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The experts tell us the world is warming, but why do we care so much about a few lousy degrees? These tales of adventure from remote and remarkable parts of the Earth explore a multitude of ways the world is changing and explain the science behind exactly what those few degrees mean. Scientists share their own stories about falling into crevasses, facing sharks, surviving cyclones, chasing pirates on the high seas, and more. Along the way, they examine critical elements of climate change, including sea ice and glacier melt, rising sea levels, bushfires, collapsing ecosystems, shifting ocean currents, and extreme weather events. With knowledge comes power, and this book makes sense of how and why a warming planet matters.

As global temperatures rise, there is a risk drought will become more frequent across the globe. This book is a collection of over 50 beautiful, fascinating and - most importantly - drought-proof species from around the world.

Anthroposcreens frames the 'climate unconscious' as a reading strategy for film and television productions during the Anthropocene. Drawing attention to the affects of climate change and the broader environmental damage of the Anthropocene, this study mobilizes its frame in concert with other tools from cultural and film studies¿such as debates over Black representation¿to provide readings of the underlying environmental themes in Black American and Norwegian screen texts. These bodies of work provide a useful counterpoint to the dominance of white Anglo-American stories in cli-fi while also ranging beyond the boundaries of the cli-fi genre to show how the climate unconscious lens functions in a broader set of texts. Working across film studies, cultural studies, Black studies, and the environmental humanities, Anthroposcreens establishes a cross-disciplinary reading strategy of the 'climate unconscious' for contemporary film and television productions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

'A thought-provoking book which empowers its readers to think about the problems in systematic, transformative ways' Fadhel Kaboub, President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity'A much-needed decolonial examination of the climate crisis' Nnimmo Bassey, author of To Cook a Continent'Groundbreaking ... offers a timely, acute analysis of what a just transition might mean for the region' Laleh Khalili, author of Sinews of War and TradeThe Arab region is a focus of world politics, with authoritarian regimes, significant fossil fuel reserves and histories of colonialism and imperialism. It is also the site of potentially immense green energy resources. The writers in this collection explore a region ripe for energy transition, but held back by resource-grabbing and (neo)colonial agendas. They show the importance of fighting for a just energy transition and climate justice - exposing policies and practices that protect global and local political elites, multinational corporations and military regimes.Covering a wide range of countries from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia to Egypt, Sudan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Palestine, this book challenges Eurocentrism and highlights instead a class-conscious approach to climate justice that is necessary for our survival.Hamza Hamouchene is a London-based Algerian researcher and activist. He is the North Africa Programme Coordinator at the Transnational Institute (TNI). His books include The Arab Uprisings and The Struggle for Energy Democracy in the Maghreb. He writes for various publications including the Guardian, HuffPost and openDemocracy. Katie Sandwell is a Programme Coordinator with the Transnational Institute. She is co-author of From Crisis to Transformation: What is Just Transition?

'Why do we allow adverts that actively promote our own destruction? Halting climate catastrophe is hard enough without ads selling things that pollute more. With Badvertising, Simms and Murray have done the world an urgent favour. Funny and readable, it will make us all see advertising in a very different way' Dr Chris van Tulleken, doctor, broadcaster and author of Ultra-Processed People'Hugely timely and important ... Grapples with advertising's role in enabling climate crimes - and sets out why and how we need to stop the industry's complicity in its tracks, for the sake of a liveable future' Caroline Lucas MP'Simms and Murray are clear-headed guides. Learn the history, be enraged at the tactics, and join the struggle for a less polluted public sphere' Sam Knights, writer, actor and activist'A much-needed book whose time has come. The continued advertising of high-carbon products at a time of climate crisis is a form of insanity. The authors are absolutely right' Bill McGuire, Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, University College London'This book was a watershed moment for me. Since it can't have an advertising campaign, we all need to tell our friends about it' Jeremy Vine, broadcaster and journalistAdvertising is selling us a dream, a lifestyle. It promises us fulfilment and tells us where to buy it - from international flights to a vast array of goods we consume like there is no tomorrow. The truth is, if advertising succeeds in keeping us on our current trajectory, there may not be a tomorrow.In Badvertising, Andrew Simms and Leo Murray raise the alarm on an industry that is making us both unhealthy and unhappy, and that is driving the planet to the precipice of environmental collapse in the process.What is the psychological impact of being barraged by literally thousands of advertisements a day? How does the commercialisation of our public spaces weaken our sense of belonging? How are car manufacturers, airlines and oil companies lobbying to weaken climate action? Examining the devastating impact of advertising on our minds and on the planet, Badvertising also crucially explores what we can do to change things for the better.Andrew Simms was called a 'master at joined-up progressive thinking' by New Scientist magazine. He co-authored the original Green New Deal, came up with Earth Overshoot Day, and jointly proposed the Fossil Fuel Non- Proliferation Treaty. He is the author of several books including Ecological Debt, Tescopoly, Cancel the Apocalypse and Economics: A Crash Course. He co-directs the New Weather Institute, is Assistant Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility, coordinates the Rapid Transition Alliance and is a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex.Leo Murray co-founded climate action charity Possible, where he is currently Director of Innovation, as well as noughties direct action pressure group Plane Stupid and pioneering solar rail enterprise Riding Sunbeams. Murray is also the creator of the Frequent Flyer Levy and the brains behind the Trump Baby blimp which rose to global fame during Donald Trump's US presidency.

