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  • Sustainability for Engineering and Science

    A Multidisciplinary approach

    by Silvia Serranti, Francesco Cioffi, Livio De Santoli, Angelo Lalli, Fausto Manes, Luca Persia, Davide Shingo Usami, Davide Astiaso Garcia ...
    Sustainability for Engineering and Science provides a comprehensive overview of sustainability issues related to the built environment and in line with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. It presents a broad interdisciplinary coverage of topics by instructors from Sapienza University of Rome, covering energy transition, sustainable use of resources and circular economy, ... Read more

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  • Fossil Future

    Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less

    by Alex Epstein ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data and new insights to challenge everything you thought you knew about the future of energyFor over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil fuel use on our climate will be outweighed by the unique benefits of fossil fuels to human flourishing ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Limits to Growth

    The 30-Year Update

    by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows ...
    “A pioneering work of science.”—Business Insider“[This book] helped launch modern environmental computer modeling and began our current globally focused environmental debate . . . . a scientifically rigorous and credible warning.”—The NationIn 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world and ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD

  • The Climate Fix

    What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming

    by Roger Pielke Jr. ...
    Why has the world been unable to address global warming? Science policy expert Roger Pielke, Jr., says it's not the fault of those who reject the Kyoto Protocol, but those who support it, and the magical thinking that the agreement represents. In The Climate Fix, Pielke offers a way to repair climate policy, shifting the debate away from meaningless targets and toward a revolution in how the world ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

  • Climate Change: A Wicked Problem

    Complexity and Uncertainty at the Intersection of Science, Economics, Politics, and Human Behavior

    by Frank P. Incropera ...
    Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influence of special interests and public policy, geopolitics and ethical dimensions. The underlying science is treated in depth, but in an approachable and ... Read more

    $40.79 CAD

  • Understanding Climate Change

    Science, Policy, and Practice, Second Edition

    by Sarah Burch, Sara E. Harris ...
    Conversations about climate change are filled with challenges involving complex data, deeply held values, and political issues. Understanding Climate Change examines climate change as both a scientific and a public policy issue. Sarah L. Burch and Sara E. Harris explain the basics of the climate system, climate models and prediction, and human and biophysical impacts, as well as strategies for ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Climate Change

    The Ipcc Response Strategies

    by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
    Climate Change is the report of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and UNEP to address the threat of global warming on an international scale. ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Climate Change

    The Science, Impacts and Solutions

    by A Barrie Pittock ...
    It is widely accepted in the scientific community that climate change is a reality, and that changes are happening with increasing rapidity. In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet, in light of ever-evolving scientific research. Presenting all sides of the arguments about the science and possible remedies, ... Read more

    $49.49 CAD

  • Industrial Ecology and Sustainability

    by Thomas E Graedel, Matthew J Eckelman ...
    Technology today is undergoing a rapid, unprecedented, and accelerating period of transformation. The implications of climate change, underpinned by geopolitics, for scientists and engineers are profound, as they and their societies attempt to harness these new technologies to address critical global environmental challenges, often without a full understanding of the long-term consequences. This ... Read more

    $138.59 CAD

  • China's Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategies and Pathways

    Comprehensive Report

    by Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development of Tsinghua University et al. ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book introduces a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive research on China's long-term low-carbon emission strategies and pathways. After comprehensively considering China’s own socioeconomic conditions, policy design, energy mix, and other macro-development trends and needs, the research team has proposed suggestions on China’s low-carbon development strategies and pathways until ... Read more

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  • Rebalancing Our Climate

    The Future Starts Today

    by Eelco J. Rohling ...
    We only have one planet, and its climate and ecosystem are essential to our survival. A veritable tsunami of studies and assessment reports outlines a stark picture of humanity's detrimental impacts on our planet's life and environmental health. Climate change is at the heart of many of these impacts. We cannot continue to live in the same way; we're facing relentless population growth, paired ... Read more

    $32.39 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Green Marble

    Earth System Science and Global Sustainability

    by David Turner ...
    Humans have difficulty thinking at the global scale. Yet as we come to understand our planet as a single, interconnected, complex system and encounter compelling evidence of human impact on Earth’s climate and biosphere, the need for a truly global effort is increasingly urgent. In this concise and accessible text*,* David P. Turner presents an overview of global environmental change and a ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD