The Global Quest For Sustainability

Author : Carlo Secchi,Alessandro Gili
Publisher : Ledizioni
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788855265355

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The Global Quest for Sustainability by Carlo Secchi,Alessandro Gili Pdf

In the aftermath of the pandemic, global demand for infrastructure is booming. National plans around the world show that infrastructure is likely to provide the backbone for a resurgence in public expenditure, and to support growth in economies badly hit by the pandemic.As all the biggest powers and blocs (the EU, the US, China, and Japan) have recently announced their plans for climate or carbon neutrality, the room and need for green and sustainable infrastucture are greatly expanding. Decarbonisation and digitalisation will be underpinning this latest investment drive in infrastructure, with sustainability and ESG principles at its core. However, infrastructure expenditure will not come without risk: after the pandemic, the world will be left with the highest levels of public andprivate debt since World War II, and the sustainability of key investment decisions must be carefully evaluated.How to foster quality and sustainable infrastructure investment? What role for the private sector? What future for sustainable mobility? What kind of policies will countries adopt to reach carbon neutrality?

Author : Alessandro Gili,Carlo Secchi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8855265369

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The Global Quest for Sustainability by Alessandro Gili,Carlo Secchi Pdf

Author : Wayne Visser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351277624

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The Quest for Sustainable Business by Wayne Visser Pdf

In January 2010, author, academic and social entrepreneur Dr Wayne Visser set off on a nine-month, 20-country "quest" to talk to entrepreneurs, business leaders and innovators and learn about how companies in all parts of the world can and are helping to tackle the world's most pressing social and environmental problems. His aim was to explore the many varieties of global approaches to sustainable business practices first-hand and to share some of the most innovative global examples.The result is this treasure trove of a book, full of stories, ideas, links to more than 100 video interviews, best practices and tools for making sustainable business work in a myriad of different contexts, cultures and settings. Besides sharing insights from his 2010 "CSR Quest World Tour", the author captures his professional experiences and the evolution of sustainable business over the past 20 years.The path begins in Africa and winds its way through Asia, North America, Europe, Australasia and Latin America. The author shares what he has learned in encounters with mega-corporations and small farmers, and conversations with CEOs and social entrepreneurs. There are facts and figures about world trends, and interviews with thought leaders and activists. This is a tale that consciously weaves the personal and the professional, mixing anecdotes and case studies. It looks outwards and reflects inwards, and is both autobiography and the life story of a global movement.

Author : Filippo Menga
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781804290736

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Thirst by Filippo Menga Pdf

A ground breaking study of how access to water grows more precarious while non-profit solutions grow more ineffective A sense of urgency about the global water crisis has entered the political and corporate discourse, and in humanity’s quest to solve it, we are all called to rise to the challenge. However, solutions are hard to come by where causes are not clearly defined. And given the scale and geographic dispersion of the problem, there are many drivers of the crisis. In fact the global water crisis is only global in the sense that there are people in regions all over the world that are condemned to insecure water access . The acute reasons for lack of water vary from place to place. The one unifying factor is the global power of the market over the provision, allocation and maintenance of water supplies. Building on a critique of recent responses to the water crisis and their contradictions, the book interrogates how savior-like, 'high priests' of a fetishized global developmentalism – embodied by celebrities, CEOs, and sustainability directors – are shaping global water governance. The book thus argues that if humanity is to escape the current deadlock that bedevils access to clean water around the world, it has to reconsider both its faith in the market and its relationship with nature.

Author : Dain Bolwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429770609

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Governing Technology in the Quest for Sustainability on Earth by Dain Bolwell Pdf

Governing Technology in the Quest for Sustainability on Earth explores how human technologies can be managed to ensure the long-term sustainability of our species and of other life forms with which we share this world. It analyses human impact, the discourses of environmentalism and issues of economics, history and science. As these variables are complex, drawing on issues from the social, physical and life sciences as well as the humanities, Dain Bolwell uses an interdisciplinary approach to investigate these concepts and their related public policies. Exploring three major existing and emerging technologies – chemical herbicides, nuclear-electric power generation, and robotics and artificial intelligence – the book demonstrates the multifaceted and complicated nature of the grand challenges we face and draws out the measures required to effect sustainability in the wider political sphere. Exploring how we can govern technology most effectively to ensure a long term and sustainable future, this book will be of great interest to students and researchers of environmental studies, science and technology and environmental law and policy.

