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  • 16 Topics On How You Can Help The Planet In Your Everyday Life
    Teya France
    I’m offering this simple handbook to you, full of exceptional ways to make many differences to improve various things on the planet, including Climate Change situations for anyone in the world who wants a reference book of suggestions for anything that can be done to help, regarding all kinds of efforts that many people are trying to make in many places everywhere.After two yea...
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    14,61 €

  • Finding Balance 2023
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication reviews the financial performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in nine Pacific island economies and looks at how policy makers can help state-owned power utilities address climate risk. It identifies climate-related risks and assesses policy mechanisms that could improve the utilities’ resiliency and sustainability. The publication shows how commercializin...
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    35,59 €

  • An Uncharted Progression
    Robert Lee Howard
    I gave very little thought to the direction my early life was taking, yet some people considered me to be successful because I avoided the pitfalls of poverty, drugs, crime, and imprisonment. However, a one-sided junior high school crush motivated me to study. That determination to study strenuously over a three-and-a-half-year period allowed me to build an educational foundat...
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    19,93 €

  • Climate Change and the Economic Importance and Damages of Insects
    Ahmed Karmaoui
    Insects are considered the largest group of animals on earth, as they represent more than one million documented species and about half of all species on a global scale. This makes this group of animals essential for global functioning and survival. Climate change is disrupting the distribution and abundance of insects and will have serious repercussions for human well-being. C...
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    226,55 €

  • Climate Change and the Economic Importance and Damages of Insects
    Ahmed Karmaoui
    Insects are considered the largest group of animals on earth, as they represent more than one million documented species and about half of all species on a global scale. This makes this group of animals essential for global functioning and survival. Climate change is disrupting the distribution and abundance of insects and will have serious repercussions for human well-being. C...
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    292,41 €

  • Asian Economic Integration Report 2023
    Asian Development Bank
    This report shows how smart trade and investment policies, and regulatory cooperation in the Asia and Pacific region can help economies tackle climate change, recover from the pandemic, and support resilient and sustainable development. Analyzing topics including global value chains, investment, the movement of people, and regional cooperation initiatives, it outlines the econo...
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    71,88 €

  • POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
    SWARAN SINGH & REENA MARWAH
    The year 2020 was a watershed event in the history of climate change politics. It marked the end of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol and the beginning of the ambitious Paris Agreement. It was also the year of the pandemic, where the disruption caused severe implications on a global scale. The pandemic also brought before the world the severity and scale of the...
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    117,88 €

  • Mundo de água
    Simone Malacrida
    O livro insere-se na tendência de ir delineando as características do "planeta água", mas assumindo uma visão diferente do todo. Ao invés de aprofundar apenas um aspecto particular (o científico-tecnológico ou o social, por exemplo), preferiu-se considerar todos os vínculos que a água tem com o homem e a sociedade, passando a delinear uma série de "viagens", cada uma correspond...
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    10,83 €

  • Wasserwelt
    Simone Malacrida
    Das Buch folgt dem Trend, die Eigenschaften des 'Wasserplaneten' zu skizzieren, aber eine andere Vision des Ganzen anzunehmen. Anstatt nur einen bestimmten Aspekt zu vertiefen (z. B. den wissenschaftlich-technischen oder den sozialen), betrachtete man lieber alle Bindungen, die das Wasser an Mensch und Gesellschaft hat, und skizzierte dann eine Reihe von 'Reisen', die jeweils e...
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    10,76 €

  • Mundo del agua
    Simone Malacrida
    El libro va en la línea de ir esbozando las características del "planeta agua" pero teniendo una visión diferente del conjunto. En lugar de profundizar en un solo aspecto particular (el científico-tecnológico o el social, por ejemplo), se prefirió considerar todos los vínculos que el agua tiene con el hombre y la sociedad, pasando a esbozar una serie de "viajes", cada uno corre...
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    10,81 €

