Environmental Policy & Protocols

In the late 1990s, governments began investing hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign oil and gas assets through their national oil companies (...

Tens of millions of Americans are at risk from sea level rise, increased tidal flooding, and intensifying storms. The design and policy decisions t...

This book explores the political aspects of China's climate change policy, focusing on the newly established carbon markets and carbon trading sche...

Examines local food movement activism in a period of increasing climate chaos and neoliberal crisis, economic inequalities and political divisions ...

Municipalities around the world face important water supply challenges. One response has been alternative service delivery (ASD). For its proponent...

SDG16 recognises the need to respond to challenges to build a peaceful and just world. In the context of a transforming global community that is in...

In conjunction with Singapore's 50th birthday in August 2015, 50 Years of Environment: Singapore's Journey Towards Environmental Sustainability tak...

The government's response to Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history, suffered numerous criticisms. Nearly...

Sustainable Development Goal 11, one of 17 Global Goals that make up the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, recognizes the need to make citie...

50 tear-out posters, each designed by a unique artist or designer, that convey the urgency of needing to take action to help prevent climate change...

Financing Water Security and Green Growth offers a comprehensive overview of the innovative financial instruments and approaches available to imple...

What is the role of citizens in urban development decision-making processes? In answer of this globally relevant question, Aline Delatte offers a c...

Mining and hydrocarbon production in Latin America is high-stakes for extractive firms, communities in resource-rich zones, and states. Amid global...

US Environmental Policy: A Practical Approach to Understanding Implementation provides a comprehensive look at the creation, implementation, and ev...

In 1986 the Khian Sea, carrying thousands of tons of incinerator ash from Philadelphia, began a two-year journey, roaming the world's oceans in sea...

The nation's environmental policy approaches and methods are becoming more flexible and diverse, with state governments composing the fulcrum of po...

The nation's environmental policy approaches and methods are becoming more flexible and diverse, with state governments composing the fulcrum of po...

In this edited volume, leading environmental policy experts from China, USA, and Europe provide a contemporary view of Chinese environmental policy...

Tanasescu examines the rights of nature in terms of its constituent parts. Besides offering a thorough theoretical grounding, the book gives a firs...

This book describes how NGOs' efforts to promote sustainable development are affected by their funding, management strategies, and relationships wi...

Human-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results...