'Hugely important ... Drawing on grassroots alternatives from across the world, the book offers a vital guide' Ian Scoones, Professor, University of Sussex'A fantastic collection that illustrates that just transformations are already being imagined and implemented on the ground' David Schlosberg, Professor, University of Sydney'A splendid book co-produced by an impressive international group of academics and activists ... Optimistic and inspiring' Joan Martinez-Alier, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaThe climate crisis is the greatest existential threat humanity faces today. The need for a radical societal transformation in the interests of social justice and ecological sustainability has never been greater. But where can we turn to find systemic alternatives?From India, Turkey, Belgium and Lebanon, to Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela and Canada, Just Transformations looks to local environmental struggles for the answers. With each case study grounded in the social movements and specific politics of the region in question, this volume investigates the role that resistance movements play in bringing about sustainable transformations, the strategies and tools they utilize to overcome barriers, and how academics and grassroots activists can collaborate effectively.The book provides a toolkit for scholar-activists who want to build transformative visions with communities. Interrogating each case study for valuable lessons, the contributors develop a conceptualization of a just transformation that focuses on the changes that communities themselves are trying to produce.Dr Iokiñe Rodríguez is an Associate Professor on Environment and Development based at the School of Global Development at the University of East Anglia. Dr Leah Temper is an ecological economist, scholar activist and environmental health campaigner currently based at the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Dr Mariana Walter is a Political Ecologist and Ecological Economist based at the Institute of Sciences and Technologies of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

This book is a focussed and up-to-date review about the key challenges, trends, implications, strategies, and ways of overcoming, that dynamic and competitive organizations are facing now and increasingly in future by climate change. The book creates a better understanding of the impacts that climate transition will have on organizations and how they are responding to find opportunities while overcoming the risks. What corporate governance models can and are organizations developing? What climate transition strategies are organizations creating? Who should be involved in the decision-making processes? To what extent are principles of transparency, equity, participation, inclusion, effectiveness, and efficiency present in corporate governance for climate transitions? These and other issues are just a few of the challenges that organizations by the climate change transition.International experts from a wide range of disciplines and perspectiveshave been invited to contribute to this book in order for providing a comprehensive and informed perspective for researchers, corporate leaders and students of business and management as well as environmental studies.

This book presents an inclusive approach to deal with plant stresses in light of recent technological advances. As we have entered into a new decade, researchers and scientists should review and evaluate the recent findings in the field of plant stress management and visualize what we need to focus upon in the near future to increase crop yield. Above all, global climate changes present the greatest challenges of all time for plant scientists. In this context, the book highlights the recent findings and future perspectives in crop improvement to the faculties, scientists, research scholars, and postgraduate students.  Major features of the book include an inclusive approach in understanding the mechanism of stress tolerance; recent advances and innovations in the field of allied disciplines like microbiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, plant breeding, nanobiotechnology, etc., for improving plant stress tolerance; and illustrative sketches to convey the mechanism and strategies of stress alleviation.

