Easy Solutions To Global Problems

Author : Peter E. Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975563625
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Easy Solutions to Global Problems written by Peter E. Green and published by . This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green sets forth a global 10-step plan to halt the present environmental problems and start humanity on a road to a world that is truly worth living in.

Author : Jean-francois Rischard
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465004415
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Noon written by Jean-francois Rischard and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-03-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this age of instant communication and biotechnology, on this ever-smaller planet, what kinds of problems have we created for ourselves? How do we tackle them in a world where the accustomed methods used by nation-states may be reaching their natural limits?In High Noon, J. F. Rischard challenges us to take a new approach to the twenty most important and urgent global problems of the twenty-first century. Rischard finds their common thread: we don't have an effective way of dealing with the problems that our increasingly crowded, interconnected world creates. Our difficulties belong to the future, but our means of solving them belong to the past.Rischard proposes new vehicles for global problem-solving that are startling and persuasive. With its clear-eyed urgency and refreshing specificity, High Noon is an agenda-setting book that everyone who cares about the future must read.

Author : JoAnn Chirico
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1544361254
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Problems, Global Solutions written by JoAnn Chirico and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Problems, Global Solutions: Prospects for a Better World by JoAnn Chirico approaches social problems from a global perspective with an emphasis on using one’s sociological imagination. Perfect for instructors who involve students in research, this text connects problems borne by individuals to regional, global, and historical forces, and stresses the importance of evidence in forming opinions and policies addressing social issues. The book introduces readers to the complexities of the major problems that confront us today such as violent conflict, poverty, climate change, human trafficking and other issues that we encounter in our lives. It book concludes with a chapter on politics and government, underscoring the need for good governance at all levels–and cooperation among many layers of government–to build a better world.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309138728
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-10-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the human population grows-tripling in the past century while, simultaneously, quadrupling its demand for water-Earth's finite freshwater supplies are increasingly strained, and also increasingly contaminated by domestic, agricultural, and industrial wastes. Today, approximately one-third of the world's population lives in areas with scarce water resources. Nearly one billion people currently lack access to an adequate water supply, and more than twice as many lack access to basic sanitation services. It is projected that by 2025 water scarcity will affect nearly two-thirds of all people on the planet. Recognizing that water availability, water quality, and sanitation are fundamental issues underlying infectious disease emergence and spread, the Institute of Medicine held a two-day public workshop, summarized in this volume. Through invited presentations and discussions, participants explored global and local connections between water, sanitation, and health; the spectrum of water-related disease transmission processes as they inform intervention design; lessons learned from water-related disease outbreaks; vulnerabilities in water and sanitation infrastructure in both industrialized and developing countries; and opportunities to improve water and sanitation infrastructure so as to reduce the risk of water-related infectious disease.

Author : JoAnn Chirico
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781506347776
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Problems, Global Solutions written by JoAnn Chirico and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KEY FEATURES: Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which recognizes a single global system and the interdependence of problems across national borders, is used as a framework that explores three broad themes - "Building Human Capital," "Incivility," and "Our Environments" Rich data in easily-understood language highlights the relationships among problems and supporting claims and shows the importance of evidence as well as how to find patterns and analyze data. Mini research exercises guide students in gathering and analyzing data from online sources such as Amnesty International and the World Bank, teaching them how important social facts and forces are measured. Opening vignettes focus on lived experiences in different regions of the world, illustrating the connection between personal problems and larger social and political forces. Critical thinking questions, requiring students to confront moral and ethical questions and to weigh evidence to form an opinion, help them to see the complexity of global issues. Examples of how civil society organizations address social problems demonstrate how citizen groups can influence governments and international organizations.

Author : Bill Gates
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385546149
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster written by Bill Gates and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

Author : Harvard Business Review
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 1647820502
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coronavirus: Leadership and Recovery: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lead through the crisis and prepare for recovery. As the Covid-19 pandemic is exacting its toll on the global economy, forward-looking organizations are moving past crisis management and positioning themselves to leap ahead when the worst is over. What should you and your organization be doing now to address today's unprecedented challenges while laying the foundation needed to emerge stronger? Coronavirus: Leadership and Recovery provides you with essential thinking about managing your company through the pandemic, keeping your employees (and yourself) healthy and productive, and spurring your business to continue innovating and reinventing itself ahead of the recovery. Business is changing. Will you adapt or be left behind? Get up to speed and deepen your understanding of the topics that are shaping your company's future with the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series. Featuring HBR's smartest thinking on fast-moving issues—blockchain, cybersecurity, AI, and more—each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies your organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews, and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow. You can't afford to ignore how these issues will transform the landscape of business and society. The Insights You Need series will help you grasp these critical ideas—and prepare you and your company for the future.

Author : John L. Seitz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047065564X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Issues written by John L. Seitz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensively revised and updated, the new Fourth Edition of Global Issues: An Introduction offers a unique approach to the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life. Revised and updated to reflect the latest global developments Examines the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life The only book of its kind to use the concept of development to illustrate how different global issues are interrelated Includes a new section on nuclear energy Chapter boxes examine ways that individuals can have a positive impact on the issues examined within the text Key features include a glossary of terms; guides to further reading, media, and Internet resources; and suggestions for discussing and studying the material

Author : Bruce Stokes
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393000542
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Helping Ourselves written by Bruce Stokes and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1981 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book advocates strategies for fostering self-help solutions to deteriorating environment, economic development and energy conservation, etc. All solutions emphasize becoming ones own helpmate.

Author : Benjamin Wheeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It's All Connected written by Benjamin Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's All Connected provides a thorough overview of a full range of global issues, as well as in-depth explorations of particular topics, debates, and solutions. Each unit contains thematically realted chapters. The book concludes with a final unit on ideas and tools for addressing global issues, including a curriculum activity for students to study a particular global issue or region.