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I examine several social movements committed to environmental sustainability in the region that have succeeded in networking with global and regional partners to push ahead their agenda in the face of enormous challenges.
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
Broadly speaking, you can think of adaptation in three stages. The first involves reducing the risks posed by climate change, through steps like climate-proofing buildings and other infrastructure, protecting wetlands as a bulwark against flooding, and—when necessary—encouraging people to relocate permanently from areas that are no longer livable.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: A MITIGATION STRATEGY
Joi Ito • The Social Labs Revolution
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Calvin Po • Donella Meadows Revisited - Future Observatory Journal
measure the economic cost of climate change in terms of a reduction in welfare below its reference level.
Bjørn Lomborg • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
Black carbon can be controlled in developing countries through the implementation of cleaner fuels, new cooking technologies, and changing crop management practices.
Bjørn Lomborg • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
will explain how Americans in some of the most populated regions of the country have put themselves at particular risk, exposing a pattern of shortsighted policies that encouraged people to settle in vulnerable parts of the continent. It will show how decades of economic policies have favored some Americans over others, polarizing the country furth
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