Global Warming & Climate Change

Coastal zones represent a frontline in the battle for sustainability, as coastal communities face unprecedented economic challenges. Coastal ecosystems are subject to overuse, loss of resilience and increased vulnerability. This book aims to interrogate...

Nearly everyone accepts as gospel two assumptions: compliance with environmental rules is high, and enforcement is responsible for making compliance happen. Both are wrong. In fact, serious violations of environmental regulations are widespread, and by...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'A gripping work of speculative climate fiction . . . a page-turning feminist mystery-thriller' Observer'A cold, hungry adventure story about the power of choice and the strength of solidarity' SEAN MICHAELSAmerica, 2049:...

Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century. Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. From sunny day flooding caused by higher tides to a sewer system on the brink of total collapse,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666759693Author Andrew D MayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Resource Publications (CA)Publisher Resource Publications (CA)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734710052Author Lawrence W NewmanFormat HardbackPage Count 106Imprint Silver Millennium Publications, Inc.Publisher Silver Millennium Publications, Inc...

In his meticulous notes on the natural history of Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau records the first open flowers of highbush blueberry on May 11, 1853. If he were to look for the first blueberry flowers in Concord today, mid-May would be too...

An essential book that comes to grips with the events that will determine the fate of the Earth This book goes to the heart of the unfolding reality of the twenty-first century: international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have all failed,...

This report shows how efficient carbon pricing instruments can enable countries in Asia and the Pacific region to accelerate their transition to affordable, secure low-carbon energy systems and help reach their ambitious climate targets.It outlines how...

The science is conclusive: to avoid irreversible climate collapse, the burning of all fossil fuels will have to end in the next decade. In this concise and highly readable intervention, Ashley Dawson sets out what is required to make this momentous...

The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807084885Author Andreas KarelasFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593082133Author Peter FrankopanFormat PaperbackPage Count 944Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 896gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

When the sciences and the arts begin to work together, a powerful force is created. This anthology was founded upon the belief that words have the power to change. Through poetry, photography and art, creatives across the globe, from the age of 8 to 80,...

For readers of Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Endurance, and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a 21st-century Arctic mission." A contemporary classic!"-Ken McGoogan, author of Fatal Passage"Show-stopping." -Publisher's...

Melting glaciers, suffering polar bears, rising oceans- these are just a few of the climate change crisis myths debunked by noted aerospace expert Larry Bell in this explosive new book. With meticulous research, Bell deflates these and other climate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739535902Author Lyndsey CroalFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Shoreline of Infinity PublicationsPublisher Shoreline of Infinity...

Hard Science Fiction Films that Predict Future Technology"As the breakneck advance of technology takes us into a world that is both exciting and menacing, sci-fi films give us an inkling of what is to come, and what we should avoid." -Seth Shostak,...

Over his long career as witness to an extreme twentieth century, National Book Award-winning psychiatrist, historian, and public intellectual Robert Jay Lifton has grappled with the profound effects of nuclear war, terrorism, and genocide. Now he shifts...

Vast swathes of the current economic system have to be dismantled to secure humanity's future. Until recently that was thought impossible. Covid-19 proves this wrong. It is possible to shut polluting businesses overnight and pay people during a...

Vast swathes of the current economic system have to be dismantled to secure humanity's future. Until recently that was thought impossible. Covid-19 proves this wrong. It is possible to shut polluting businesses overnight and pay people during a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906155124Author Frank DuffyFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Black Dog Publishing LtdPublisher Black Dog Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228831341Author Ronald Paul BarmbyFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593714003Author Benji BackerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

This timely Handbook recognizes the emergence of climate change as the defining topic of our time. With public climate discourse growing more urgent every year, this Handbook brings together international experts from different economic disciplines to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807078044Author Wen StephensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm *...

An insider account of how scientists unraveled the mystery of the thawing ArcticIn the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in...

If you are a decent human being who believes in science, then IFLScience! How to F***ing Save the Planet is an absolutely essential read. It is easy to become overwhelmed by the bleak reality of impending climate crisis. However, this book is an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725285828Author Philip ClaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 298Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Providing a concise, up-to-date presentation of current knowledge of climate change and its implications for society as a whole, this new edition has been thoroughly updated and extended to include the latest information. The text describes the...

This report summarizes insights on transparency and integrity in sustainable finance markets shared at a series of webinars hosted by the Asian Development Bank and State Street Global Advisors.The report provides an overview of policy and market...

This book calls for more holistic place-based action to address the social and environmental crisis, deploying the Deep Place approach as one contribution to the toolbox of actions that will underpin the UN Decade of Action towards the Sustainable...

Climate change is here. We are in the middle of it and cannot turn a deaf ear to the alarm bells that are sounding ever more compellingly. The impact of unbridled greenhouse gas emissions is incontrovertibly proven and clearly measurable: the warming of...

In 2000, a transformative climate-driven “megadrought” swept over the Colorado River watershed. By the early 2020s, levels on the river’s two largest reservoirs were hitting record lows and threatening the water supply for forty million people. Outside...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914273384Author Mr Bert CargillFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint John Ritchie LtdPublisher John Ritchie LtdDimensions(mm) 210mm * 150mm * 50mm

Climate change policy has typically emphasized mitigation, calling for reducing emissions and shifting away from fossil fuels. Yet while these efforts have floundered, floods, wildfires, droughts, and other disasters are becoming more frequent and potent...

This book explores who climate refugees are and how environmental justice might be used to overcome legal obstacles preventing them from being recognized at an international level. Francesca Rosignoli begins by exploring the conceptual and complex issues...

The Poetry of Being expresses the photographers response to the fragility and perseverance of nature. Images of what was, things still hanging on, the effects of climate change, and the cycle of life make up this ever relevant monograph. The included...

The goal of this primer is to raise awareness, knowledge and understanding amongst 16-19-year-old students of climate-linked changes in nature and biodiversity affecting the plants and animals in our seas, coastlines, lakes and terrestrial habitats. It...

Climate crisis disrupts the beliefs, values and behaviors of contemporary societies, sparking potential for radical changes in culture and consciousness. Drawing upon her experience as a Jungian psychotherapist and a researcher in the field of climate...