Author : Evelyne Meltzer,Susanna Fuller
Publisher : NRC Research Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fishery management, International
ISBN : 9780660197241

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The Quest for Sustainable International Fisheries by Evelyne Meltzer,Susanna Fuller Pdf

"A publication of the National Research Council of Canada Monograph Publishing Program."

Author : Claude Henry,Laurence Tubiana
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231544917

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Earth at Risk by Claude Henry,Laurence Tubiana Pdf

We are squandering our planet’s natural capital—its biodiversity, water and soil, and climate stability—at a blistering pace. Major changes must be made to steer our planet and people away from our current, doomed course. Though technology has been one of the drivers of the current trend of unsustainable development, it is also one of the essential tools for remedying it. Earth at Risk maps out the necessary transition to sustainability, detailing the innovations in science and technology, along with law, institutional design, and economics, that can and must be put to use to avert environmental catastrophe. Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana begin with a measure of the costs of ecological damage—the erosion of biodiversity; air, water, and soil pollution; and the wide-reaching effects of climate change—and then consider the solutions that are either now available or close on the horizon and that may lead to a more sustainable global trajectory. What community-driven or market-based tools can be used to promote sustainable development? How can renewable energy and energy storage advances help us decrease our use of fossil fuels? How can we substitute agroecology for the damaging chemical methods of industrialized agriculture? Is international agreement on climate goals possible? Building on the experience of the most significant climate negotiation of the decade, Earth at Risk shows what a world organized along the principles of sustainability could look like, no matter how optimistic it may seem at the present moment. Though formidable obstacles remain to the realization of this significant transition, Henry and Tubiana present the case for collective initiatives and change that build momentum for implementation and action.

Author : Archna Negi,Jorge Antonio Pérez-Pineda,Johannes Blankenbach
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811534737

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Sustainability Standards and Global Governance by Archna Negi,Jorge Antonio Pérez-Pineda,Johannes Blankenbach Pdf

This open access book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and emerging economies. It stems from the recognition that the accelerated pace of economic globalization has generated production and consumption patterns that are generating sustainability concerns. Sustainability standards (and regulations) are increasingly being used in a bid to make global consumption and production more sustainable. Given the dense inter-connectedness of economic affairs globally, the use of sustainability standards has become a concern of global governance, who face the challenge of achieving a balance between the use of standards for genuine sustainability objectives, and not allowing them to turn into instruments of protectionism or coercion.The emerging economies, given their increasing engagement with the global economy, are most impacted by the use of sustainability standards. The emphasis of ‘emerging economies’ in this book is retained both by using case studies from these economies and by collating perceptions and assessments of those located in these economies. The case studies included span sectors such as palm oil, forestry, food quality, vehicular emissions and water standards, and address the problems unique to the emerging economies, including capacity building for compliance with standards, adapting international standards in domestic contexts and addressing the exclusion of small and medium enterprises etc. Complex interfaces and dynamics of a global nature are not limited to the thematic of this book but also extend to the process through which it was written. This book brings together insights from developed as well as emerging economies (Germany, India, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan, Mexico and China). It also brings together scholars and practitioners to jointly ponder upon the conceptual aspects of the global frameworks for sustainability standards. This book is a very useful resource for researchers and practitioners alike, and provides valuable insights for policy makers as well.

Author : Liliana B. Andonova,Moira V. Faul,Dario Piselli
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000601268

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Partnerships for Sustainability in Contemporary Global Governance by Liliana B. Andonova,Moira V. Faul,Dario Piselli Pdf

Partnerships for Sustainability in Contemporary Global Governance investigates the goals, ideals, and realities of sustainability partnerships and offers a theoretical framework to help disentangle the multiple and interrelated pathways that shape their effectiveness. Partnerships are ubiquitous in research and policy discussions about sustainability and are important governance instruments for the provision of public goods. While partnerships promise a great deal, there is little clarity as to what they deliver. If partnerships are to break free from this paradox, more nuance and rigor are required for understanding and assessing their actual effects. This volume applies its original framework to diverse empirical cases in a way that could be extended to broader data sets and case studies of partnerships. The dual contribution of this volume, theoretical and empirical, holds promise for a more thorough and innovative understanding of the pathways to partnership effectiveness and the conditions that can shape their performance. The broad range of crosscutting analyses suggest important practical implications for the design of new partnerships and the updating of existing initiatives. This interdisciplinary book will be of great interest to researchers, students, and practitioners within international relations, political science, sociology, environmental studies and global studies, as well as the growing number of scholars in public policy, global health and organizational and business studies who are keen to gain a deeper understanding of the pathways and mechanisms that influence the outcomes and effectiveness of cross-sector collaboration and transnational governance more broadly. The Open Access version of this book, available at www .taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Juliet B. Schor,Craig J. Thompson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300206982