"Australian attempts to convert to renewables basically have no parallel. To make matters worse, not only do policy-makers want to shift to all renewables they want to throw away the fossil fuel back-up power sources. This has not happened anywhere and is madness."In order to avoid a climate crisis, which never seems to arrive, activists and state governments are about to plunge us all into a very real power crisis. In ten years don't bother to try turning on the lights.Mark Lawson, journalist and authorwww.clearvadersname.comThe whole emissions debate involves spending billions and imposing more billions in costs on the economy for no gain of any kind. Even if we assume that Australia's emissions reduction effort is matched by other countries, which plainly isn't happening, it is all but impossible to construct a cost-benefit analysis to justify the billions being spent. Yet almost all commentators seem to have lost sight of that basic point, in favour of cheering on all emissions reduction efforts irrespective of the costs. After all, their jobs remain secure.A valuable addition to the short list of books that can be recommended to Australian voters.This book should be in every library.- Rafe Champion, Energy Realists of Australia

Want to know what it takes to report on some of the most pressing issues of our time?"Step into the lives of journalists with William Sargent's thrilling new book, BACKSTORY: Journalists off the Record."Follow Ericka, Sylvia and Gregor McFadden as they navigate their lives while reporting on the most pressing issues of our time, from the melting permafrost in Siberia to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Shanghai, to the war in Ukraine. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the inner workings of journalism and the journalists who are on the frontlines of uncovering the truth.With Sargent's insightful guidance, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the lives of these journalists and the tireless work that goes into producing a single article. You'll see firsthand the dedication and passion that drives today's journalists.At the heart of BACKSTORY is a message of hope and a call to action. Sargent's reporters are dedicated to shedding light on the catastrophic effects of climate change and the need for immediate action. It's up to us, as readers, to take their findings and make a difference.So why wait? Start reading BACKSTORY today and join the movement for a better, more informed world.William Sargent is a science writer, NOVA consultant and winner of the Boston Globe's Winship award for best book by a New England author. He is the author of 28 well-received books about science and the environment.

This book provides an overview of the tropical marine environments of Brazil and a multi-disciplinary assessment of the impact of ongoing climate change in these environments. These changes will affect physical, biological and biogeochemical characteristics of coastal zones and oceans, modifying their ecological structure, their functions and the various services provided to humans and have the potential of causing severe socioeconomic impacts in local (coastal zone), regional (continental shelf and shallow seas) and global (ocean) scales. The Tropical Brazil presents a unique opportunity to evaluate how spatial and temporal heterogeneity influences the response and resilience of marine environments to climate changes. This region comprises the main reef constructions of the Western South Atlantic Ocean, the majority of the Brazilian deltas, one of the longest mangrove areas of the world, a very narrow and shallow continental shelf, extreme variations in sediment and nutrient flows,as well as undeniable importance in transferring heat and mass between hemispheres.

Ny spændingsroman af finske Leena Krohn (Ikke før solnedgang m.fl.)Meteorologen Leena Lind finder en mærkelig genstand på en ø, en slags fløjte. Dens baggrund kender hun ikke, men på godt og især ondt lærer hun dens effekt at kende.Tordenfløjten er en roman om menneskets dybe drift efter at kunne kontrollere vejret, uanset om det er med magi eller teknologi – og uanset konsekvenserne ... for en seksårig pige eller for en skrøbelig global magtbalance.Johanna Sinisalo, dronningen af spekulativ fiktion, tegner i sin nye roman en elementært (i ordets egentligste forstand) spændende, men uhyggelig bue fra antikken til nutiden. Nøgleordet er fulgurit. Eller rettere – profit.Johanna Sinisalo (f. 1958) er ophavskvinde til et omfattende forfatterskab, i høj grad kendt for med stilistisk succes at bringe træk af SciFi og fantasy ind i mere litterær fiktion. Hun er oversat til mere end 20 sprog. På dansk er udkommet hendes Finlandia-prisvindende debutroman fra 2000 Ikke før solnedgang (2020); chili-romanen Solens kerne (2013, da. 2019); og den tidlige CliFi-roman Englenes blod (2011, da. 2021), sat i en nær fremtid, hvor økosystemerne bryder sammen pga. manglen på bier til bestøvning. Tre romaner der kan siges at have været profetiske i forhold til opgøret med såvel sexisme som antropocentrisme.

