Download or read book 2 conomistes face aux enjeux climatiques written by Roger Guesnerie and published by Le Pommier. This book was released on 2015-10-06T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combien cela nous coûte et coûtera si nous ne faisons rien pour lutter contre le changement climatique ? Que nous en coûterait-il d’agir différemment ? Et si l’approche économique du réchauffement climatique était la plus efficace pour convaincre les climatosceptiques de l’urgence d’agir ?

Download or read book Deux conomistes face aux enjeux climatiques written by Roger Guesnerie and published by Editions le Pommier. This book was released on 2012 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La quatrième de couverture indique : "Tempêtes de plus en plus violentes, montée des eaux, acidification des océans, tous ces événements - et bien d'autres -, liés au changement climatique en marche, n'affecteront pas seulement la planète qui nous accueille, mais aussi nos sociétés dans leur ensemble. Les économistes prennent le sujet à coeur, mais leurs réflexions dépassent encore rarement les cercles d'initiés. Nous sommes pourtant tous concernés ! Aussi Nick Stern et Roger Guesnerie, dont les contributions novatrices sur le sujet font autorité, ont-ils décidé de nous faire partager leurs discussions - animées ! - sur la question climatique. Vous voici invité à évaluer les coûts potentiels du changement climatique. A déterminer la politique climatique la plus efficace. A lister les grands principes qui doivent guider la conclusion d'un accord international. A rêver à une future révolution énergétique industrielle qui rendrait possible une croissance sobre en carbone... Des échanges éclairants, inattendus, sans jargon ni langue de bois, qui nous permettront de nous rendre compte, à la fois, du danger de l'inaction et des bonnes surprises de l'action."

Download or read book Les mod les du futur written by Amy Dahan Dalmedico and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le tournant des années 1960-1970 voit l'ouverture d'un débat, lancé par le rapport du Club de Rome, sur la croissance et le caractère limité des ressources de la planète. Ce rapport est à l'origine d'un courant intellectuel important, appuyé sur un fort investissement en modélisation mathématique, visant à questionner ce que l'on appelle aujourd'hui la « durabilité » du développement. Vers la fin des années 1980, la question du réchauffement climatique global fait irruption sur les scènes scientifique, géopolitique et médiatique. Une instance intergouvernementale d'expertise scientifique est créée. Après la convention de Rio en 1992, un processus de gouvernance globale du régime climatique se met en place qui aboutit notamment au protocole de Kyoto. L'hybridation est croissante entre dynamiques scientifiques et politiques. L'alerte sur l'effet de serre va mobiliser les acquis de modélisation de la période précédente et susciter une nouvelle génération d'outils scientifiques : modèles intégrés, scénarios du futur. Cet ouvrage présente les divers aspects de ce dossier, tant scientifiques et épistémologiques, qu'économiques et politiques. Il revient sur les outils de la modélisation prospective, et leur utilisation tant politique que pour la délibération publique. Il analyse la mise en place du régime climatique depuis 1988 et porte une attention privilégiée aux liens entre expertise scientifique et gouvernance globale. Pages de début Introduction I. Le débat sur la croissance des années 1970 et ses outils 1. Croissance ou stabilité ? 2. La construction historique des paradigmes de modélisation intégrée : William Nordhaus, Alan Manne et l'apport de la Cowles Commission Les économistes face au long terme : l'ascension de la notion de scénario II. L'alerte climatique, la gouvernance mondiale du régime climatique 4. Les modèles numériques de climat 5. Le régime climatique, entre science, expertise et politique 6. Les modèles dans les débats de politique climatique : entre le Capitole et la Roche tarpéienne ? III. Fabrication des futurs : batailles de représentation et délibération publique 7. Les émissions optimales de CO2 le sont-elles vraiment ? 8. Modèles mondiaux et représentation des pays en développement 9. Pour une morale de la modélisation économique des enjeux climatiques en contexte d'expertise 10. Les couloirs de la persuasion. Usages de la communication, tissu associatif etlobbies du changement climatique Pages de fin.

