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  • Building the Climate Change Resilience of Mongolia’s Blue Pearl
    Mark R. Bezuijen / Mark RBezuijen / Michael Russell / Robert J. Zomer / Robert JZomer
    This publication presents the first quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change on a protected area in Mongolia and helps identify adaptation measures to build climate resilience for biodiversity conservation, livelihoods, and tourism.Climate change threatens to undermine the ecological values provided by protected areas, such as the Khuvsgul Lake National Park-one ...
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    30,33 €

  • Hot Globe and No Greenery Courtesy of the Carbon Hater’s Cult
    Harold Field
    A carbon hater cult has pressured the EPA into Clean Air Regulations that cause global warming, and this book presents the science which illustrates the EPA mistakes and the severe consequences for our environment. ...
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    15,60 €

  • Hot Globe and No Greenery Courtesy of the Carbon Hater’s Cult
    Harold Field
    A carbon hater cult has pressured the EPA into Clean Air Regulations that cause global warming, and this book presents the science which illustrates the EPA mistakes and the severe consequences for our environment. ...
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    22,37 €

  • Planetary Emergency
    Kent D Shifferd
    Earth and its inhabitants face an unprecedented crisis--the human-caused destruction of the planet’s life support systems. Deteriorating climate bringing super storms, mass forest fires, melting glaciers, droughts, extreme heat and rising seas, a decline in food production, soil loss, water pollution and declining fisheries all threaten the future of life on earth with a loomin...
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    42,42 €

  • Riendas largas
    Alfons Dietz
    El trabajo a pie con riendas largas se puede entender como un método de adiestramiento del caballo a una distancia segura, desde el suelo. Este sistema consiste en controlar el caballo mediante unas riendas dobles extendidas que dibujan un círculo, permitiendo que el adiestrador observe y corrija la marcha del caballo. Las riendas largas sirven para realizar ejercicios con caba...
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    12,43 €

  • Decoding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement Version II
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication presents the latest developments and unresolved issues for negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement leading up to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow.Article 6 enables countries to utilize market and nonmarket approaches to achieve their nationally determined contributions. Yet, international negotiations on Artic...
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    30,33 €

  • EmPower Us!
    Ira Kaufman / Velimir Srića
    EmPower Us! challenges you to see the world as it could be & join us to reinvent it. The transformative journey is a global imperative. It begins with integrating the TEST Values (Trust, Empathy, Sustainability, Transparency) They are the currency and accelerator for transformation for all of Us our organizations, and our world!It empowers leaders to become Catalyzers of ongoin...
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    37,91 €

  • La justice climatique restaurative
    Nestor Engone Elloué
    La reconnaissance des inégalités climatiques commande de penser une justice climatique Nord/Sud appropriée, et de rechercher une réponse adéquate aux besoins réels du Sud global. Ni la justice climatique distributive et ni la justice climatique corrective ne permettent de répondre convenablement à la nature multidimensionnelle de ces besoins. Face à ces limites la justice clima...
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    26,54 €

  • Carbon Offsetting in International Aviation in Asia and the Pacific
    Asian Development Bank
    This report provides detailed information about the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) and the challenges and opportunities for developing countries in Asia and the Pacific to benefit from the scheme as a source of carbon offsets.It includes an analysis of the offset demand outlook in the context of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The rep...
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    27,04 €

  • Climate Change, Coming Soon to a Court Near You
    Asian Development Bank
    Report 1 guides readers through some of the basics about climate change as a defining challenge of our time. It further explains how judges from Asia and the Pacific contribute to climate governance and litigation.Without urgent climate action, humanity faces a world that cannot sustain civilization as we know it. People around the globe are demanding action, some with climate ...
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    32,55 €

  • Climate Change, Coming Soon to a Court Near You
    Asian Development Bank
    This report explores the Paris Agreement and the international legal framework that supports global and domestic climate action. It highlights the crucial role of judges in holding their governments accountable for their climate pledges.In 2020, the Paris Agreement is the pinnacle of international law on climate change. It orchestrates global climate action over the coming deca...
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    48,01 €

  • Climate Change, Coming Soon to a Court Near You
    Asian Development Bank
    This report provides holistic syntheses of the climate legal and policy frameworks of 32 countries in Asia and the Pacific and discusses key legislative trends and climate-relevant constitutional rights.National legal and policy frameworks underpin international climate action because they are the backbone of domestic responses to the climate emergency. Unless they support glob...
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    74,42 €

  • Climate Change Risk and Adaptation Assessment for Irrigation in Southern Viet Nam
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication presents findings from a climate change risk and adaptation assessment in southern Viet Nam as part of ADB’s Water Efficiency Improvement in Drought-Affected Provinces (WEIDAP) project.It highlights new developments and key lessons on climate risk assessment that may be applied to the project design and monitoring as well as the implementation of climate adapta...
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    30,41 €

  • Climate Change, Coming Soon to a Court Near You
    Asian Development Bank
    Report 2 contains a comprehensive review of the growing number and variety of climate lawsuits in Asia and the Pacific. It underscores the unique flavor and voice of regional jurisprudence and compares it with global approaches.Climate change in Asia and the Pacific is deadly and impacts communities now. The report details why and how regional climate litigation seeks relief in...
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    63,48 €

