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Big world, small planet : abundance within planetary boundaries / Johan Rockström and Mattias Klum ; with Peter Miller.

Big World, Small Planet probes the urgent predicament of our times: how is it possible to create a positive future for both humanity and Earth? We have entered the Anthropocene--the era of massive human impacts on the planet--and the actions of over seven billion residents threaten to destabilize Ea...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Authors: Rockström, Johan (Author), Klum, Mattias (Author, Photographer)
Other Authors: Miller, Peter (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Environmentalism.
Sustainable development.
Sustainable living.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE. A PARTNERSHIP FOR CHANGE
  • OUR TEN KEY MESSAGES
  • SECTION 1. THE GRAND CHALLENGE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. OUR NEW PREDICAMENT
  • 2. PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
  • 3. BIG WHAMMIES
  • 4. PEAK EVERYTHING
  • SECTION 2. THE GREAT MIND-SHIFT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 5. NO BUSINESS ON A DEAD PLANET
  • 6. UNLEASHING INNOVATION
  • SECTION 3. SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 7. RETHINKING STEWARDSHIP
  • 8. A DUAL-TRACK STRATEGY
  • 9. SOLUTIONS FROM NATURE
  • AFTERWORD A NEW PLAYING FIELD
  • FURTHER INFORMATION ON PHOTOGRAPHS
  • KEY SOURCES AND RECOMMENDED READING
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

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