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The COVID-19 pandemic has hit our world on a scale beyond living memory, taking millions of lives and leading to a lockdown of communities worldwide. A pandemic, much like climate change, acts as a threat multiplier, increasing vulnerability to harm, economic impoverishment, and the breakdown of social systems. Even more concerning, communities severely impacted by the coronavirus still remain vulnerable to other types of hazards, such as those brought by accelerating climate change. The catastrophic risks of pandemics and climate change carry deep uncertainty as to when they will occur, how they will unfold, and how much damage they will do. The most important question is how we can face these risks to minimize them most.The Fight for Climate after COVID-19 draws on the troubled and uneven COVID-19 experience to illustrate the critical need to ramp up resilience rapidly and effectively on a global scale. After years of working alongside public health and resilience experts crafting policy to build both pandemic and climate change preparedness, Alice C. Hill exposes parallels between the underutilized measures that governments should have taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 -- such as early action, cross-border planning, and bolstering emergency preparation -- and the steps leaders can take now to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Through practical analyses of current policy and thoughtful guidance for successful climate adaptation, The Fight for Climate after COVID-19 reveals that, just as our society has transformed itself to meet the challenge of coronavirus, so too will we need to adapt our thinking and our policies to combat the ever-increasing threat of climate change.

Developing China s Green Trade Comprehensive Evaluation Impacts and Advancement Trajectories gives an extensive exploration of the intricate dynamics of green trade and its consequences The book establishes a comprehensive indexing system for China s green trade and calculates a green trade composite index Sourcing data from the Chinese Customs import and export trade database the National Bureau of Statistics of China the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and more the book employs a range of econometric methods to empirically evaluate the economic environmental and social impacts of green trade It also investigates advancement approaches through environmental regulation technological innovation financial inclusion an more The book primarily follows a framework of measuring trade promotion paths It begins by assessing the provincial green trade index in China after reviewing the concept and current state of green trade Subsequently it evaluates the potential impacts of green trade considering its effects on the economy environment and society Finally it delves into a five pronged approach of green trade advancement strategies covering aspects of regulation technology finance energy and economy

A compelling call to action to focus on what connects us in nature to solve today s problems In nature everything is connected from microscopic bacteria and soaring trees to animals struggling for survival amid thriving humanity Yet many of today s toughest problems from environmental destruction to divisive politics stem from fundamental disconnections In Intertwined science writer Michael Gross explains how the natural world can be a powerful reminder of our interdependence Using examples based on recent scientific discoveries across a broad range of ecosystems and species Gross shares important and often surprising stories about the sophisticated web of connections in nature From plant cooperation to turtle communication he highlights crucial lessons we can apply to solve complex problems caused by human disturbances to these connections Gross provides ample evidence of the far reaching impacts of both natural and anthropogenic phenomena from coevolution and nutrient cycles to species domestication and extinction We live in a complex world endangered by simplistic thinking as the escalating climate crisis and loss of biodiversity demonstrate To address these issues we must recognize the wonder and ubiquity of the self regulating network that enab

Dragonflies are among the most familiar and popular of all insects deeply embedded in human cultural history They are iconic and tell us much about the environments in which we and they live Their conservation is an important part of biodiversity conservation One modern dragonfly species is listed as extinct with many others currently threatened It is now essential to increase conservation efforts towards saving these threatened species with strategies now available for doing this Recovery of dragonfly populations goes hand in hand with improvements to both freshwater conditions and bank vegetation quality In contrast some other dragonfly species have benefitted greatly from human transformation of the landscape with artificial ponds in particular increasing the population levels of many species In turn climate change is seeing many geographical range shifts Dragonflies are variously sensitive to the health of freshwater systems and the quality of vegetation along rivers and around ponds Dragonflies are excellent indicators in these times of great concern over the quality of our freshwater supplies Their wide range of sensitivities enables us to measure the extent to which freshwater ecosystems are either deteriorating or are improving when we undertake

This two volume reference set covering the Northern and Southern Hemispheres provides a comprehensive description of the evolution and diversity of the arborescent gymnosperms illustrated with distribution maps form silhouettes and a wealth of colour plates Invaluable to researchers in palaeobotany geobiology and evolutionary biology

This book highlights key laws and policies that have shaped western agriculture using stories of famous and lesser known individual and communal agriculture models It highlights problems these laws have created particularly related to access and ownership of resources and makes practical recommendations for legal and policy reform

