Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
by Karine Nyborg
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Putting a price tag on the environment is controversial. This book discusses ethical and political aspects of environmental cost-benefit analysis: why controversies must be expected, why they should be taken seriously, and how they can be handled in practice.
Cost-benefit analysis is commonly...
Is the Environment a Luxury?
An Inquiry into the relationship between environment and income
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
The purpose of this collection of essays is to shed some light on the complex relationship between environmental quality and the distribution of income. Are the preferences of the poor towards a cleaner environment really different from those of the rich?
Environmental economists have traditionally...
The Infinite Resource
The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Climate change. Finite fossil fuels. Fresh water depletion. Rising commodity prices. Ocean acidification. Overpopulation. Deforestation. Feeding the world’s billions. We’re beset by an array of natural resource and environmental challenges. They pose a tremendous risk to human prosperity, to world...
Confronting the Climate Challenge
U.S. Policy Options
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
Without significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, climate change will cause substantial damage to the environment and the economy. The scope of the threat demands a close look at the policies capable of reducing the harm. Confronting the Climate Challenge presents a unique framework for...
Betting the Earth
How We Can Still Win the Biggest Gamble of all Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
"Betting the Earth explores the uneasy parallels between our contemporary environmental challenges and our national fascination with gambling. How much should we bet on preserving biodiversity? Should we bet more on responding to climate change? where should we place each bet: on federal or state...
by Neva R. Goodwin
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1996
The developed countries, particularly the United States, consume a disproportionate share of the world's resources, yet high and rising levels of consumption do not necessarily lead to greater satisfaction, security, or well-being, even for affluconsumers.The Consumer Society provides brief summaries...
REDD+ and Business Sustainability
A Guide to Reversing Deforestation for Forward Thinking Companies
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
This book provides a detailed look at REDD+ business case studies and best practice and highlights the future of REDD+ in providing a promising mechanism for financing forest conservation while increasing the sustainability and profitability of forward-thinking companies.
How can sustainability...
Greening Auto Jobs
A Critical Analysis of the Green Job Solution
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Greening Auto Jobs: A Critical Analysis of the Green Job Solution details current and problematic understandings of what constitutes a "green job." Adopting an approach grounded in critical political economy, this book presents a framework to scrutinize the green job solution and the theoretical...
The World Guide to CSR
A Country-by-Country Analysis of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The World Guide to CSR is the first book to provide comparable national profiles that describe the evolution and practice of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (CSR) for 58 countries and 5 global regions. Each regional and national profile includes key information about the relevant CSR history,...
by William K. Jaeger
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Though many students and environmentalists shudder at even the thought of economics, a working knowledge of the basics can be a powerful ally. Economic arguments carry a great deal of weight, and putting them to work for environmental causes can be a deciding factor, especially in policy debates....
Investing in Natural Capital
The Ecological Economics Approach To Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Investing in Natural Capital presents the results of a workshop held following the second biannual conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics. It focuses on the relation of human developmto natural capital, and the relation of natural capital to environmental processes.Because...
The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation
Policies and Options for Global Action beyond 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Against the background of a projected doubling of world greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, this book explores feasible ways to abate them at least cost. Through quantitative analysis, it addresses key climate policy issues including: an ideal set of climate policy tools; the size of the economic...
Rooftop Revolution
How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy-and Our Planet-from Dirty Energy
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
The Biggest Untold Economic Story of Our Time Here is the truth that the powerful Dirty Energy public relations machine doesn’t want you to know: the ascent of solar energy is upon us. Solar-generated electricity has risen exponentially in the last few years and employment in the solar industry...
The Plot to Save the Planet
How Visionary Entrepreneurs and Corporate Titans Are Creating Real Solutions to to Global Warming
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
American entrepreneurs, corporate tycoons, and financiers are plotting what they do best—creating new industries that change the world and making billions in the process—a plot that will ultimately save the planet.
The Plot to Save the Planet is an illuminating and inspiring look at the...