{"product_id":"earth-at-risk-claude-henry-9780231162524","title":"Earth at Risk: Natural Capital and the Quest for Sustainability","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are squandering our planet's natural capital--its biodiversity, water and soil, and climate stability--at a blistering pace. Major changes must be made to steer our planet and people away from our current, doomed course. Though technology has been one of the drivers of the current trend of unsustainable development, it is also one of the essential tools for remedying it. \u003ci\u003eEarth at Risk\u003c\/i\u003e maps out the necessary transition to sustainability, detailing the innovations in science and technology, along with law, institutional design, and economics, that can and must be put to use to avert environmental catastrophe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaude Henry and Laurence Tubiana begin with a measure of the costs of ecological damage--the erosion of biodiversity; air, water, and soil pollution; and the wide-reaching effects of climate change--and then consider the solutions that are either now available or close on the horizon and that may lead to a more sustainable global trajectory. What community-driven or market-based tools can be used to promote sustainable development? How can renewable energy and energy storage advances help us decrease our use of fossil fuels? How can we substitute agroecology for the damaging chemical methods of industrialized agriculture? Is international agreement on climate goals possible? Building on the experience of the most significant climate negotiation of the decade, \u003ci\u003eEarth at Risk\u003c\/i\u003e shows what a world organized along the principles of sustainability could look like, no matter how optimistic it may seem at the present moment. Though formidable obstacles remain to the realization of this significant transition, Henry and Tubiana present the case for collective initiatives and change that build momentum for implementation and action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claude Henry, Laurence Tubiana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231162529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231162524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018","brand":"Claude Henry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372290887935,"sku":"9780231162524","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7126b3af-9207-4561-92c0-a82454706e65.jpg?v=1732725540","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/earth-at-risk-claude-henry-9780231162524","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}