Global climate change poses an unprecedented challenge for governments across the world Small wonder that many experts question whether democracies have the ability to cope with the causes and long term consequences of a changing climate Some even argue that authoritarian regimes are better equipped to make the tough choices required to tackle the climate crisis In this incisive book Daniel Fiorino challenges the assumptions and evidence offered by sceptics of democracy and its capacity to handle climate change Democracies he explains typically enjoy higher levels of environmental performance and produce greater innovation in technology policy and climate governance than autocracies Rather than less democracy Fiorino calls for a more accountable and responsive politics that will provide democratically elected governments with the enhanced capacity for collective action on climate and other environmental issues

Lección inaugural del curso 2023-2024 de la Universidad de Oviedo

Este libro está escrito desde un lugar crítico y situado que es, a la vez, un espacio y un tiempo: el nuestro, pues vivimos en lo que hemos llamado Tiempos de Emergencia. Habitamos un planeta que nos transmite constantemente su desgaste y extenuacion. En esta paginas proponemos al lector que se sumerja en otras temporalidades, distintas a la lineal, temporalidades alteradas, temporalidades no-humanas y politizaciones del tiempo, para plantar en uan tierra herida, imaginarios desde los que pensar formas alternativas de relacionarnos con la realidad.

Todo lo que compramos tiene un impacto sobre el medio ambiente. Para fabricar, cultivar y transportar los productos, se utilizan combustibles fósiles que provocan el cambio climático. Muchos productos se fabrican de acuerdo con una serie de procesos muy contaminantes y, cuando despues de su uso desaparecen por el desague o se tiran en vertederos, siguen causando problemas. Es por todo ello que debemos cambiar nuestros habitos a la hora de ir de compras como un acto de contribucion mas al esfuerzo comun de salvar el planeta.

Las pardelas atlánticas recorren 40.000 km con la ilusión y el objetivo de poner su único huevo anual. Su viaje sucede entre el cansancio, los peligros, los sustos y las alegrías de su estancia en Alegranza.La bondad de Sal cambia, sin querer y para siempre, las costumbres de su colonia, al introducir, ella misma, al enemigo en casa.

La crisis económica y las políticas de austeridad de la última década han transformado la gestión del patrimonio natural. Mientras las administraciones públicas han aplicado recortes presupuestarios y de personal que limitan su accion, han surgido nuevas

La cuestión medioambiental ha impactado a la sociedad europea y a sus componentes. De todos modos, se denota una gran desorientación ante este impacto; así, las razones esgrimidas para adoptar los diferentes comportamientos que se observan son diferentes y discrepantes como ellos. Los verdes, el consumidor, el ciudadano normal, el tecnico, los cientificos, el empresario, el politico, tienen razones y comportamientos diferentes. ¿Por que? ¿Como se influencian entre ellos? ¿Que fuerzas los condicionan hoy y en el futuro?Si esta cuestion la trasladamos a otras partes y otras culturas, con diferente nivel de desarrollo, veremos que no se trata de impuestos, o de delitos ecologicos o de control medioambiental o de salvar el planeta, sino simplemente de sobrevivir hoy y alli donde esta el individuo. Nuestro pasado fue como es el presente de ellos, y gracias a un cierto nivel de depredacion medioambiental parece que hemos llegado a un nivel de desarrollo capaz de convivir respetuosamente con la Naturaleza. ¿Es verdad esto?Todas estas interrelaciones a nivel planetario, sociedad y medioambiente, con esas cotidianas alarmas catastroficas, mezcla de medioambientalismo puro, bandera politica e intereses comerciales, ¿nos llevan a un futuro? ¿Es nuestro presente sostenible? ¿A que niveles habra que cambiar con todo, empezando por cada cual, para que esto sea viable?A lo largo del libro se realiza un paseo por relatos de hechos y presentaciones de problemas, tecnicas, leyes, tendencias..., que podran ayudar a encontrar la respuesta a las anteriores y mas preguntas a universitarios, profesores, tecnicos, empresarios, politicos...

In this excellent book Ecott s evocative telling makes me want to go to this weird and wonderful place PAUL THEROUX I never want to leave the remote island world so atmospherically precisely educed between the covers of this book Ecott s prose has the power of tides his perception is as searching as the Atlantic wind and he has the soul of a natural born naturalist A masterpiece JOHN LEWIS STEMPLE Following the natural cycle of the year The Land of Maybe captures the essence of slow life on the 18 remote mysterious islands which make up the Faroes in the North Atlantic Closer to the UK than Denmark this fast disappearing world is home to a close knit society where just 50 000 people share Viking roots and a language that is unlike any other in Scandinavia We follow the arrival of the migratory birds the over wintering of the sheep and the way food is gathered and eaten in tune with the seasons Buffeted by the weather and the demands of a volatile natural environment people still hunt seabirds and herd pilot whales for a significant portion of their basic food needs This is not a travelogue but a deeper exploration of how to be in a tough landscape a study of a people and a way of life that represents continuity and a deep connecti