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State of the World 2014 : governing for sustainability / Tom Prugh and Michael Renner, project directors ; Gar Alperovitz [et vingt-sept autres] ; Lisa Mastny, editor.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press : Worldwatch Institute, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 ressource en ligne : (xxiv, 294 pages) illustrationsContent type:
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781610915427
  • 1610915429
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GE195-199
  • HC 79.E5  .G563 2014
Contents:
Foreword / David W. Orr -- Failing governance, unsustainable planet / Michael Renner and Tom Prugh -- Understanding governance / D. Conor Seyle and Matthew Wilburn King -- Governance, sustainability, and evolution / John M. Gowdy -- Ecoliteracy : knowledge is not enough / Monty Hempel -- Digitization and sustainability / Richard Worthington -- Living in the Anthropocene : business as usual, or compassionate retreat? / Peter G. Brown and Jeremy J. Schmidt -- Governing people as members of the Earth community / Cormac Cullinan -- Listening to the voices of young and future generations / Antoine Ebel and Tatiana Rinke -- Advancing ecological stewardship via the commons and human rights / David Bollier and Burns Weston -- Looking backward (not forward) to environmental justice / Aaron Sachs -- The too-polite revolution : understanding the failure to pass U.S. climate legislation / Petra Bartosiewicz and Marissa Miley -- China's environmental governance challenge / Sam Geall and Isabel Hilton -- Assessing the outcomes of Rio+20 / Maria Ivanova -- How local governments have become a factor in global sustainability / Monika Zimmermann -- Scrutinizing the corporate role in the post-2015 development agenda / Lou Pingeot -- Making finance serve the real economy / Thomas I. Palley -- Climate governance and the resource curse / Evan Musolino and Katie Auth -- The political-economic foundations of a sustainable system / Gar Alperovitz -- The rise of triple-bottom-line businesses / Colleen Cordes -- Working toward energy democracy / Sean Sweeney -- Take the wheel and steer! Trade unions and the just transition / Judith Gouverneur and Nina Netzer -- A call to engagement / Tom Prugh and Michael Renner.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Non-fiction Main Collection HC 79.E5 .G563 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 251303

includes bibliography.

Foreword / David W. Orr --
Failing governance, unsustainable planet / Michael Renner and Tom Prugh --
Understanding governance / D. Conor Seyle and Matthew Wilburn King --
Governance, sustainability, and evolution / John M. Gowdy --
Ecoliteracy : knowledge is not enough / Monty Hempel --
Digitization and sustainability / Richard Worthington --
Living in the Anthropocene : business as usual, or compassionate retreat? / Peter G. Brown and Jeremy J. Schmidt --
Governing people as members of the Earth community / Cormac Cullinan --
Listening to the voices of young and future generations / Antoine Ebel and Tatiana Rinke --
Advancing ecological stewardship via the commons and human rights / David Bollier and Burns Weston --
Looking backward (not forward) to environmental justice / Aaron Sachs --
The too-polite revolution : understanding the failure to pass U.S. climate legislation / Petra Bartosiewicz and Marissa Miley --
China's environmental governance challenge / Sam Geall and Isabel Hilton --
Assessing the outcomes of Rio+20 / Maria Ivanova --
How local governments have become a factor in global sustainability / Monika Zimmermann --
Scrutinizing the corporate role in the post-2015 development agenda / Lou Pingeot --
Making finance serve the real economy / Thomas I. Palley --
Climate governance and the resource curse / Evan Musolino and Katie Auth --
The political-economic foundations of a sustainable system / Gar Alperovitz --
The rise of triple-bottom-line businesses / Colleen Cordes --
Working toward energy democracy / Sean Sweeney --
Take the wheel and steer! Trade unions and the just transition / Judith Gouverneur and Nina Netzer --
A call to engagement / Tom Prugh and Michael Renner.

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