  • Monde de l’eau
    Simone Malacrida
    L’ouvrage est dans la veine d’aller esquisser les caractéristiques de la "planète eau" tout en portant un regard différent sur l’ensemble. Au lieu de n’aborder qu’un seul aspect particulier (scientifique-technologique ou social par exemple), on a préféré considérer tous les liens que l’eau entretient avec l’homme et la société, en esquissant ensuite une série de "voyages", chac...
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    10,81 €

  • Asia’s Progress Toward Greater Sustainable Finance Market Efficiency and Integrity
    Asian Development Bank
    This report summarizes insights on transparency and integrity in sustainable finance markets shared at a series of webinars hosted by the Asian Development Bank and State Street Global Advisors. The report provides an overview of policy and market practice to enhance transparency, integrity, and efficiency in sustainable finance and to foster the market’s development. It discus...
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    30,90 €

  • ALLEGORY
    Michael Solomon
    Finalist--Best Cover Design--Next Generation Indie Book AwardsNominated for a Pulitzer PrizeAllegory is the story of how one man has created a narrative that has gaslighted the world into believing, unless drastic measures are taken, the world will be destroyed within ten years by greedy industrialists. However, his solution will put planet Earth on a path to suicide. His narr...
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    25,12 €

  • Intelligent Solutions for Optimizing Agriculture and Tackling Climate Change
    Ahmed Karmaoui
    The interactions between climate change, agriculture, and technology are of increasing concern to academicians, educators, and planners. After the publication of the first report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), studies of the impact of climate change on productive systems such as agriculture have multiplied. The best solution can be found in new technol...
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    292,10 €

  • Intelligent Solutions for Optimizing Agriculture and Tackling Climate Change
    Ahmed Karmaoui
    The interactions between climate change, agriculture, and technology are of increasing concern to academicians, educators, and planners. After the publication of the first report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), studies of the impact of climate change on productive systems such as agriculture have multiplied. The best solution can be found in new technol...
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    226,25 €

  • Climatic and Environmental Significance of Wetlands
    Wetlands provide a key service in an ecosystem such as providing resilience against drought and diverse habitats that support biodiversity. Because of their ephemeral character and their small size, however, these vulnerable ecosystems are declining rapidly as climate change continues to surge and human activities expand. Rational management of wet ecosystems need accompanying ...
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    196,23 €

  • Climate Change and Earthquake Exposure in Asia and the Pacific
    Asian Development Bank
    This study analyzes the exposure of energy and transport assets in Asia and the Pacific to climate change and earthquake hazards and highlights how multi-hazard assessment can help strengthen the resilience of crucial infrastructure. Geolocating and undertaking a multi-hazard assessment of more than 30,000 infrastructure assets, the study identifies significant risks across the...
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    32,38 €

  • Promoting pollination and pollinators in farming
    This collection reviews the wealth of research on understanding pollination processes, the role of pollinators and how best to protect them and the ecosystem services they deliver in crop production. ...
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    262,91 €

  • Letters from the Ecotone
    Andrea Lloyd / Andrew Nagy-Benson
    Letters from the Ecotone invites readers into an open-hearted dialogue between friends--a scientist and a pastor. In a series of letters written during the pandemic, Lloyd and Nagy-Benson explore the realities of climate change from the perspectives of ecology and Christian theology. The authors seek common ground, where science and religion meet and share a vision of flourishi...
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    30,26 €

  • Letters from the Ecotone
    Andrea Lloyd / Andrew Nagy-Benson
    Letters from the Ecotone invites readers into an open-hearted dialogue between friends--a scientist and a pastor. In a series of letters written during the pandemic, Lloyd and Nagy-Benson explore the realities of climate change from the perspectives of ecology and Christian theology. The authors seek common ground, where science and religion meet and share a vision of flourishi...
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    16,87 €

