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The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance
Edited by Peter Burdon, Klaus Bosselmann, Kirsten Engel
This thought-provoking book stimulates dialogue and action on the role of global ethics in the governance of individual societies and the international order. Such inquiry is imperative given the extraordinary challenges that face the wo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Environmental Agreements
Edited by Peter H. Sand
There has been an exponential growth in international environmental treaty-making over the past fifty years, to the point of ‘treaty congestion’ – with a total of more than 1,300 multilateral (global and regional) agreements on the topic... -
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Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
Vernon J.C. Rive
This much-needed book provides an empirically-grounded, and theoretically informed account of international law sources, mechanisms, initiatives and institutions which address and affect the practice of subsidising fossil fuel consumptio...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Energy Innovation for the Twenty-First Century
Jim Skea, Renée van Diemen, Matthew Hannon, Evangelos Gazis, Aidan Rhodes
This book addresses the question: how effective are countries in promoting the innovation needed to facilitate an energy transition? At the heart of the book is a set of empirical case studies covering supply and demand side technologies...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable and Efficient Transport
Edited by Ellen Eftestøl-Wilhelmsson, Suvi Sankari, Anu Bask
The EU Commission has set the goal of facilitating a competitive transport system, increasing mobility and supporting growth while simultaneously reaching a target of 60 per cent emissions reductions by 2050. In light of past performance...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Environmental Fiscal Challenges for Cities and Transport
Edited by Marta Villar Ezcurra, Janet E. Milne, Hope Ashiabor, Mikael Skou Andersen
As populations become increasingly concentrated in urban centres and mega cities, while demands on transportation continue to grow, the question of how to mitigate the environmental footprint of these trends is ever more pressing. This c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainability Economics
Edited by Giles Atkinson, Sam Fankhauser
The unprecedented advances in economic development witnessed over the past decades cannot continue if economic progress comes at the expense of the natural environment. The Sustainable Development Goals, agreed globally in 2015, define a... -
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What Next for Sustainable Development?
Edited by James Meadowcroft, David Banister, Erling Holden, Oluf Langhelle, Kristin Linnerud, Geoffrey Gilpin
This book examines the international experience with sustainable development since the concept was brought to world-wide attention in Our Common Future, the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development. Scholars fro...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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Managing Facts and Feelings in Environmental Governance
Edited by Lorenzo Squintani, Jan Darpö, Luc Lavrysen, Peter-Tobias Stoll
This timely book brings to the foreground the considerable tensions between the need to engage the public in the importance of environmental governance and the need of professional expertise to address the issues which arise. In doing so...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Protecting the Third Pole
Simon Marsden
This highly topical book considers the important question of how best to protect the environment of the Third Pole – the area comprising the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau – using the tool of international law. Following detail...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Transit Oriented Development and Sustainable Cities
Edited by Richard D. Knowles, Fiona Ferbrache
This book provides new dimensions and a contemporary focus on sustainable transport, urban regeneration and development in eight countries spanning four continents at different stages of development. It examines the role of transit orien...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Climate Policy in Denmark, Germany, Estonia and Poland
Franziska Ehnert
By opening a new dialogue between scholars of public policy and those of public administration, Climate Policy in Denmark, Germany, Estonia and Poland offers a timely contribution to climate policy analysis. This innovative book explores...eBook:Find out more$40.00