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Kulturell greift die Neuzeit im Abendland – nach Überwindung christlicher Dogmen – auf das Vorbild der Antike zurück, beginnt wieder zu forschen. Materiell setzt die Spätzeit Mensch und Natur in größerem Maßstab ein, ausbeutend und im Sinne zivilisatorischen Fortschritts und Wohlstands. Das technische Zeitalter der Römer wiederholen wir seit 250 Jahren im Abendland, geraten aber durch Wachstum an Grenzen, in einen nicht umkehrbaren Klimawandel....
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Este libro analiza las principales consecuencias del calentamiento global: el cambio climático y su impacto sobre las poblaciones vulnerables. Revisa también sus resultados y centra su atención en la migración forzada (permanente, temporal y estacional), consecuencia del estrés hídrico, la desertificación, la inseguridad alimentaria, la elevación del nivel del mar por la desglaciación, la abundancia de lluvias torrenciales, la aparición...
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"Vanishing Peaks" is a compelling journey into the heart of our planet's cryosphere, shedding light on the profound impact of climate change on global snowpack. This book offers a meticulous exploration of how snowpack, a critical freshwater source, is undergoing dramatic transformations. Beginning with an engaging explanation of snowpack formation and its ecological significance, the narrative seamlessly weaves into the intricate details of climate...
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Die Klimakrise und ihre Folgen sind mittlerweile knallharte Realität. Die Politik hat daher begonnen, Maßnahmen zur Lösung der Klimakrise zu ergreifen. Unternehmer und Unternehmen als treibende Wirtschaftskraft werden als wesentliche Akteure bei der Lösung der Klimakrise und als Adressaten für Verantwortung gesehen.
Doch wie hat die Politik bisher auf die Klimakrise reagiert? Erfahren Sie, welche nationalen und internationalen klimapolitischen...
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How can religion help to understand and contend with the challenges of climate change?
Understanding Climate Change through Religious Lifeworld,edited by David Haberman, presents a unique collection of essays that detail how the effects of human-related climate change are actively reshaping religious ideas and practices, even as religious groups and communities endeavor to bring their traditions to bear on mounting climate challenges.
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Houston is doomed. New Orleans is sinking. All of southern Florida is likely to be devastated by massive flooding.Over the past 50 years, sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico have risen 69% faster than global sea surface temperatures, which are rising themselves as the planet warms. As this trend continues, communities along and near the Gulf of Mexico will experience an increase in destructive hurricanes with related problems of storm surge,...
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Climate fiction without apocalypse, set in and around Washington, D.C. Newly minted engineering professor Jake Harper, dealing with issues of mild dyslexia and awkwardness with public speaking, wants to stave off climate weirding by re-engineering the North American electric grids. His pregnant partner Abbey London, sassy but irresistible, starts her practice as an infectious disease specialist, concerned with encroaching tropical diseases. Together...
8) The Choice
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With climate change alone now actually threatening life as we know it on this wonderful but so badly abused planet, and with multiple additional crises adding to the rapidly increasing chaos it is essential that we come to understand what is really happening, why, and what do to about it. This book is an attempt to aid in that understanding. It recognizes the peril of this moment in our history but far more importantly, it shows what an extraordinary...
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Si vous posez autour de vous des questions portant sur le réchauffement climatique, et sur les moyens dont nous disposons pour le stopper, on vous parlera des éoliennes, des panneaux solaires, des voitures électriques et probablement de notre mode de vie.
Moins souvent, on vous parlera du rle du charbon, du pétrole et du gaz naturel qui sont à l'origine de la plus grosse partie du problème. Et sans doute on vous parlera encore moins du rle...
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After 40 years of professional experience developed in three areas of work -City-Territory, Landscape-Public Space and Building-, Batlle i Roig acquires a new commitment and positions itself in the face of the climate emergency, generating a sustainability matrix through which to contextualize your urban projects and urban strategies.
At Batlleiroig we have been talking about Landscape and Nature since our foundation in 1981. We are committed to the...
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After 40 years of professional experience developed in three areas of work -City-Territory, Landscape-Public Space and Building-, Batlle i Roig acquires a new commitment and positions itself in the face of the climate emergency, generating a sustainability matrix through which to contextualize your urban projects and urban strategies.
At Batlleiroig we have been talking about Landscape and Nature since our foundation in 1981. We are committed to...
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Humanity is sliding toward a collision between global warming, resource depletion, and population growth. The evidence is daunting but we are hampered by anti-science demagogues who tell us everything's okay, that we'll run forever on our current course. The problem we are facing is on a global scale, far beyond any individual. It can be overwhelming and it is difficult to remain cheerful.
In Ten Journeys on a Fragile Planet, journalist Rod Taylor...
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"Dunlap is one of the foremost researchers on the unfolding relationship between ecocide, colonialism, extractivism, and green capitalism. ... An important book" Peter Gelderloos, author of The Solutions are Already Here "Vital for understanding the forces driving violence against land and water defenders around the world" Alleen Brown, investigative journalist"A passionate account of the harms of green capitalism" Professor Anna Feigenbaum, author...
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'Written by some of the most important theorists of the ecological, degrowth and debt movements ... A powerful and comprehensive analysis. Essential reading' Silvia Federici, author of Caliban and the Witch'An impeccably documented, well-argued book [that shows that] a post-carbon world needs to be a post-capitalist world' Walden Bello, author of Deglobalization'Brilliantly surveys critical feminist, ecological and decolonial perspectives from leading...
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