Earth at risk : natural capital and the quest for sustainability / Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana.

ISBN:

9780231544917

Title:

Author:

Henry, Claude, author.

Personal Author:

Henry, Claude, author.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 360 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Erosion of biological diversity -- The ubiquitous waste and growing scarcity of water and soil -- Energy, as little as possible -- Perspectives on climate change -- Applying the scientific method for sustainable development -- Sustainability at the intersection of science and nature -- Scientific uncertainty, fabricated uncertainty and the vulnerability of regulation -- Producing and disseminating sustainability-enhancing innovations -- Economic instruments for sustainable development -- Global governance of sustainable development -- The geopolitics of environment -- The new multi-polarity of sustainable development.

Local Note:

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Subject Term:

Sustainable development.

Natural resources -- Management.

Global environmental change.

Développement durable.

Ressources naturelles -- Gestion.

Changement global (Environnement)

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.

Global environmental change

Natural resources -- Management

Sustainable development

Added Author:

Tubiana, Laurence,

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1640593

Publication Date:

2018

Publication Information:

New York :

Columbia University Press,

[2018]

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Summary

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.

Author Notes

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.

Reviews (1)

Choice Review

Many books written about the global natural environment go in one of two directions. They describe in intricate detail why things are so bad (and are not likely to get better), or they describe a picture in which humans can reverse the problems of the past. In sum, human beings are villains or heroes. Henry (Columbia) and Tubiana (Sciences Po, France) offer a more balanced approach. On the one hand, they do not hold back in describing how devastating things are across the globe. We are undermining our natural capital at a brutal clip. There are almost no good stories to be told. On the other hand, the authors make a detailed argument that our best chance for survival, and rethinking human existence, is through a deep commitment to sustainability in all of its facets. They acknowledge mistakes that have been made so far in the shift to a sustainable global system. And they see a number of bumps along the road ahead. But theirs is a grounded and ambitious road map that helps us think not only about climate change, but about related concerns such as biodiversity and soil erosion. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. --Mark Chris Stephan, Washington State University