Changing sea levels

David Pugh

"Changing Sea Levels is a basic sea level text for all related interdisciplinary studies. It presents an introduction to measurement techniques including satellite altimetry, tidal analysis and prediction, storm surges and flooding risks, and discusses how they are estimated. The author explains the concepts involved in understanding and forecasting future sea level changes and impacts. Examples and illustrations are drawn from all around the world as befits the global nature of the topic."
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System innovation for sustainability 1

edited by Arnold Tukker and others.

This book "examines what SCP is and what it could be, provides a state-of-the-art review of the governance of change in SCP policy and looks at the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches...
Each chapters of this book examines problems and suggests solutions from a business, design, consumer and system innovation perspective..." - book jacket.
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Sustainable value

by Chris Laszlo.

"In this outstanding book, Chris Laszlo defines, illustrates, and shows how business can action "Sustainable Value" through a management fable, inside stories from some of the largest corporations in the world, and with frameworks, tools, and methods that will make Sustainable Value creation concrete for business practitioners everywhere." book jacket.

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The state of food and agriculture

Issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

This 2008 edition "explores the implications of the rapid recent growth in production of biofuels based on agricultural commodities. The boom in liquid biofuels has been largely induced by policies in developed countries, based on their expected positive contributions to climate-change mitigation, energy security and agricultural development. The growing demand for agricultural commodities for the production of biofuels is having significant repercussions on agricultural markets, and concerns are mounting over their negative impact on the food security of millions of people across the world..." - back cover

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Making sustainability work

by Marc J. Epstein.

Marc Epstin has produced the ultimate "how-to-do-it" guide for corporate leaders, strategists, academics, sustainability consultants, and anyone else with an interest in actually making sustainability work for organizations. With a growing number of corporate leaders asking for urgent help in "getting this done," the timing of the book could not be better." - book jacket.

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The difference makers

by Sandra Waddock.

"The Difference Makers is a history and detailed analysis of how corporate responsibility has emerged as a key political, social, and business issue, and why it has evolved so quickly, and what the visions of its thought leaders are for the future. It will be essential reading for academics, business people, and all those who are interested in the future of the corporation" - book jacket.

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The Garnaut climate change review

by Ross Garnaut

The Garnaut Climate Change Review examines the impacts of climate change on the Australian economy and the costs of adaptation and mitigation. It analyses the elements of an appropriate international policy response, and the challenges that face Australia in playing it proportionate part in that response.

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