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  • Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change

    Keeping Our Heads above Water

    Series series Anthem Climate Change and Policy Series
    Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change – but it is also a country that is capable of coping. Far from being a victim, Bangladesh has lessons for activists, scientists, government and donor officials and concerned citizens who want to know what climate change looks like and how to respond to it.This densely populated country feeds itself because it is in a rich delta. ... Read more

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  • Tackling Climate Change through Livestock: A Global Assessment of Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities

    As renewed international efforts are needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the livestock sector can contribute its part. An important emitter of greenhouse gas, it also has the potential to significantly reduce its emissions. This report provides a unique global assessment of the magnitude, the sources and pathways of emissions from different livestock production systems and supply chains. ... Read more

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  • Appunti di geologia I

    Introduzione al Dora Maira e alla Zona Piemontese

    Series Book 1 - Geologia
    Breve introduzione al Dora Maira e alla Zona Piemontese ... Read more

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  • The Significance of Sámi Rights

    Law, Justice, and Sustainability for the Indigenous Sámi in the Nordic Countries

    Series series Routledge Research in Polar Regions
    This book examines the significance of the rights of the Sámi people and analyses the issues raised by the recognition and implementation of these rights in the Nordic countries.Written together by Sámi and non-Sámi experts, the book adopts a human rights approach to examine the adequacy of law and policies that seek to protect the culture and livelihood of Sámi communities in their traditional ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Climate Change and Uncertainty in India

    This book brings together diverse perspectives concerning uncertainty and climate change in India. Uncertainty is a key factor shaping climate and environmental policy at international, national and local levels. Climate change and events such as cyclones, floods, droughts and changing rainfall patterns create uncertainties that planners, resource managers and local populations are regularly ... Read more

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  • EU-China Energy Magazine 2021 Spring Double Issue

    2021, #1

    Series Book 1 - 2021
    EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform was launched on 15 May 2019, to support the implementation of activities announced in the 'Joint Statement on the Implementation of EU-China Energy Cooperation'.The Joint Statement was signed during the 8th EU-China Energy Dialogue that was held in Brussels on 9th April between Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete and the ... Read more

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  • Making It Count: Increasing the Impact of Climate Change and Food Security Education Programmes

    The evidence is clear: to change behavior ‘environmental education’ needs to change its focus – with less emphasis on knowledge and raising awareness (although still needed) and more on competency, action skills and problem solving (Marcinkowski, 2010). This report reviews the evidence base to establish which educational methods are proven to have an impact on behavior. The research is summarized ... Read more

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  • 中欧能源杂志2022年4月刊

    2022, #3

    Series Book 3 - 2022
    關於中歐能源合作平台 (ECECP)"中欧能源合作平台于 2019 年 5 月 15 日启动,旨在支持落实《关于落实中欧能源合作的联合声明》中的举措。中欧能源合作平台的目标是遵循欧盟能源绿色新政,欧盟联盟、《全欧洲人共享清洁能源倡议》、《巴黎气候变化协定》和欧盟《全球战略》,加强中欧能源合作。此次加强合作将增进中欧双方理解互信,为全球清洁能源向可持续、可靠、安全的能源系统转型做出贡献。中欧能源合作平台由艾思赋国际咨询公司(ICF)作为牵头机构 及国家发展和改革委员会能源研究所、共同组成项目执行团队。欧盟(DG ENERGY) 和中国国家能源局给予政策指导。"法律免责声明本刊物所表达观点和传达的信息的仅来自作者本人,並不代表中歐能源合作平台。©️ European Union 2021, 2022 版權所有 ... Read more

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  • Um copo d'água

    e outros escritos imperfeitos

    Por meio de um texto claro, rigoroso e bem-humorado, Gerôncio Rocha nos esclarece nesta obra sobre a água e suas circunstâncias. Descreve as condições de vicissitudes da água no Brasil e as tentativas de sua gestão compartilhada, entre outros aspectos.Esta edição, revista e ampliada, reúne o conteúdo do livro Um copo d'água, sete artigos do autor publicados em anos diversos na Revista de Estudos ... Read more

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  • İstanbul Deprem Çalıştayı

    Gelecekte, İstanbul’da olası yıkıcı bir deprem yaşanacağı ve bu depremin de sonuçlarının afet boyutunda kayıplar yaratacağı gerçeği, birçok bilimsel çalışma ile öngörülmektedir. Olası deprem kayıplarına dair ilk tahmin çalışması, 1999 İzmit Depremi sonrası İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (İBB) ve Japon Uluslararası İşbirliği Örgütü (JICA) ortaklığında 2001 yılında gerçekleştirilen “Afet Önleme ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Living with Environmental Risks

    We are not free from environmental risks that accompany the development of human societies. Modern economic development has accelerated environmental pollution, caused loss of natural habitats, and modified landscapes. These environmental changes have impacted natural systems: water and heat circulation, nutrient cycling, and biodiversity. These changes in natural systems degrade ecosystem ... Read more

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  • Revisitando o território fluminense, VI