  • Los caballos de silla
    Domenico Mario
    La intención de este libro es la de ilustrar y describir este fascinante teatro natural con sus personajes principales: hablaremos, por lo tanto, sólo de caballos, de su morfología, de cómo funciona su psique, de los diversos tipos y de las razas más importantes. En este recorrido, la figura humana será sólo secundaria, y no restará protagonismo a los verdaderos amos de la esce...
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    33,23 €

  • Nietzsche and the Earth
    Henk Manschot
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) loved nature and his daily walks in the Swiss Mountains and by the Mediterranean Sea heavily influenced his writing, and particularly his most famous book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra.By following the philosopher on these ramblings and reflecting on Zarathustra’s (Nietzsche’s alter ego) surprising interactions with the animals he meets on his way, Hen...
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    161,06 €

  • Climate Chaos and its Origins in Slavery and Capitalism
    Judith Blau / Reva Blau
    Climate Chaos argues powerfully that unless global citizens come together to change the infrastructure and value system of capitalist greed and consumption, human society will not survive past this century. ...
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    42,04 €

  • Accelerating Climate and Disaster Resilience and Low-Carbon Development through the COVID-19 Recovery
    Asian Development Bank
    This technical note presents an assessment framework for designing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery interventions that are geared toward accelerating climate and disaster resilience and low-carbon development.The scale of the COVID-19 crisis and the associated size of the response mean that decisions governments make now will influence systems, create assets, and define ...
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    28,71 €

  • Voices of The Earth
    This publication is a collection of original works by poets of all age levels and backgrounds focusing on the themes of resilience, sustainable living and adapting to a changing climate. This book, which includes an introduction by Lauren Parmelee, Senior Director of Education of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, also contains a list of volunteer opportunities with and and v...
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    17,67 €

  • Our Livable World
    Marc Schaus
    As President Biden commits the US to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, bold new scientific and technological innovations will soon revolutionize the world-and a vital guide from the frontlines of our fight against climate change has finally arrived. The United States’ accelerated plans to combat the existential threat of climate change finally gives reason to ho...
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    15,30 €

  • Bell Hammers
    Lancelot Schaubert
    PRANKS. OIL. PROTEST. JOKES BETWEEN NEWLYWEDS.AND ONE HILARIOUS SIEGE OF A MAJOR CORPORATION.Remmy grows up with Beth in Bellhammer, Illinois as oil and coal companies rob the land of everything that made it paradise. Under his Grandad, he learns how to properly prank his neighbors, friends, and foes. Beth tries to fix Remmy by taking him to church. Under his Daddy, Remmy start...
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    27,92 €

  • Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change
    Aletta Bonn / Horst Korn / Melissa R Marselle
    This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning - and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. This ...
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    87,39 €

  • Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change
    Aletta Bonn / Horst Korn / Melissa R Marselle
    This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning - and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. This ...
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    102,90 €

  • The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment
    Aditi Mukherji / Arabinda Mishra / Arun Bhakta Shrestha
    This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable mountain development and will serve as a basis for evidence-based decision-making to safeguard the environment and advance people’s well-being. The compiled content is ...
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    116,44 €

  • The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment
    Aditi Mukherji / Arabinda Mishra / Arun Bhakta Shrestha
    This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable mountain development and will serve as a basis for evidence-based decision-making to safeguard the environment and advance people’s well-being. The compiled content is ...
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    102,08 €

  • New Vision 2050
    Hiroshi Komiyama / Koichi Yamada
    This book presents the 'New Vision 2050,' which adds the concept of the 'platinum society' to the 'Vision 2050'.The 20th century was a century in which energy led the development of material civilization, resulting in deletion of resources, global warming and climate change. What form should sustainable material and energy take to protect the Earth? The 'Vision 2050' was establ...
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    77,67 €

  • New Vision 2050
    Hiroshi Komiyama / Koichi Yamada
    This book presents the 'New Vision 2050,' which adds the concept of the 'platinum society' to the 'Vision 2050'.The 20th century was a century in which energy led the development of material civilization, resulting in deletion of resources, global warming and climate change. What form should sustainable material and energy take to protect the Earth? The 'Vision 2050' was establ...
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    63,30 €

  • Understanding the Bigger Energy Picture
    Michael Düren
    This book focuses on the global cycles of energy, water and carbon, which are not only the essentials of our main energy carriers, the fossil fuels, but are also the building blocks of life. The book offers an overview of the basic scientific facts and relationships that are needed to understand today’s energy generation and use, how they relate to global climate, the water cyc...
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    53,59 €

  • The Interconnected Arctic - UArctic Congress 2016
    Hannele Savela / Kirsi Latola
    This book presents the most current research results and knowledge from five multidisciplinary themes: Vulnerability of Arctic Environments, Vulnerability of Arctic Societies, Local and Traditional Knowledge, Building Long-term Human Capacity, New Markets for the Arctic, including tourism and safety. The themes are those discussed at the first ever UArctic Congress Science Sect...
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    86,39 €

  • Understanding the Bigger Energy Picture
    Michael Düren
    This book focuses on the global cycles of energy, water and carbon, which are not only the essentials of our main energy carriers, the fossil fuels, but are also the building blocks of life. The book offers an overview of the basic scientific facts and relationships that are needed to understand today’s energy generation and use, how they relate to global climate, the water cyc...
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    67,95 €