In considering how we can meet environmental targets, crucial to delivering Net Zero and fulfilling our commitments to the Paris Agreement, and in the context of the fact that we are holding the COP26 Climate Conference later this year, we must now focus on action and on increasing the pace of our response. Faced with impending catastrophe, action is urgently required. It is imperative that …
Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, SILENT SPRING exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Rachel carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired…
We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is hope—but only if we listen to the science before it's too late. In The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg has gathered th…
It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, and that we should reconsider having children. But in this bold, radically hopeful book, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out, a very different picture…
Climate Change Impacts on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Net Zero Emissions and Sustainability identifies and assesses climate change impacts on the nexus of food, energy, and waste. It also strives to examine how to contribute to net zero emissions through the water-energy-food nexus. This book elaborates the roles of water, energy, and food nexus in the 4th Industrial Revolution for environm…
This book analyses the trilemma between growth, energy security and climate change mitigation and, breaking from scholarly orthodoxy, challenges the imperative that growth must always come first. It sets forth the argument that a steady-state approach is a more appropriate conceptual mindset to enable energy transition, sets out a steady-state energy policy, and assesses the projected outcomes …
Dalam kehidupan di era modern ini, berbicara mengenai pendidikan sama pentingnya dengan penyelenggaraan pendidikan itu sendiri. Tepatnya, ada cukup banyak-kalau tak mau dibilang “sangat banyak”-isu, tren, dan perkembangan yang seyogianya menjadi perhatian kita bersama. Hal ini dimulai dengan menunjukkan ide-ide konkret terhadapnya. Dalam tulisan Bei Witono di buku ini yang berjudul “Ko…
Seiring dengan adanya perubahan teknologi di Bumi, khususnya untuk menyediakan berbagai jenis infrastruktur, seperti jalan raya, bangunan gedung, pelabuhan laut, pelabuhan udara, dan infrastruktur lainnya berdampak negatif terhadap lingkungan. Hal ini ditandai dengan terjadinya peningkatan emisi berbagai jenis gas di udara. Keadaan tersebut sedikit banyak berpengaruh terhadap kelangsungan kehid…