Red sky at morning : America and the crisis of the global environment /
Speth, James Gustave.
Red sky at morning : America and the crisis of the global environment / James Gustave Speth. - xv, 299 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-275) and index.
Prologue: 1980 -- pt. 1. Environmental challenges go global -- A world of wounds -- Lost in Eden -- Pollution and climate change in a full world -- pt. 2. And the world responds -- First attempt at global environmental governance -- Anatomy of failure -- pt. 3. Facing up to underlying causes -- Ten drivers of environmental deterioration -- Globalization and the environment -- pt. 4. The transition to sustainability -- Attacking the root causes -- Taking "good governance" seriously -- The most fundamental transition of all -- Resources for citizens.
"Explains why current approaches to global environmental problems ... don't work now and won't work in the future ... Argues that dramatically different and far-reaching actions by citizens and governments are now urgent"--jacket.
0300102321 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2003020223
GBA4Y5452 bnb
010337760 Uk
Global environmental change.
Environmental protection.
Globalization--Environmental aspects.
Environmental policy--United States.
Environmental protection--United States.
GE149 / .S64 2004
363.7/00973
Red sky at morning : America and the crisis of the global environment / James Gustave Speth. - xv, 299 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-275) and index.
Prologue: 1980 -- pt. 1. Environmental challenges go global -- A world of wounds -- Lost in Eden -- Pollution and climate change in a full world -- pt. 2. And the world responds -- First attempt at global environmental governance -- Anatomy of failure -- pt. 3. Facing up to underlying causes -- Ten drivers of environmental deterioration -- Globalization and the environment -- pt. 4. The transition to sustainability -- Attacking the root causes -- Taking "good governance" seriously -- The most fundamental transition of all -- Resources for citizens.
"Explains why current approaches to global environmental problems ... don't work now and won't work in the future ... Argues that dramatically different and far-reaching actions by citizens and governments are now urgent"--jacket.
0300102321 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2003020223
GBA4Y5452 bnb
010337760 Uk
Global environmental change.
Environmental protection.
Globalization--Environmental aspects.
Environmental policy--United States.
Environmental protection--United States.
GE149 / .S64 2004
363.7/00973