Climate protection and development
Writing about climate change often falls into one of two opposite traps - predicting either calamity or apathy - both of which this book avoids. This is not a story of gloom and doom, of inevitable climate catastrophe. On the contrary, this book spells out, in more detail than usual, what can and sh...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England ; New York, New York :
Bloomsbury Academic
[2012]
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| Colección: | The United Nations Series on Development
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009684834506719 |
| Sumario: | Writing about climate change often falls into one of two opposite traps - predicting either calamity or apathy - both of which this book avoids. This is not a story of gloom and doom, of inevitable climate catastrophe. On the contrary, this book spells out, in more detail than usual, what can and should be done to avert the real risks of disaster. Nor is it one of complacent congratulation for ""win-win"" initiatives, cautiously incremental steps, and ""green"" consumer choices.<I> Climate Protection and Development</I> summons us to an endeavour worthy of the resources and ingenuity of the t |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781780931715 9786613523075 9781280118784 9781780931708 |
