Newer World : Politics, Money, Technology, and What's Really Being Done to Solve the Climate Crisis.
Title:
Newer World : Politics, Money, Technology, and What's Really Being Done to Solve the Climate Crisis.
Author:
Hewitt, William F.
ISBN:
9781611683516
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (264 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Quotation -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Turning the Corner on the Climate Crisis -- 1. Science, Media, and the Public: The Message of Climate Change -- 2. Green Power: Renewable Energy Comes into Its Own -- 3. Bringing It All Back Home: Clean Tech in Action -- 4. Breakthroughs: From Rio to Cancún, and Beyond -- 5. Follow the Money: Environmental Finance and Green Business -- 6. Planet Green: The Policy, Politics, and Practice Revolution -- 7. A Lighter Footprint: Climate Change and Sustainable Development -- 8. A Resilient Future: Adaptation, Education, Law, and Lifestyle -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
An environmentalist's exploration of how we are bringing ourselves to the beginning of the end of the climate crisis and to the verge of sustainability.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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