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Sustainable Lifestyles and the Quest for Plenitude by Juliet B. Schor,Craig J. Thompson Pdf

Many of today’s most troubling environmental and economic issues have come to seem insoluble: carbon emissions, overshoot, inequality, joblessness, and a dysfunctional food system. Can we change direction, move away from business as usual, and achieve a more sustainable, empowering, and humane economy? Through a fascinating array of illuminating case studies, this hope-filled book affirms that we can. In locations across the United States and around the globe, local participants are forging their own versions of small-scale, low-footprint, high-satisfaction lifestyles and communities. From raw-milk consumers and members of alternative agricultural initiatives to time bankers, artisan producers in the Aude region of France, and bicycle mechanics on the South Side of Chicago, individuals and small groups are exploring the practice of plenitude. Their efforts demonstrate how social and economic transformation happens and suggest new paths toward larger-scale change and a richer quality of life for all.

Author : Bertelsmann Stiftung,The Globalist
Publisher : Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783867935296

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In Search of a Sustainable Future by Bertelsmann Stiftung,The Globalist Pdf

How can politics, economy and society become more sustainable and socially just? To this end, what kind of political course has to be set at national and international level? The volume "In Search of a Sustainable Future" has experts from five continents and different disciplines giving answers to these questions and presents solutions for a more sustainable future. Following a comprehensive approach to sustainability, the authors do not only consider the ecological aspects but also the economical and social ones while taking into account their interdependence. They describe the challenges for a global policy of sustainability and discuss the barriers such a development has to overcome.

Author : Robert Brinkmann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 2585 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031019494

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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability by Robert Brinkmann Pdf

The field of sustainability continues to evolve as a discipline. The world is facing multiple sustainability challenges such as climate change, water depletion, ecosystem loss, and environmental racism. The Handbook of Sustainability will provide a comprehensive reference for the field that examines in depth the major themes within what are known as the three E’s of sustainability: environment, equity, and economics. These three themes will serve as the main organizing body of the work. In addition, the work will include sections on history and sustainability, major figures in the development of sustainability as a discipline, and important organizations that contributed or that continue to contribute to sustainability as a field. The work is explicitly global in scope as it considers the very different issues associated with sustainability in the global north and south

Author : Thomas J. Siller,Gearold Johnson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031795008

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Just Technology by Thomas J. Siller,Gearold Johnson Pdf

To address the complexity of today's global challenges requires new ways of thinking. The idea that technology is always the best, maybe only, approach worth taking needs to be reconsidered. Sustainable approaches must also draw from non technological areas. To that end, this book introduces the idea of just technology by rephrasing the idea of just war in order to include concepts of sustainability in future engineering design. The book begins by defining justice and relating these definitions to technology. This is followed by illustrating several notions of sustainability and the awareness that needs to be focused on societal challenges due to the finite resources available in the natural world. Four questions are enumerated to be addressed in order to qualify as a just use of technology: (1) Is the harm being inflicted by the problem on the community, the environment, or humanity, in general lasting, serious, and certain? (2) Have all alternative solutions been investigated first, including non-technology-based solutions? Technology is the last choice, not the first! (3) Do we have confidence in the successful implementation of this technological solution? and (4) Is the potential harm from the technological solution potentially worse than the issue being addressed? Have all unintended consequences been considered that could arise from the technological solution? The book ends with a description for implementing these questions into the traditional engineering design process. Examples are included for reflection and help to understand how the design process proceeds.

Author : James C. Coomer
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037841389

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Quest for a Sustainable Society by James C. Coomer Pdf

Author : Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez,Liam Leonard
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781906255

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International Business, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility by Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez,Liam Leonard Pdf

This is the first in a two volume study of Corporate Social Responsibility and corporate behaviour from around the world, taking in viewpoints from five continents and over ten countries. These case studies present a detailed analysis of best practice in the corporate world in the areas of social ethics and community engagement.