chemical processing in the context of climate change. The impact of catalysis remediation of pollutants and sustainable... more

Disaster Resilience and Green Growth: Disaster Risk and Management Under Climate Change (Hardcover)

This contributed volume is focused on SDG 3 6 7 9 11 15 and it covers extensive knowledge on damage and loss contexts of climate change in a developing country. India s vast landscape with its diversity of eco-geo-physiography socio-cultural and... more

Australian Climate Law in Global Context (Paperback)

Australian Climate Law in Global Context is an engaging and comprehensive guide to current climate change law in Australia and internationally. It includes discussion of: - emission trading schemes and carbon pricing laws - laws on renewable energy... more

History of the Climate Change on the Coromandel Coast: Ninth-Nineteenth Centuries (Hardcover)

This book offers a deeper historical context to the interplay between the physical fortunes of climate and weather and the ways in which the Tamil society experienced it in the medieval and early modern ages. more

Food Environment and Climate Change : Justice at the Intersections (Paperback)

This volume takes a unique approach dealing specifically with issues at the intersection of food and agricultural systems environmental degradation and climate change. It fills a gap in the literature on food and environmental justice in the context of... more

Fair Weather: Equity concerns in climate change (Paperback)

Is a unique cross-disciplinary assessment of fairness and equity issues in the context of global climate change - a crucial dimension in current international negotiations - written by a collection of leading scientists in economics sociology and... more

Pre-Owned Defining and Discussing Climate Change (Paperback) 1731612826 9781731612823

Explore the evidence and opinions behind the headlines on climate change. Read scientific explanations about the causes and effects of Earth s changing climate and understand the political context. Then decide where YOU stand on this important issue.... more

The Winds of Change : Climate Weather and the Destruction of Civilizations (Paperback)

The Winds of Change places the horrifying carnage unleashed on New Orleans Mississippi and Alabama by Hurricane Katrina in context. Climate has been humanity s constant if moody companion. At times benefactor or tormentor climate nurtured the first... more

RFF Press Water Policy: Adaptation and Resilience: The Economics of Climate Water and Energy Challenges in the American Southwest (Paperback)

In America s arid southwest climate change will occur in the context of already-keen competition for water for agriculture urban growth electricity generation water-based recreation and environmental protections. This book explores the challenges that... more

Environmental Systems and Global Change: The Cryosphere and Global Environmental Change (Paperback)

This is the first textbook to consider all aspects of the cryosphere system in the context of global environmental change driven by human activity and climate. Considers all six aspects of the cryosphere - ice sheets glacier ice permafrost river and... more

Science Policy and Politics of Modern Agricultural System: Global Context to Local Dynamics of Sustainable Agriculture (Hardcover)

This book arises from a 2011 international conference entitled Climate Change Agri-Food Fisheries and Ecosystems: Reinventing Research Innovation and Policy Agendas for an Environmentally and Socially-Balanced Growth (ICCAFFE2011) organized by the... more

Springer Climate: Hydro-Climatic Extremes in the Anthropocene (Hardcover)

This book explores how human civilization has contributed to changes in the Anthropocene an era that marks a fundamental change in the way mankind has interacted with the Earth system. It examines the 21st century in the context of human development of... more

Routledge Explorations in Environmental Carbon Markets or Climate Finance?: Low Carbon and Adaptation Investment Choices for the Developing World (Paperback)

This book builds on a decade-long experience with mechanisms provided by the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It discusses the challenges of climate finance in the context of the post-Copenhagen negotiations and... more

Springer Geography: Floods in a Megacity: Geospatial Techniques in Assessing Hazards Risk and Vulnerability (Hardcover)

Flooding is one of the most devastating natural hazards in the world. Available records suggest that both flood frequency and severity are on the rise and this is likely to worsen in the context of climate change. As population infrastructure and... more

Resurgence of Nuclear Power: Challenges and Opportunities for Asia (Hardcover)

Includes policy and academically relevant perspectives on nuclear energy s availability and acceptability in Asia s energy mix Presents a constructive debate on the suitability of nuclear power in Asia in the context of climate change mitigation Offers... more

Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right: Global Heating and the Australian Far Right (Hardcover)

Global Heating and the Australian Far Right examines the environmental politics of far-right actors and movements in Australia exploring their broader political context and responses to climate change. more

Carbon Stocks Evaluation in Tropical Forest Congo (Paperback)

In the context of climate change particular attention is given to carbon which is a major constituent of greenhouse gases (GHG). The forest has a very important role in mitigation of this phenomenon. But the assessment of carbon stocks in the forest... more

Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Hydrology and Water Resources Management (Hardcover)

The sustainable management of water cycles is crucial in the context of climate change and global warming. It involves managing global regional and local water cycles as well as urban agricultural and industrial water cycles to conserve water resources... more

Springerbriefs in Earth Sciences: Drift Deformation and Fracture of Sea Ice: A Perspective Across Scales (Paperback)

Sea ice is a major component of polar environments especially in the Arctic where it covers the entire Arctic Ocean throughout most of the year. However in the context of climate change the Arctic sea ice cover has been declining significantly over the... more

Abiotic Stresses Biostimulants and Plant Activity (Hardcover) by Daniele del Buono Primo Proietti Luca Regni

9783036569642. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 234. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 234 p. Numerous biotic and abiotic stresses can significantly decrease crop growth and yields. In the context of climate change stresses will be... more

The Easternization of Development (Paperback)

The findings in this book highlight the importance of understanding the past present and future of development strategy in East Asia in the current global context. The recent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the pressing climate change crisis... more

Innovation Issues in Water Agriculture and Food (Paperback)

In a worldwide context of ever-growing competition for water and land climate change droughts and man-made water scarcity and less-participatory water governance agriculture faces the great challenge of producing enough food for a continually... more

Efficiency and Sustainability of the Distributed Renewable Hybrid Power Systems Based on the Energy Internet Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts (Hardcover)

The climate changes that are visible today are a challenge for the global research community. In this context renewable energy sources fuel cell systems and other energy generating sources must be optimally combined and connected to the grid system... more

Buildings of Tomorrow: Goals and Challenges for Design and Operation of High-Performance Buildings (Hardcover)

This reprint aims to address the challenges modern-day buildings face in the context of high energy and resource consumption and climate change. One of the ways to address the issues is holistic design and operation of high-performance buildings in the... more

Forest Management of Mediterranean Forests Under the New Context of Climate Change : Building Alternatives for the Coming Future

Forest Management of Mediterranean Forests Under the New Context of Climate Change : Building Alternatives for the Coming Future more

Disaster Risk Reduction: Financing Investment in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: Asian Perspectives (Hardcover)

Part I Understanding the Context: Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia 1. Financing Investment in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: Opportunities and Challenges Mikio Ishiwatari and Daisuke... more

Water Science and Technology Library: Climate Impacts on Water Resources in India: Environment and Health (Paperback)

This book chiefly focuses on environmental flow water pollution and water quality. Several chapters also cover water treatment technologies and management. In today s context climate change and climate variability are important issues in the water... more