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1 online resource |
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Anthem sociological perspectives on human rights and development |
| Contents |
Cover -- Front Matter -- Half-Title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1-10 -- Chapter 1 Background: Early Signs of Warming into the Present -- Chapter 2 Extraction: Slavery and Capitalism -- Today's America -- Global Inequality and Poverty -- What Does Slavery Have to Do with This? Plenty -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3 Are We Helpless? Or Empowered? -- Discovery and Slow Response -- In a Nutshell -- Ocean -- Land -- Biodiversity -- The Kids Arrive Just in Time -- And There Is Greta! -- Defending the Rights of the Child |
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Our Children's Trust -- In Sum -- Chapter 4 What Replaces Capitalism? The Circular Economy? Blockchain? -- World Economic Forum's Summary -- Blockchain Technology -- In Sum -- Chapter 5 Geoengineering -- Solar Radiation Management (SRM) -- Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) or Carbon Geoengineering -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6 Hands off Mother Earth -- 63/278. International Mother Earth Day -- Chapter 7 The Millennium Development Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Paris Agreement -- The SDGs -- The Paris Agreement -- Conclusion: The World's Two Biggest Challenges |
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Chapter 8 The SDGs and COVID-19 -- Revised SDGs, 20203 -- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being -- Goal 4: Quality Education -- Goal 5: Gender Equality -- Goal 6: Water and Sanitation -- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth -- Goal 10: Reduce Inequalities -- Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions -- Goal 17: Partnerships -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Turning the Page -- Fossil Fuel versus Renewable Energy -- International Green Climate Fund -- Green Deal (Europe) -- The Green New Deal (United States) -- Green New Deal for Public Housing Act -- Conclusion |
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Chapter 10 Conclusions: To End Capitalism -- World Health Organization -- Solidarity, Not Capitalism -- End Matter -- Glossary: Terms Relevant for (1) Global Warming, and (2) COVID-19 -- (1) Global Warming -- (2) COVID-19 -- From Epidemic to Pandemic -- Index |
| Summary |
Climate Chaos argues powerfully that unless global citizens come together to change the infrastructure and value system of capitalist greed and consumption, human society will not survive past this century |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 5, 2020) |
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Climatic changes.
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Ecological disturbances.
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Climate Change
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climate change.
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Global Warming & Climate Change.
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Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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SCIENCE.
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Social Classes.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE.
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Climatic changes
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Ecological disturbances
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blau, Judith
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| ISBN |
9781785275296 |
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1785275291 |
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9781785275289 |
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1785275283 |
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