ebooks from OverDrive on Environmental Problems & Solutions
One Health by
Emerging infectious diseases are often due to environmental disruption, which exposes microbes to a different niche that selects for new virulence traits and facilitates transmission between animals and humans. Thus, health of humans also depends upon health of animals and the environment - a concept called One Health. This book presents core concepts, compelling evidence, successful applications, and remaining challenges of One Health approaches to thwarting the threat of emerging infectious disease.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781555818432Publication Date: 2020
Standing up for a Sustainable World by
Standing up for a Sustainable Worldis written by and about key individuals who have not only understood the threats to our planet, but also become witness to them and confronted them. Combining the voices of leading academics as well as climate change and environmental activists, entrepreneurs and investors. The book as a whole shares the visions and hopes of those fighting in a myriad of ways to make a sustainable world, attempting to tip the balance away from the crushing loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels and increasing global mean temperature, whilst increasing living standards across all dimensions, particularly for the poorest people.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781800371774Publication Date: 2020
The Climate Change Debate by
The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook covers the topic of climate change from the earliest days of planet Earth to the present day.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781440875410Publication Date: 2020
The Future We Choose by
The authors outline two possible scenarios for our planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris Agreement's climate targets. In the other, they lay out what it will be like to live in a regenerative world that has net-zero emissions. They argue for confronting the climate crisis head-on, with determination and optimism. The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us what governments, corporations, and each of us can, and must, do to fend off disaster.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780525658368Publication Date: 2020
Building a Resilient Tomorrow by
Climate change impacts-more heat, drought, extreme rainfall, and stronger storms-have already harmed communities around the globe. This pragmatic guide focuses on solutions-some gradual and some more revolutionary-currently being deployed around the globe. Each chapter presents a thematic lesson for decision-makers and engaged citizens to consider, outlining replicable successes and identifying provocative recommendations to strengthen climate resilience.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780190909345Publication Date: 2019
Planetary Health by
Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth's natural systems--the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate--are our life support systems. Yet climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of land and freshwater, pollution and other threats are degrading these systems. The emerging field of planetary health aims to understand how these changes threaten our health and how to protect ourselves and the rest of the biosphere.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781610919678Publication Date: 2020
How to Be a Conscious Eater by
Using three criteria - is it good for me? is it good for others? is it good for the planet? - Sophie Egan, an expert in health, nutrition, and sustainability, revolutionizes our understanding of food.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781523507382Publication Date: 2020
Waters of the World by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780226507705Publication Date: 2019Linking the history of the planet with the lives of those who studied it, Sarah Dry follows the remarkable scientists who understand how small changes in energy can produce both massive storms and the general circulation of the Earth's atmosphere.
