What's Really Happening to Our Planet?: The Facts Simply Explained - Couverture souple

Juniper, Tony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0241240425 ISBN 13 : 9780241240427

Editeur : DK, 2016

Synopsis

What's Really Happening To Our Planet? is the only book to fully review the current state of the planet and the way in which our unchecked human activity could change the world forever, with a perspective on what we can do to reverse the damage. Wide ranging, heart-stopping research is distilled into one reliable and eye-opening book.

What's Really Happening To Our Planet? charts the dramatic explosion of human population and consumption and its impact on climate change and our planet. Written by leading sustainability expert Tony Juniper, with insights from globally respected scientists, states people and cultural leaders and thinkers. Includes positive ideas and a fresh perspective on how we can begin to reverse the damage we have caused. Expect clear, informative discussion of a wealth of subjects including solar power, food waste, and mass extinction.

What's Really Happening To Our Planet? is an unmissable, accessible guide to humanity's role in our changing planet.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Dr Tony Juniper is an independent environmentalist and writer. He is a fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the President of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts.

HRH The Prince of Wales has been an environmental leader for over forty years, working with businesses, charities, governments and others to help promote sustainable ways of living and working. He made his first speech on the environment in December 1968 and has long warned of the irreversible effects of climate change. In October 2007 he set up the Prince's Rainforests Project to slow tropical deforestation and combat climate change, and in 2010 his International Sustainability Unit was established to facilitate consensus on key environmental challenges, including how best to protect food security and sustain vital ecosystems. The Prince of Wales has also sought to address climate change challenges through his patronage of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and its Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: DK
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241240425
• ISBN 13: 9780241240427
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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