Shock Clim Tico
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Climate Shock
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Author : Gernot Wagner
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-19
Climate Shock written by Gernot Wagner and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-19 with Business & Economics categories.
How knowing the extreme risks of climate change can help us prepare for an uncertain future If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming and there's a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe beyond anything we could imagine, why aren't we doing more about climate change right now? We insure our lives against an uncertain future—why not our planet? In Climate Shock, Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman explore in lively, clear terms the likely repercussions of a hotter planet, drawing on and expanding from work previously unavailable to general audiences. They show that the longer we wait to act, the more likely an extreme event will happen. A city might go underwater. A rogue nation might shoot particles into the Earth's atmosphere, geoengineering cooler temperatures. Zeroing in on the unknown extreme risks that may yet dwarf all else, the authors look at how economic forces that make sensible climate policies difficult to enact, make radical would-be fixes like geoengineering all the more probable. What we know about climate change is alarming enough. What we don't know about the extreme risks could be far more dangerous. Wagner and Weitzman help readers understand that we need to think about climate change in the same way that we think about insurance—as a risk management problem, only here on a global scale. With a new preface addressing recent developments Wagner and Weitzman demonstrate that climate change can and should be dealt with—and what could happen if we don't do so—tackling the defining environmental and public policy issue of our time.
Culture Shock
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Culture Shock written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Costa Rica categories.
Tico And The Golden Wings
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Author : Leo Lionni
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 1966-04-15
Tico And The Golden Wings written by Leo Lionni and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966-04-15 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A classic fable encouraging generosity and individuality, from four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni. Tico, a little bird born without wings, is one day granted his dearest wish. But the wings he gets are made of gold and his bird friends turn against him. “You think you are better than we are,” they say. What Tico does with his golden feathers—and the important lesson he learns—is a fable that children will take to their hearts.
Command Of The Air
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Author : General Giulio Douhet
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-15
Command Of The Air written by General Giulio Douhet and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with History categories.
In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and aphorisms in the writings of numerous other air power spokesmen, advocates-and critics. Though a highly controversial figure, the very controversy that surrounds him offers to us a testimonial of the value and depth of his work, and the need for airmen today to become familiar with his thought. The progressive development of air power to the point where, today, it is more correct to refer to aerospace power has not outdated the notions of Douhet in the slightest In fact, in many ways, the kinds of technological capabilities that we enjoy as a global air power provider attest to the breadth of his vision. Douhet, together with Hugh “Boom” Trenchard of Great Britain and William “Billy” Mitchell of the United States, is justly recognized as one of the three great spokesmen of the early air power era. This reprint is offered in the spirit of continuing the dialogue that Douhet himself so perceptively began with the first edition of this book, published in 1921. Readers may well find much that they disagree with in this book, but also much that is of enduring value. The vital necessity of Douhet’s central vision-that command of the air is all important in modern warfare-has been proven throughout the history of wars in this century, from the fighting over the Somme to the air war over Kuwait and Iraq.
The Malay Archipelago
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Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Malay Archipelago written by Alfred Russel Wallace and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Ethnology categories.
Resilient Urban Futures
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Author : Zoé A. Hamstead
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-04-06
Resilient Urban Futures written by Zoé A. Hamstead and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Science categories.
This open access book addresses the way in which urban and urbanizing regions profoundly impact and are impacted by climate change. The editors and authors show why cities must wage simultaneous battles to curb global climate change trends while adapting and transforming to address local climate impacts. This book addresses how cities develop anticipatory and long-range planning capacities for more resilient futures, earnest collaboration across disciplines, and radical reconfigurations of the power regimes that have institutionalized the disenfranchisement of minority groups. Although planning processes consider visions for the future, the editors highlight a more ambitious long-term positive visioning approach that accounts for unpredictability, system dynamics and equity in decision-making. This volume brings the science of urban transformation together with practices of professionals who govern and manage our social, ecological and technological systems to design processes by which cities may achieve resilient urban futures in the face of climate change.
Two Weeks In Costa Rica
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Author : Matthew Houde
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Two Weeks In Costa Rica written by Matthew Houde and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Costa Rica categories.
A combination travelogue and guidebook that tells the humorous tale of the authors' vacation in Costa Rica while also giving valuable travel tips.
Rising Concentration In Asia Latin American Value Chains
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Author : Osvaldo Rosales
language : en
Publisher: UN
Release Date : 2015
Rising Concentration In Asia Latin American Value Chains written by Osvaldo Rosales and has been published by UN this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Business & Economics categories.
Dynamic Asia has overtaken the European Union as Latin America and the Caribbean's second largest export market, after the United States. However, the region's exports to Asia remain concentrated in few commodities involved a small number of large firms. This book explores the present and future scope for the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in biregional trade and value chains and the measures that can be taken to make those chains more inclusive and sustainable. It encourages governments in Latin America to improve the business environment in order to encourage multinational firms to invest, upgrade and innovate in the region.
Deconstructing Development Discourse
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Author : Andrea Cornwall
language : en
Publisher: Practical Action Pub
Release Date : 2010
Deconstructing Development Discourse written by Andrea Cornwall and has been published by Practical Action Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Social Science categories.
Andrea Cornwall is Professor of Anthropology and Development in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. --
Crimes Committed By Terrorist Groups
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Author : Mark S. Hamm
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2011
Crimes Committed By Terrorist Groups written by Mark S. Hamm and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Political Science categories.
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Examines terrorists¿ involvement in a variety of crimes ranging from motor vehicle violations, immigration fraud, and mfg. illegal firearms to counterfeiting, armed bank robbery, and smuggling weapons of mass destruction. There are 3 parts: (1) Compares the criminality of internat. jihad groups with domestic right-wing groups. (2) Six case studies of crimes includes trial transcripts, official reports, previous scholarship, and interviews with law enforce. officials and former terrorists are used to explore skills that made crimes possible; or events and lack of skill that the prevented crimes. Includes brief bio. of the terrorists along with descriptions of their org., strategies, and plots. (3) Analysis of the themes in closing arguments of the transcripts in Part 2. Illus.