Download or read book The Infinite Desire for Growth written by Daniel Cohen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why society’s expectation of economic growth is no longer realistic Economic growth—and the hope of better things to come—is the religion of the modern world. Yet its prospects have become bleak, with crashes following booms in an endless cycle. In the United States, eighty percent of the population has seen no increase in purchasing power over the last thirty years and the situation is not much better elsewhere. The Infinite Desire for Growth spotlights the obsession with wanting more, and the global tensions that have arisen as a result. Daniel Cohen provides a whirlwind tour of the history of economic growth, from the early days of civilization to modern times, underscoring what is so unsettling today. He examines how a future less dependent on material gain might be considered, and how, in a culture of competition, individual desires might be better attuned to the greater needs of society.

Download or read book Plan B written by Lester Russell Brown and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold new plan for those concerned about rising temperatures, population projections, and spreading water scarcity.

Download or read book The Global Deal written by Nicholas Stern and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 2006, Nicholas Stern, one of the greatest economists and public intellectuals of our day, made headlines around the world with his report, which reviewed the costs and benefits of dealing with global warming. The world's community has learned that it must act to mitigate global climate change, but until the Stern Review, no one knew how much it would cost, and how to do it. Now, Stern has transformed his report into a powerful narrative book for general readers. The Global Deal evaluates the economic future, and the essential steps we must take to protect growth and reduce poverty while managing climate change. The future Stern outlines is optimistic and pragmatic; he believes we have the capacity and creativity to change. But we need the will to inspire our political leaders to drive a new global strategy.

Download or read book MEGA CRISES written by Ira Helsloot and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in turbulent times with continents and nations facing ever-heightening risks such as natural disasters, intense and protracted conflicts, terrorism, corporate crises, cyber threats to infrastructures and mega-events. We are witnessing the rise of mega-crises and a new class of adversity with many unknowns. The prospect of mega-crises presents professionals and students in the field of crisis management with four major tasks. First, they should engage in “deep thinking” about the causes of the increasing occurrence of mega-crises. Second, they should identify and work through the dominant trends which complicate contemporary crisis management. Third, they should upgrade institutional crisis management capacity. Fourth, they should improve societal resilience since no institutional complex can mitigate or manage these mega-crisis on its own. This book is divided into four primary parts, each of which looks at one facet of mega-crises. Part I focuses on the concept of a mega-crisis and mega-crisis management; Part II examines crisis management of mega-natural disasters; Part III evaluates crisis management of man-made mega-crises; and Part IV identifies mega-threats and vulnerabilities. Additional major topics include Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Gustav; the London Bombings; the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks of July 7, 2005; corporate meltdowns; the subprime crisis; the Olympic Games; electricity grids; global climate change; the Dutch Delta; risks to food security; and mega-crises and the Internet. This comprehensive text will provide practitioners and academics with the results of an across-the-board research effort in the prospects, nature, characteristics, and the effects of mega-crises.

Download or read book Philosophy manual a South South perspective written by Chanthalangsy, Phinith and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Climate Change Management written by Walter Leal Filho and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is one of the major challenges of modern times. Its impacts are manifold and vary from sea level rise (especially relevant to those living in coastal areas), to the increased frequency of extreme events such as cyclones and storm surges, which not only poses problems to property and infrastructure, but also to human health. Climate change is also associated with damages to the physical and natural environment, as well as to biodiversity. According to the 5th Assessment Report produced by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), many geographical regions across the world are moderately or highly vulnerable to climate change, whose impacts may be further exacerbated by other human-induced pressures. The above state of affairs illustrates the need for a better and more holistic understanding of how climate change affects countries and regions on the one hand, but also on how the many problems it causes may be managed on the other, vis-a-vis a better ability to adapt. There is also a perceived need to showcase successful examples of how to duly address and manage the many social, economic and political problems posed by climate change around the world, in order to replicate and even upscale the successful ones. It is against this background that the Handbook of Climate Change Management has been produced. It contains papers prepared by scholars, social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects, and working with communities across all geographical regions. The Handbook focuses on "Research, Leadership, Transformation," meaning that it serves the purpose of showcasing the role these key areas play in respect of applied research, field projects and best practices to foster climate change adaptation worldwide.

Download or read book Glossographia written by Thomas Blount and published by . This book was released on 1661 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Turning Down the Heat written by H. Compston and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-11-05 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyses the politics of climate policy in a range of affluent democracies and at EU level in order to identify political strategies that would make it easier for governments to make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions without sustaining significant political damage.

