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Plan B 4.0 :

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Plan B 4.0 :

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mobilizing to save civilization /

Lester R. Brown.

1st ed.

New York :

W.W. Norton,

©2009.

xiv, 368 pages ;

25 cm

"Earth Policy Institute."

"Substantially revised"--Cover.

Previous edition: published as Plan B 3.0. 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Selling Our Future: Food The Weak Link, The Emerging Politics of Food Scarcity, Our Global Ponzi Economy, Mounting Stresses Failing States, Plan B-A Plan to Save Civilization -- Population Pressure Land and Water: Civilization's Foundation Eroding, Water Tables Falling, Farmers Losing Water to Cities, Land and Water Conflicts, Cars and People Compete for Grain, The Rising Tide of Environmental Refugees -- Climate Change and the Energy Transition: Rising Temperatures and Its Effects, Melting Ice Rising Seas, Melting Glaciers Shrinking Harvests, Rising Temperatures Falling Yields, The Decline of Oil and Coal, A Challenge Without Precedent -- Stabilizing Climate An Energy Efficiency Revolution: A Revolution in Lightening Technology, Energy-Efficient Appliances, Zero-Carbon Buildings, Electrifying the Transport System, A New Materials Economy, Smarter Grids Appliances and Consumers, The Energy Savings Potential -- Stabilizing Climate Shifting to Renewable Energy: Turning to the Wind, Solar Cells and Thermal Collectors, Energy from the Earth, Plant-Based Sources of Energy, Hydropower: Rivers Tides and Waves, The World Energy Economy of 2020 -- Designing Cities for People: The Ecology of Cities, Redesigning Urban Transport, The Return of Bicycles, Reducing Urban Water Use, Farming in the City, Upgrading Squatter Settlements, Cities for People -- Eradicating Poverty and Stabilizing Population: Educating Everyone, Toward a Healthy Future, Stabilizing Population, Rescuing Failing States, A Poverty Eradication Agenda and Budget -- Restoring the Earth: Protecting and Restoring Forests, Planting Trees to Sequester Carbon, Conserving and Rebuilding soils, Regenerating Fisheries, Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity, The Earth Restoration Budget -- Feeding Eight Billion People Well: Raising Land Productivity, Raising Water Productivity, Producing Protein More Efficiently, The Localization of Agriculture, Strategic Reductions in Demand, Action on Many Fronts -- Can We Mobilize Fast Enough?: Shifting Taxes and Subsidies, Coal The Beginning of the End, Stabilizing Climate, Three Models of Social Change, A Wartime Mobilization, Mobilizing to Save Civilization, What You and I Can Do.

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"Plan B 4.0 explores both the nature of this transition to a new energy economy and how it will affect our daily lives."--Back cover.

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Plan B four point oh

Economic development-- Environmental aspects.

Environmental policy-- Economic aspects.

Natural resources-- Management.

Développement économique-- Aspect de l'environnement.

Environnement-- Politique gouvernementale.

Ressources naturelles-- Gestion.

Armut

Aspects socio-économiques.

Changement climatique.

Développement économique.

Economic development-- Environmental aspects.

Environmental policy-- Economic aspects.

Klimaschutz

Nachhaltigkeit

Natural resources-- Management.

Politique de l'environnement.

Protection de l'environnement.

Ressourcenpolitik

Ressources naturelles.

Technologie énergétique.

Übervölkerung

Umweltpolitik

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Brown, Lester R., (Lester Russell),1934-

Brown, Lester R., (Lester Russell),1934-

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