Henry / Tubiana Earth at Risk

Natural Capital and the Quest for Sustainability
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-231-54491-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Earth at Risk shows what a world organized along the principles of sustainability could look like, building on the experience of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference. Though formidable obstacles remain, Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana present the case for collective initiatives and change that build momentum for implementation and action.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Henry, Claude

Tubiana, Laurence

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Erosion of Biological Diversity
2. The Ubiquitous Waste and Growing Scarcity of Water and Soil
3. Energy: As Little as Possible
4. Perspectives on Climate Change
5. Enlisting the Scientific Method
6. Sustainability at the Intersection of Science and Nature
7. Scientific Uncertainty, Fabricated Uncertainty, and the Vulnerability of Regulation
8. Producing and Disseminating Sustainability-Enhancing Innovations
9. Economic Instruments for Sustainable Development
10. Global Governance of Sustainable Development
11. The Geopolitics of Environment
12. The New Multipolarity of Sustainable Development
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Claude Henry, a physicist turned economist, is a professor of sustainable development at Sciences Po Paris and at Columbia University. He is also currently president of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations.

Laurence Tubiana is the founder and director of the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations and professor and director of the Sustainable Development Center at Sciences Po Paris. She was the special representative of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP-21) and French ambassador for climate negotiations.