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Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Introduction to the SAMPLES Approach -- Chapter 2 Targeting Landscapes to Identify Mitigation Options -- Chapter 3 Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals Associated with Land Use and Land Cover Change -- Chapter 4 Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Managed and Natural Soils -- Chapter 5 A Comparison of Methodologies for Measuring Methane Emissions from Ruminants -- Chapter 6 Quantifying Tree Biomass Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes -- Chapter 7 Methods for Smallholder Quantification of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes -- Chapter 8 Yield Estimation of Food and Non-Food Crops in Smallholder Production Systems -- Chapter 9 Scaling Point and Plot Measurements of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes, Balances and Intensities to Whole Farms and Landscapes -- Chapter 10 Methods for Environment-Productivity Trade-off Analysis in Agricultural Systems.…”
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Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Introduction to the SAMPLES Approach -- Chapter 2 Targeting Landscapes to Identify Mitigation Options -- Chapter 3 Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals Associated with Land Use and Land Cover Change -- Chapter 4 Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Managed and Natural Soils -- Chapter 5 A Comparison of Methodologies for Measuring Methane Emissions from Ruminants -- Chapter 6 Quantifying Tree Biomass Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes -- Chapter 7 Methods for Smallholder Quantification of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes -- Chapter 8 Yield Estimation of Food and Non-Food Crops in Smallholder Production Systems -- Chapter 9 Scaling Point and Plot Measurements of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes, Balances and Intensities to Whole Farms and Landscapes -- Chapter 10 Methods for Environment-Productivity Trade-off Analysis in Agricultural Systems.…”
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Transportation in a climate-constrained world

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : from local impacts to global change -- The global demand for passenger travel -- Greenhouse gas emission implications of travel demand -- Road vehicle technology -- Aircraft technology -- Alternative transportation fuels -- Policy measures for greenhouse gas mitigation -- Future prospects and policy choices.…”
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Transportation in a climate-constrained world

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : from local impacts to global change -- The global demand for passenger travel -- Greenhouse gas emission implications of travel demand -- Road vehicle technology -- Aircraft technology -- Alternative transportation fuels -- Policy measures for greenhouse gas mitigation -- Future prospects and policy choices.…”
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Energizing green cities in Southeast Asia : applying sustainable urban energy and emissions planning / by Ostojic, Dejan

Table of Contents: “…Urban energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in East Asia and Pacific -- part II. …”
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Energizing green cities in Southeast Asia : applying sustainable urban energy and emissions planning / by Ostojic, Dejan

Table of Contents: “…Urban energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in East Asia and Pacific -- part II. …”
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Global capitalism and climate change the need for an alternative world system / by Baer, Hans A., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The impact of climate change on the environment and human societies -- The capitalist world system and its contradictions -- The capitalist treadmill of production and consumption as a generator of greenhouse gas emissions -- The inadequacies of existing climate regimes for mitigating climate change -- Why green capitalism is insufficient to mitigate climate change -- A vision of an alternative world system : toward global democracy based on social justice and environmental sustainability -- Toward an ecological revolution : progressive transitional reforms -- Grass-roots responses to the climate change : internationally, nationally, and locally -- Conclusion.…”
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Global capitalism and climate change the need for an alternative world system / by Baer, Hans A., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The impact of climate change on the environment and human societies -- The capitalist world system and its contradictions -- The capitalist treadmill of production and consumption as a generator of greenhouse gas emissions -- The inadequacies of existing climate regimes for mitigating climate change -- Why green capitalism is insufficient to mitigate climate change -- A vision of an alternative world system : toward global democracy based on social justice and environmental sustainability -- Toward an ecological revolution : progressive transitional reforms -- Grass-roots responses to the climate change : internationally, nationally, and locally -- Conclusion.…”
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Plug-in electric vehicles what role for Washington? /

Table of Contents: “…Barriers -- The impact of plug-in hybrids on U.S. oil use and greenhouse gas emissions / Alan L. Madian, Lisa A. Walsh, and Kim D. …”
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Plug-in electric vehicles what role for Washington? /