Download or read book Organic Farming Prototype for Sustainable Agricultures written by Stéphane Bellon and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stakeholders show a growing interest for organic food and farming (OF&F), which becomes a societal component. Rather than questioning whether OF&F outperforms conventional agriculture or not, the main question addressed in this book is how, and in what conditions, OF&F may be considered as a prototype towards sustainable agricultures. The book gathers 25 papers introduced in a first chapter. The first section investigates OF&F production processes and its capacity to benefit from the systems functioning to achieve higher self-sufficiency. The second one proposes an overview of organic performances providing commodities and public goods. The third one focuses on organics development pathways within agri-food systems and territories. As well as a strong theoretical component, this book provides an overview of the new challenges for research and development. It questions the benefits as well as knowledge gaps with a particular emphasis on bottlenecks and lock-in effects at various levels.

Download or read book Comparative Agriculture written by Hubert Cochet and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first section dedicated to theoretical thoughts on comparative agriculture, Hubert Cochet introduces the notion of “agricultural development”, the very subject of comparative agriculture, with a restored endogenous dimension. He then describes how this approach was slowly consolidated, around the concept of agrarian system in particular. The comparison of agricultural transformations in time and space highlights the importance of the comparatist approach to production processes, their trajectories and differentiation on a worldwide scale. The second section which focuses on the methods and expertise of comparative agriculture, tackles the issues of landscape analysis, field surveys and the historical approach underlying comparative agriculture. It sums up the economic tools mobilised as well as the evaluation perspectives opened up by comparative agriculture.

Download or read book A History of the Chinese Secret Service written by Richard Deacon and published by London : Muller. This book was released on 1974 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cities and Climate Change written by Harriet Bulkeley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is one of the most significant global challenges facing the world today. It is also a critical issue for the world’s cities. Now home to over half the world’s population, urban areas are significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions and are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Responding to climate change is a profound challenge. A variety of actors are involved in urban climate governance, with municipal governments, international organisations, and funding bodies pointing to cities as key arenas for response. This book provides the first critical introduction to these challenges, giving an overview of the science and policy of climate change at the global level and the emergence of climate change as an urban policy issue. It considers the challenges of governing climate change in the city in the context of the changing nature of urban politics, economics, society and infrastructures. It looks at how responses for mitigation and adaptation have emerged within the city, and the implications of climate change for social and environmental justice. Drawing on examples from cities in the north and south, and richly illustrated with detailed case-studies, this book will enable students to understand the potential and limits of addressing climate change at the urban level and to explore the consequences for our future cities. It will be essential reading for undergraduate students across the disciplines of geography, politics, sociology, urban studies, planning and science and technology studies.

Download or read book Politics Property and Production in the West African Sahel written by Tor Arve Benjaminsen and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 2001 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a number of case studies from the West African Sahel, this book links and explores natural resources management from the perspectives of politics, property and production.

Download or read book Climate Change and Society written by John Urry and published by Polity. This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the significance of human behaviour to understanding the causes and impacts of changing climates and to assessing varied ways of responding to such changes. So far the discipline that has represented and modelled such human behaviour is economics. By contrast Climate Change and Society tries to place the ‘social’ at the heart of both the analysis of climates and of the assessment of alternative futures. It demonstrates the importance of social practices organised into systems. In the fateful twentieth century various interlocking high carbon systems were established. This sedimented high carbon social practices, engendering huge population growth, increasing greenhouse gas emissions and the potentially declining availability of oil that made this world go round. Especially important in stabilising this pattern was the ‘carbon military-industrial complex’ around the world. The book goes on to examine how in this new century it is systems that have to change, to move from growing high carbon systems to those that are low carbon. Many suggestions are made as to how to innovate such low carbon systems. It is shown that such a transition has to happen fast so as to create positive feedbacks of each low carbon system upon each other. Various scenarios are elaborated of differing futures for the middle of this century, futures that all contain significant costs for the scale, extent and richness of social life. Climate Change and Society thus attempts to replace economics with sociology as the dominant discipline in climate change analysis. Sociology has spent much time examining the nature of modern societies, of modernity, but mostly failed to analyse the carbon resource base of such societies. This book seeks to remedy that failing. It should appeal to teachers and students in sociology, economics, environmental studies, geography, planning, politics and science studies, as well as to the public concerned with the long term future of carbon and society.