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Heat waves, flooding, extreme storms, harsh winters. The effects of climate change are only getting worse. How can you ensure your organization is taking the right steps to mitigate this threat - and what can you, as an individual, do to help? These articles by experts and researchers will help you understand how climate change is affecting the future of business.

Este audiolivro apresenta uma solução completa e defiitiva para o gerenciamento de resíduos, baseada no modelo da solução para gerenciamento de créditos de carbono CO2Global. O livro relata também a linha de tempo do desenvolvimento do primeiro gerenciador de créditos de carbono mobile do mundo, o CO2Global criado em 2007 e exclusivo para PDAs Palm. Aplicativo usado a época por empresas como Petrobras, Vale e YPF e indicado na seção de downloads do site do jornal New York Times, na época.

Este audiolivro tem como objetivo principal oferecer uma solução completa e defiitiva para o gerenciamento de créditos de carbono. O livro relata também a linha de tempo do desenvolvimento do primeiro gerenciador de créditos de carbono mobile do mundo, o CO2Global criado em 2007 e exclusivo para PDAs Palm. Aplicativo usado a época por empresas como Petrobras, Vale e YPF e indicado na seção de downloads do site do jornal New York Times, na época.

Wasted is a riveting exploration of the complicated, and often surprising, ways that waste occurs in our businesses, our communities, and our lives “A smart, unconventional book that takes readers far beyond what they think they know about a complex subject.”—Kari Byron, former cast member...

Albin Kaelin’s book embodies the core principles of sustainability, offering insights and strategies for transitioning towards a more environmentally responsible and resilient future. Listeners will be empowered to redefine their approach to business, driving positive impact and shaping a sustainable future. Don’t miss your chance to be at the forefront of the sustainability revolution.

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This damning account of the forces that have hijacked progress on climate change shares a bold vision of what it will take, politically and economically, to face the existential threat of global warming head-on. It has become impossible to deny that the planet is warming, and that governments...

Time is up. The climate crisis is no longer a future to be feared, but a devastating reality. We see it in the wildfires in California and floods across Britain—the "once in a generation" extreme weather events that now happen every year. In a world where those in charge are constantly letting us down, real change in our lifetime means taking power into our own hands. The task ahead of us is daunting, but the emergence of a new wave of movements focused on climate justice, equality, and solidarity also brings hope.

Energiesparen ist das Thema der Stunde, der Informations- und Beratungsbedarf ist riesig. Energiesparen, das ist Carsten Herberts Mission. Der Bauingenieur führt ein Ingenieurbüro, das seit annähernd 20 Jahren auf das Thema Energieeffizienz in Gebäuden spezialisiert ist.

Our current path leads to a dead end—but it’s not too late to change course. The first step toward reducing your carbon footprint starts here.

In Liquid Asset, Barton H. Thompson, Jr. examines the growing position of the private sector in the "business of water." Thompson seeks to understand the private sector's involvement in meeting the water needs of both humans and the environment, looks at the potential risks that growing private involvement poses to the public interest in water, and considers the obstacles that private organizations face in trying to participate in a traditionally governmental sector.

Jam Tomorrow? recasts economics as a question of the balance between our needs and desires in the present and those of the future. This makes our changing perception of time a kind of invisible ink that links the micro to the macro, the past to the future, and that offers a new and challenging way of understanding the relationship between value, price, money and credit.

This Isn’t Fine is a surprisingly funny and accessible ride through a world on the brink of collapse—and what we can do to survive it. Diving headfirst into finance and energy, culture and ecology, Taylor Ahlstrom transforms the complex systems and histories that underpin our society into relatable narratives, all while mythbusting popular delusions on everything from free-market capitalism to electric cars.

As managers around the world confront and educate themselves about how climate change is affecting their businesses, A Concise Business Guide to Climate Change provides a single, short, and accessible account of the information crucial to understanding and addressing these new challenges. What causes climate change? How do countries and companies measure their climate impact? What is the role of carbon markets? How are governments responding?

Une demande en forte croissance La demande d'énergie devrait croître de 60% d'ici à 2030 sous l'effet conjugué de la croissance de la population mondiale et de la croissance de la consommation énergétique par habitant. Or c'est précisément la consommation énergétique, largement dominée par les énergies fossiles, pétrole notamment, qui produit le gaz carbonique qui détériore notre environnement. Concilier croissance économique et protection de l'environnement est donc un enjeu majeur des prochaines décennies.

In Residual Governance, Gabrielle Hecht dives into the wastes of gold and uranium mining in South Africa to explore how communities, experts, and artists fight for infrastructural and environmental justice. Hecht outlines how mining in South Africa is a prime example of what she theorizes as residual governance—the governance of waste and discard, governance that is purposefully inefficient, and governance that treats people and places as waste and wastelands.

Are you overwhelmed by the extreme views on sustainability presented by the media? Struggling with feelings of anxiety, frustration, and helplessness as you navigate the pressures of living sustainably? In "Man's Search for Sustainability," David Auge, after decades of research, offers a groundbreaking perspective by comparing two of nature's most fascinating insect communities—honeybees and desert locusts.

In Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It: The Market Forces Catalyzing a Climate Technology Renaissance, distinguished author Kentaro Kawamori delivers a fascinating and timely exploration of the interplay between capitalism and climate change. He explains how the capitalist system helped to contribute to the current crisis of global warming and how that same system will help to end it.

The market is changing, and more requirements are coming. How do I meet them? What do ESG, TCFD, NZ, CN, ISO mean? How do they help me? How will acting on the climate bring opportunities to my organization? The Planet is facing a climate crisis and the 6th great extinction at the same time. People are facing the biggest transformation since the Internet and smartphones—a Phase Change—in this decade. How can my organization ensure its Profits? This book describes strategies—smart climate moves—to address these challenges.