    Neste sexto volume da coletânea Revisitando o Território Fluminense, com o primeiro título publicado há quatorze anos e organizada no Núcleo de Geografia Fluminense (NEGEF) do Instituto de Geografia – UERJ, foram convidados pesquisadores doutores de diversas instituições e profissionais que concluíram recentemente pesquisas em nível de mestrado e doutorado. Com temáticas variadas (tributação ... Read more

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  • Marine Plastics: Innovative Solutions to Tackling Waste

    This open access book reflects aims of the Blue Circular Economy (BCE) project, which focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to create value using circular economy concepts related to products and services within fishing gear recycling in the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) area. Cluster establishment and operation were carried out in collaboration with academia, industry ... Read more

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  • Mobilities on the Margins

    Creative Processes of Place-Making

    Series series Arctic Encounters
    This open access book examines places on the margins and the dynamics through which a marginal position of a place is created. Specifically, it explores how places, mostly in sparsely populated areas, often perceived as immobile and frozen in time, come into being and develop through interference of everyday mobilities and creative practices that cut across the spheres of culture and nature as ... Read more

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  • Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7)

    Edited by Lionel Mabit, William Blake ...
    This open access book is the first comprehensive guideline for the beryllium-7 (Be-7) technique that can be applied to evaluate short-term patterns and budgets of soil redistribution in agricultural landscapes. While covering the fundamental and basic concepts of the approach, this book distinguishes itself from other publications by offering step-by-step instructions on how to use this isotopic ... Read more

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  • YOUMARES 9 - The Oceans: Our Research, Our Future

    Proceedings of the 2018 conference for YOUng MArine RESearcher in Oldenburg, Germany

    This open access book summarizes peer-reviewed articles and the abstracts of oral and poster presentations given during the YOUMARES 9 conference which took place in Oldenburg, Germany, in September 2018. The aims of this book are to summarize state-of-the-art knowledge in marine sciences and to inspire scientists of all career stages in the development of further research. These conferences are ... Read more

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  • Eating, Drinking: Surviving

    The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU

    Series series SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding
    This publication addresses the global challenges of food and water security in a rapidly changing and complex world. The essays highlight the links between bio-physical and socio-cultural processes, making connections between local and global scales, and focusing on the everyday practices of eating and drinking, essential for human survival. Written by international experts, each contribution is ... Read more

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  • Building an Inclusive, Green and Low-Carbon Economy

    CCICED Annual Policy Report 2022

    by CCICED CCICED ...
    This open access book introduces the major environmental green development issues from six major themes carbon neutrality, nature-based solution, watershed management and climate adaptation, BRI green development, sustainable food supply chain, ecosystem-based integrated ocean management focusing on the progress of China’s environment and development policies from 2021 accomplishments. It is based ... Read more

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  • Past, Present and Future of a Habitable Earth

    The Development Strategy of Earth Science 2021 to 2030

    Series series SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
    This perspective of this book views Earth's various layers as a whole system, and tries to understand how to achieve harmony and sustainable development between human society and nature, with the theme of " habitability of the Earth." This book is one effort at providing an overview of some of the recent exciting advances Chinese geoscientists have made. It is the concerted team effort of a group ... Read more

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  • European Foreign Policy in a Decarbonising World

    Challenges and Opportunities

    Series series Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy
    Contributing to the emerging literature on the geopolitical and foreign policy implications of decarbonisation and energy transition processes, this book sheds light on the future of the European Union’s (EU) external relations under decarbonisation.Under the Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted in 2015, governments are committed to phasing out the emissions of carbon dioxide and other ... Read more

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  • Green Economy in the Transport Sector

    A Case Study of Limpopo Province, South Africa

    This open access book is interdisciplinary and provides cross-sectoral and multi-dimensional exploration of sustainable development and transportation in South Africa. Drawing on work from different disciplines, the book contributes not only to academia but also seeks to inform urban and regional policy with the view of contributing to the national aspirations of South Africa as espoused in the ... Read more

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  • From Decoding Turbulence to Unveiling the Fingerprint of Climate Change

    Klaus Hasselmann—Nobel Prize Winner in Physics 2021

    This open access book serves as a reference for the key elements and their significance of Klaus Hasselmann's work on climate science and on ocean wave research, all based on a rigorous and deeply physical thinking. It summarizes the original articles (mostly from the 1970 and 1980s; some of which are hard to find nowadays) and brings them in a present-day context. From 1975 until 2000, he was ... Read more

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  • Dryland Social-Ecological Systems in Changing Environments

    Edited by Bojie Fu, Mark Stafford-Smith ...
    This open access book prepared by a joint working group committed to critical research on dryland social-ecological systems (SESs) presents a timely synthesis of up-to-date knowledge in various thematic fields relevant to dryland SESs. It aims to organize key salient concepts and establish a conceptual framework relevant to the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural understanding of dryland SESs, ... Read more

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  • Data Assimilation Fundamentals

    A Unified Formulation of the State and Parameter Estimation Problem

    Series series Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
    This open-access textbook's significant contribution is the unified derivation of data-assimilation techniques from a common fundamental and optimal starting point, namely Bayes' theorem. Unique for this book is the "top-down" derivation of the assimilation methods. It starts from Bayes theorem and gradually introduces the assumptions and approximations needed to arrive at today's popular data ... Read more

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