  • A Plan to Save the Planet
    Glenn Weinreb
    Those concerned about climate change might feel like they are stuck in a bad dream. Like being chased in the forest at 3am and unable to break free. The threat is obvious, yet little is being done. What is happening? Below is a brief summary.Decarbonization to zero emissions will not occur unless required by law, and this law does not exist. Moving this law forward would requir...
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    18,35 €

  • WAKING UP TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    GEORGE ROPES
    For 15 years, author George Ropes has followed the unfolding story of climate change for the timely website ClimateYou.org. Along the way, he has covered myriad individual research studies, innovations, catastrophes, and signs of progress, from the resurgence of sustainable communities to lessons learned from the Australian wildfires. This enlightening book presents a selection...
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    120,28 €

  • WAKING UP TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    GEORGE ROPES
    For 15 years, author George Ropes has followed the unfolding story of climate change for the timely website ClimateYou.org. Along the way, he has covered myriad individual research studies, innovations, catastrophes, and signs of progress, from the resurgence of sustainable communities to lessons learned from the Australian wildfires. This enlightening book presents a selection...
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    47,85 €

  • L’acqua siamo noi
    Simone Malacrida
    Il libro si inserisce nel filone di andare a delineare le caratteristiche del 'pianeta acqua' assumendo però una differente visione di insieme. Al posto di approfondire solo un particolare aspetto (quello scientifico-tecnologico o quello sociale, ad esempio), si è preferito considerare tutti i legami che l’acqua ha nei confronti dell’uomo e della società, andando a delineare un...
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    10,83 €

  • Reforesting the Soul
    Andrew D. Mayes
    ''I will put in the wilderness the cedar,the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive'' (Isa 41:19).This book explores pathways to renewal through the powerful metaphor of reforesting the desert places. The soul can sometimes be an arid, thirsty, desiccated place, becoming as exhausted and denuded as land that has been ravaged and stripped of its trees. God’s promise is to reforest th...
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    18,65 €

  • Reforesting the Soul
    Andrew D. Mayes
    ''I will put in the wilderness the cedar,the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive'' (Isa 41:19).This book explores pathways to renewal through the powerful metaphor of reforesting the desert places. The soul can sometimes be an arid, thirsty, desiccated place, becoming as exhausted and denuded as land that has been ravaged and stripped of its trees. God’s promise is to reforest th...
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    31,13 €

  • Carbon Pricing for Energy Transition and Decarbonization
    Asian Development Bank
    This report shows how efficient carbon pricing instruments can enable countries in Asia and the Pacific region to accelerate their transition to affordable, secure low-carbon energy systems and help reach their ambitious climate targets. It outlines how mechanisms such as carbon taxes, emissions trading, and carbon crediting can be woven into climate policies and encourage inve...
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    32,47 €

  • Architects, Sustainability and the Climate Emergency
    Peter Raisbeck
    Architects, Sustainability and the Climate Emergency: A Political Ecology chronicles how architects have shaped their ideas of the city-and sustainability-as knowledge of the climate emergency has unfolded. Have architects responded to the climate crisis too slowly? ...
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    142,70 €

  • STUDIES CLOUD, CONVECT & PRECIPITAT PROCESS USING SATELLITE
    GEORGE TSELIOUDIS ZHENGZHAO JOHNNY LUO
    Clouds, convection and precipitation processes are central components of Earth’s weather and climate. They are produced by atmospheric motions across a very wide range of space-time scales from local weather to long-term global climate variation. They feedback on these motions by perturbing the heating/cooling that drive the atmospheric circulation. These processes also perturb...
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    194,65 €

  • STUDIES CLOUD, CONVECT & PRECIPITAT PROCESS USING SATELLITE
    GEORGE TSELIOUDIS ZHENGZHAO JOHNNY LUO
    Clouds, convection and precipitation processes are central components of Earth’s weather and climate. They are produced by atmospheric motions across a very wide range of space-time scales from local weather to long-term global climate variation. They feedback on these motions by perturbing the heating/cooling that drive the atmospheric circulation. These processes also perturb...
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    108,05 €