Give someone you love this ingenious book of climate-saving tips.Popular climate change TikTok sensation, Earthtopia, brings a book packed to the brim with tips on saving the planet in easy and accessible ways.Want to save the planet? Start here.Earthtopia is here to teach you the little things you can do that make a huge difference to our planet.Things like:- Ditching fast fashion- Making your school plastic-free- Learning to fix your belongings- Using reef safe sunscreen- Getting involved in political change- And . . . bamboo-ing your poo?!With these and 100 other tips that make a massive impact, Earthtopia is here to help you live your best life - without costing the earth.

Climate change is modifying, in varying measure, the coastal geography of States. The phenomenon is not temporary but is expected to carry on during the 21st century and beyond.

This book aims to prospectively conjecture about what the coming decades may hold for human rights. The authors in this volume discern where current trends are likely to lead and try to make sense of the future they herald. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Nordic Journal of Human Rights.

This volume traces the interconnections between myth, environmentalism, narrative, poetry, comics and innovative artistic practice, using this as a framework through which to examine strategies for repairing our unhealthy relationship with the planet.

This volume traces the interconnections between myth, environmentalism, narrative, poetry, comics and innovative artistic practice, using this as a framework through which to examine strategies for repairing our unhealthy relationship with the planet.

The first volume of this comprehensive global prospective on Integrated Drought Management is focused on understanding drought, causes, and the assessment of drought impacts. It explains different types of drought: agricultural, meteorological, hydrological, and socio-economic droughts, their indices and the impact of climate change on drought.

This book compiles and explains technical terms in sustainable finance in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.

This book demonstrates how the largely neglected and multifaceted concept of distance can be used as a primary lens to expand and enrich our understandings of what older people say about their lives, needs and wishes in diverse surroundings in the Northern periphery and beyond.It asks how physical, social and emotional distances shape older people's everyday lives and practices. Contributions from leading experts provides interdisciplinary investigations into the experiences and stories of older people in the Northern periphery. These insights demonstrate the utility of the concept, distance, when reflecting on the central aspects of contemporary ageing societies. The book explores key themes such as care, age politics, technology, intergenerational relations and migration, providing perspectives that are applicable across a variety of international geographical contexts.This innovative book offers a valuable theoretical and methodological contribution with critical new perspectives on ageing in relation to distances. It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in sociology, human geography, health and social care, ageing and gerontological studies, gender studies and Arctic studies.

This book explores how and why innovative climate policies spread across sub-national regions and between governance levels in China.

Discover the geographic approach to enabling science for a more exceptional planet.Place matters to governments and citizens, and location intelligence and data science have never been more critical for smarter national decision-making. Addressing Earth's Challenges: GIS for Earth Sciences explores a collection of real-life stories about how geoscience, sustainable energy, environmental monitoring, climate science, weather, and marine science organizations successfully use geographic information systems (GIS) to visualize and analyze data to streamline workflows, gain competitive insight, drive decision-making, design efficient operations, and foster civic inclusion.The book also includes a section on next steps that provides helpful ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help jump-start your use of GIS for earth sciences. A collection of online resources, including additional stories, videos, new ideas and concepts, and downloadable tools and content, complements this book.Edited by Lorraine Tighe, director of earth sciences solutions at Esri, and Matt Artz, an Esri content strategist.Applying GISThe Applying GIS series explains how to become a spatial thinker with ideas and strategies for building location intelligence into your profession, industry, or discipline. Each pocket-size book is divided into relevant topic areas that include a set of case studies and a road map for getting started with GIS.

