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Aviation and the Global Atmosphere

A Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

By: Joyce E. Penner,David Lister,David J. Griggs,David J. Dokken,Mack McFarland

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Aviation and the Global Atmosphere

A Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

By: Joyce E. Penner,David Lister,David J. Griggs,David J. Dokken,Mack McFarland

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report is the most comprehensive assessment available on the effects of aviation on the global atmosphere. The report considers all the gases and particles emitted by aircraft that modify the chemical properties of the atmosphere, leading to changes in radiative properties and climate change, and modification of the ozone layer, leading to changes in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. This volume provides accurate, unbiased, policy-relevant information and is designed to serve the aviation industry and the expert and policymaking communities.

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392

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Cambridge University Press

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0521663008

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9780521663007

Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet

A Christian Response to Climate Change

By: David T. Bradford

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Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet

A Christian Response to Climate Change

By: David T. Bradford

Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet draws on scientific research in developing religious perspectives on anthropogenic climate change. Its four chapters are entitled “Tolling Bells,” “Burning Planet,” “Eschatology in the Anthropocene,” and “The Downward Passage.” “Tolling Bells” introduces the topic of climate change and several of its emotional and biblical implications. “Burning Planet” provides an overview of the science of climate change and surveys the effects of global warming on human life later this century. The essays in “Eschatology in the Anthropocene” develop theological interpretations of climate change and examine its moral, spiritual, social, and psychological dimensions. “The Downward Passage” focuses on Christ's descent, the harrowing of hell, understood as a point of doctrine and an exemplary image of forthcoming challenges as we advance more deeply into the Anthropocene. A spiritual path suited to the Anthropocene is outlined. Its watchword is penthos, a traditional practice with sufficient power to convey a person through the grief and mourning that represent a true grasp of our having forced the earth into a new geological epoch.

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100

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725282119

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9781725282117

Urban Poverty in the Global South

Scale and Nature

By: Diana Mitlin,David Satterthwaite

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Urban Poverty in the Global South

Scale and Nature

By: Diana Mitlin,David Satterthwaite

One in seven of the world’s population live in poverty in urban areas, and the vast majority of these live in the Global South – mostly in overcrowded informal settlements with inadequate water, sanitation, health care and schools provision. This book explains how and why the scale and depth of urban poverty is so frequently under-estimated by governments and international agencies worldwide. The authors also consider whether economic growth does in fact reduce poverty, exploring the paradox of successful economies that show little evidence of decreasing poverty. Many official figures on urban poverty, including those based on the US $1 per day poverty line, present a very misleading picture of urban poverty’s scale. These common errors in definition and measurement by governments and international agencies lead to poor understanding of urban poverty and inadequate policy provision. This is compounded by the lack of voice and influence that low income groups have in these official spheres. This book explores many different aspects of urban poverty including the associated health burden, inadequate food intake, inadequate incomes, assets and livelihood security, poor living and working conditions and the absence of any rule of law. Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature fills the gap for a much needed systematic overview of the historical and contemporary state of urban poverty in the Global South. This comprehensive and detailed book is a unique resource for students and lecturers in development studies, urban development, development geography, social policy, urban planning and design, and poverty reduction.

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370

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Routledge

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113624915X

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9781136249150

Climate-Challenged Society

By: John S. Dryzek,Richard B. Norgaard,David Schlosberg

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Climate-Challenged Society

By: John S. Dryzek,Richard B. Norgaard,David Schlosberg

This book is an original, accessible, and thought-provoking introduction to the severe and broad-ranging challenges that climate change presents and how societies can respond. It synthesizes and deploys cutting-edge scholarship on the range of social, economic, political, and philosophical issues surrounding climate change. The treatment is introductory, but the book is written "with attitude", for nobody has yet charted in coherent, integrative, and effective fashion a way to move societies beyond their current paralysis as they face the challenges of climate change. The coverage begins with an examination of science, public opinion, and policy making, with special attention to organized climate change denial. The book then moves to economic analysis and its limits; different kinds of policies; climate justice; governance at all levels from the local to the global; and the challenge of an emerging "Anthropocene" in which the mostly unintended consequences of human action drive the earth system into a more chaotic and unstable era. The conclusion considers the prospects for fundamental transition in ideas, movements, economics, and governance.

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OUP Oxford

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0191510831

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Book's by David J. Dokken

Aviation and the Global Atmosphere

Aviation and the Global Atmosphere

Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet

Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet

Urban Poverty in the Global South

Urban Poverty in the Global South

Climate-Challenged Society

Climate-Challenged Society

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