A fully illustrated book by Amanda Owen, star of Our Yorkshire Farm, giving an intimate view of life at Ravenseat for herself, husband Clive and their nine children.
The first indepth analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change. Provides a valuable interdisciplinary analysis of the issues and will appeal to students and researchers interested in sustainability at local and global scales. Features on Australian case study (Newcastle, NSW).
This book provides a description, based upon research evidence from the Near East and elsewhere, of changes in climate and how they affected social and political developments. It includes three major case studies of the Neolithic, Early Bronze, and Roman/Byzantine periods.
A stunningly packaged anthology of writings and artwork by noted wood engraver Clare Leighton, including beautifully reproduced extracts and a detailed introduction to the artist's life and work, reflecting Leighton's lifelong fascination with the virtues of the countryside and the people who worked the land.
The world's leading economic thinker on climate change analyzes the economics and politics of the central environmental issue of today and points the way to real solutions
Are there ways to halt it? In this invaluable, one-stop guide Bianca Nogrady analyses the science of climate change and offers a concise overview of the ways in which our carbon emissions might be reduced. She explains the economics of emissions trading schemes and the practicalities of geoengineering plans to trap greenhouse gases.
Abate identifies the common vulnerabilities of the voiceless - future generations, wildlife, and natural resources - and demonstrates how the law can evolve to protect their interests more effectively. This book will appeal to anyone interested in how the law can mitigate the effects of climate change on those who stand to lose the most.
'Will open the minds of even the most ardent denier of climate change and/or systemic racism. If there's one book that will help you to be an effective activist for climate justice, it's this one.' - Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, author of This is Why I Resist
Newly updated with the latest in climate science from COP26 and beyond, this third edition offers user-friendly, scientifically rigorous answers to the most difficult (and commonly politicized) questions surrounding the defining issue of our time: climate change.
This edited collection explores a diverse range of climate (in)justice case studies from the Majority World - where most of humans and non-humans live.