Earth At Risk - Natural Capital and the Quest for Sustainability

We are squandering our planet's natural capital - its biodiversity, water and soil, and energy sources - at a blistering pace. Major changes must be made to steer our planet and people away from our current, doomed course. Though technology has been one of the drivers of the current trend of unsustainable development, it is also one of the essential tools for remedying it. Earth at Risk maps out the necessary transition to sustainability, detailing the innovations in technology, along with law, science, institutional design, and economics, that can and must be put to use to avert environmental catastrophe.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Erosion of Biological Diversity
2. The Ubiquitous Waste and Growing Scarcity of Water and Soil
3. Energy: As Little as Possible
4. Perspectives on Climate Change
5. Enlisting the Scientific Method
6. Sustainability at the Intersection of Science and Nature
7. Scientific Uncertainty, Fabricated Uncertainty, and the Vulnerability of Regulation
8. Producing and Disseminating Sustainability-Enhancing Innovations
9. Economic Instruments for Sustainable Development
10. Global Governance of Sustainable Development
11. The Geopolitics of Environment
12. The New Multipolarity of Sustainable Development
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index

About the author

Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana

Summary

Earth at Risk shows what a world organized along the principles of sustainability could look like, building on the experience of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference. Though formidable obstacles remain, Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana present the case for collective initiatives and change that build momentum for implementation and action.

Report

The authors are ideally situated to understand the ins and outs of the climate crisis, and in this book they deliver an insightful overview, one that will be useful to any student of our dilemma. Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

Product details

• Authors: Claude Henry, Claude Tubiana Henry, Henry Claude, Laurence Tubiana, Tubiana Laurence
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780231162524
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16252-4
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, The environment, Environmental Economics, Central / national / federal government policies, Development economics and emerging economies, Environmental policy and protocols