Table of Contents: “…Barriers -- The impact of plug-in hybrids on U.S. oil use and greenhouse gas emissions / Alan L. Madian, Lisa A. Walsh, and Kim D. …”
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Cities and climate change responding to an urgent agenda /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : cities and the urgent challenges of climate change -- Greenhouse gas emission baselines for global cities and metropolitan regions / C.A. …”
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Cities and climate change responding to an urgent agenda /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : cities and the urgent challenges of climate change -- Greenhouse gas emission baselines for global cities and metropolitan regions / C.A. …”
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Sustainable Living with Environmental Risks

Table of Contents: “…Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Science Advancement and Leadership Development -- Biodiversity Agriculture Supports Human Populations -- Conservation and Sustainable Management of Soil Biodiversity for Agricultural Productivity -- Conservation Tillage Assessment For Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emission In Rainfed Agro-Ecosystem -- Improving Biodiversity in Rice Paddy Fields to Promote Land Sustainability -- Agroforestry Models for Promoting Effective Risk Management and Building Sustainable Communities -- Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Conservation of Forest Resources in Madagascar -- Community-Based Mangrove Forest Management in Thailand: Key Lesson Learned for Environmental Risk Management -- Necessity of Adaptive Risk Management for Fisheries and Wildlife -- Valuation of Non-Marketed Agricultural Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Southeast Asia -- Emerging Socio-Economic and Environmental Issues Affecting Food Security: A Case Study of Silang-Santa Rosa Subwatershed -- Strengthening the Capacity of Flood-Affected Rural Communities in Padang Terap, State of Kedah, Malaysia -- Mitigating Coastal Erosion in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar -- Risk Management of Chemical Pollution: Principles from the Japanese Experience -- Research on the Sod Between Chlorophyll-a and Organic Matter BOD, COD, Phosphorus and Total Nitrogen in Stagnant Lake Basins -- Managing Construction Development Risks to the Environment -- Ecosystem Restoration Using the Near-Natural Method in Shanghai -- Sustainable Management of Urban Green Environments: Challenges and Opportunities -- Environment and Social Capacity Assessment for Sustainability Promotion and Risk Management -- Rural Landscape Conservation in Japan: Lessons from the Satoyama Conservation Program in Kanagawa Prefecture -- Enhancing Students’ Ecological Thinking to Improve Understanding of Environmental Risk -- Interactive Multimedia Education System (IMES) as a International Education Platform.…”
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Sustainable Living with Environmental Risks

Table of Contents: “…Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Science Advancement and Leadership Development -- Biodiversity Agriculture Supports Human Populations -- Conservation and Sustainable Management of Soil Biodiversity for Agricultural Productivity -- Conservation Tillage Assessment For Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emission In Rainfed Agro-Ecosystem -- Improving Biodiversity in Rice Paddy Fields to Promote Land Sustainability -- Agroforestry Models for Promoting Effective Risk Management and Building Sustainable Communities -- Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Conservation of Forest Resources in Madagascar -- Community-Based Mangrove Forest Management in Thailand: Key Lesson Learned for Environmental Risk Management -- Necessity of Adaptive Risk Management for Fisheries and Wildlife -- Valuation of Non-Marketed Agricultural Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Southeast Asia -- Emerging Socio-Economic and Environmental Issues Affecting Food Security: A Case Study of Silang-Santa Rosa Subwatershed -- Strengthening the Capacity of Flood-Affected Rural Communities in Padang Terap, State of Kedah, Malaysia -- Mitigating Coastal Erosion in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar -- Risk Management of Chemical Pollution: Principles from the Japanese Experience -- Research on the Sod Between Chlorophyll-a and Organic Matter BOD, COD, Phosphorus and Total Nitrogen in Stagnant Lake Basins -- Managing Construction Development Risks to the Environment -- Ecosystem Restoration Using the Near-Natural Method in Shanghai -- Sustainable Management of Urban Green Environments: Challenges and Opportunities -- Environment and Social Capacity Assessment for Sustainability Promotion and Risk Management -- Rural Landscape Conservation in Japan: Lessons from the Satoyama Conservation Program in Kanagawa Prefecture -- Enhancing Students’ Ecological Thinking to Improve Understanding of Environmental Risk -- Interactive Multimedia Education System (IMES) as a International Education Platform.…”
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Climate intervention : carbon dioxide removal and reliable sequestration /

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Climate intervention : reflecting sunlight to cool earth /

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Climate intervention : carbon dioxide removal and reliable sequestration /

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Climate intervention : reflecting sunlight to cool earth /

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