Fríða har fået nok af bullshit og uretfærdighed. Okay, chill, tænker du måske, men når verden brænder, og når en sygdom truer med at tage din bedste veninde fra dig – hvad gør du så? I 'Rodskud' følger vi de fire unge, Fríða, Miriam, Steffan og Patrek, i deres kamp for at ændre verden fra Tórshavn på Færøerne. 'Rodskud' blev nomineret til Nordisk Råds børne- og ungdomslitteraturpris 2021.Færøske Marjun Syderbø Kjellnæs har vundet flere priser for sine bøger, som er blevet oversat til en række sprog, heriblandt dansk, norsk, engelsk, fransk og tysk. Hendes første ungdomsbog på dansk, 'Skriv i sandet', fik flotte anmeldelser. Pressen om 'Skriv i sandet': »En rigtig god ungdomsroman ... Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs fanger tonen af lavmælt desperation. Hun er især god til alt det usagte.« ♥♥♥♥♥ Politiken»På en fin måde formår forfatteren på en gang at bringe sine 10 hovedpersoners meget forskellige perspektiver på weekendens begivenheder i spil.« Jyllands-Posten»Skildringerne af de unge mennesker og deres problemer rammer forbløffende godt. Tanker og følelser er fortalt med indlevelse og omhu, som skaber identifikation. I de bedste sekvenser oplever man, at man er voyeur i et ungt sind; føler som det, oplever som det og længes som det.« – Folkeskolen »Anbefalelsesværdig … barsk og realistisk.« – Dansk BiblioteksCenter

Meaningful action on climate change is possible. This book explains how you can be part of the solution. Using his expertise as a consultant in emergency and crisis management, the author offers a clear-sighted response to climate change that you can apply to your daily life.In this book you will: ¿ Receive a step-by-step guides to help you reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save money. ¿ Learn how to communicate and connect with others, contributing to the momentum for meaningful change. ¿ Discover how to influence corporations, industries, and government to act now to reduce emissions aligned with the best scientific advice.¿ Receive easy-to-use tools and a free workbook to help you implement positive change. ¿ Find out how to replace feeling defeat or despair with empowerment and success, thereby restoring your confidence in our shared future.You can be part of this defining moment that changes the course of history.

Maize is one of the most generally grown cereal crops at global level, followed by wheat and rice. Maize is the major crop in China both in terms of yield and acreage. In 2012, worldwide maize production was about 840 million tons. Maize has long been a staple food of most of the global population (particularly in South America and Africa) and a key nutrient resource for animal feed and for food industrial materials. Maize belts vary from the latitude 58° north to the latitude 40° south, and maize ripens every month of the year. Abiotic and biotic stresses are common in maize belts worldwide. Abiotic stresses (chiefly drought, salinity, and extreme temperatures), together with biotic stresses (primarily fungi, viruses, and pests), negatively affect maize growth, development, production and productivity. In the recent past, intense droughts, waterlogging, and extreme temperatures have relentlessly affected maize growth and yield. In China, 60% of the maize planting area is prone to drought, and the resultant yield loss is 20%¿30% per year; in India, 25%¿30% of the maize yield is lost as a result of waterlogging each year. The biotic stresses on maize are chiefly pathogens (fungal, bacterial, and viral), and the consequential syndromes, like ear/stalk rot, rough dwarf disease, and northern leaf blight, are widespread and result in grave damage. Roughly 10% of the global maize yield is lost each year as a result of biotic stresses. For example, the European corn borer [ECB, Ostrinianubilalis (Hübner)] causes yield losses of up to 2000 million dollars annually in the USA alone in the northern regions of China, the maize yield loss reaches 50% during years when maize badly affected by northern leaf blight. In addition, abiotic and biotic stresses time and again are present at the same time and rigorously influence maize production. To fulfill requirements of each maize-growing situation and to tackle the above mentions stresses in an effective way sensibly designed multidisciplinary strategy for developing suitable varieties for each of these stresses has been attempted during the last decade. Genomics is a field of supreme significance for elucidating the genetic architecture of complex quantitative traits and characterizing germplasm collections to achieve precise and specific manipulation of desirable alleles/genes. Advances in genotyping technologies and high throughput phenomics approaches have resulted in accelerated crop improvement like genomic selection, speed breeding, particularly in maize. Molecular breeding tools like collaborating all omics, has led to the development of maize genotypes having higher yields, improved quality and resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses. Through this book, we bring into one volume the various important aspects of maize improvement and the recent technological advances in development of maize genotypes with high yield, high quality and resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses