Earth at risk :natural capital and the quest for sustainability
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New York
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Columbia University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2017
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pages cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana
CONTENTS NOTE
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Erosion of biological diversity -- The ubiquitous waste and growing scarcity of water and soil -- Energy, as little as possible -- Perspectives on climate change -- Applying the scientific method for sustainable development -- Sustainability at the intersection of science and nature -- Scientific uncertainty, fabricated uncertainty and the vulnerability of regulation -- Producing and disseminating sustainability-enhancing innovations -- Economic instruments for sustainable development -- Global governance of sustainable development -- The geopolitics of environment -- The new multi-polarity of sustainable development