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Histories of Technology, the Environment and Modern Britain /

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Russia's Turn to the East Domestic Policymaking and Regional Cooperation /

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The new economic diplomacy decision-making and negotiation in international economic relations /

Table of Contents: “…/ Nicholas Bayne and Stephen Woolcock -- Factors shaping economic diplomacy : an analytical toolkit / Stephen Woolcock -- Economic diplomacy in practice : domestic decision-making / Nicholas Bayne -- Challenge and response in the new economic diplomacy / Nicholas Bayne -- Making government policy : the G8 and G20 in 2010 / Deborah Bronnert -- Serving the private sector : India's experience in context / Kishan Rana -- NGOs in economic diplomacy / Duncan Green and Phil Bloomer -- Multi-level economic diplomacy : the case of investment / Stephen Woolcock -- US economic diplomacy towards Asia / Matthew Goodman -- European Union economic diplomacy / Stephen Woolcock -- Economic diplomacy for small and low income countries / Teddy Soobramanien -- Plurilateralism and multilateralism : comparing institutions / Nicholas Bayne -- The OECD : lessons from investment and services / Ken Heydon -- The decline of the G8 summit and lessons for the G20 / Nicholas Bayne -- International financial regulation : architecture and process / David Green -- The International Monetary Fund and global economic cooperation / Stephen Pickford and Nick Joicey -- Governments and climate change : the UN negotiating process / Thomas Christensen -- Climate change negotiations : the contribution of business / Joan MacNaughton -- Brazilian economic diplomacy : agriculture and the WTO / Braz Baracuhy -- The future of economic diplomacy / Nicholas Bayne and Stephen Woolcock.…”
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Beyond resource wars scarcity, environmental degradation, and international cooperation /

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Extreme weather and financial markets opportunities in commodities and futures / by Oxley, Lawrence J., 1969-

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Climatology / by Rohli, Robert V.

Carbon Balance and Management

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American Politics and the Environment, Second Edition / by Daynes, Byron W.

Table of Contents: “…The American political setting and the environment -- American federalism and environmental politics -- Case study : climate change and sea- level rise in South Florida -- Personal profile : Mary Nichols and Carb : environmental champions -- Public opinion, interest groups, and the environment -- Case study : interest groups activism and the place of wolves in the Rocky Mountain regions -- Case study : climate change and public opinion -- Personal profile : Robert F Kennedy Jr -- Congress, the legislative process, and the environment -- Case study : cap and trade : failure to pass a climate bill -- Personal profile : Senator Susan Collins: environmental defender -- The environmental presidency -- Personal profile : FDR and the "golden age" -- Case study : leaving a legacy -- Barack Obama and climate change -- Executive agencies and the environment -- Personal profile : Steven Chu : the scientist in charge -- Case study : EPA regulations and carbon emissions -- The environmental court -- Personal profile : the environment : friend and supporter vs. a "slash-and-burn opponent" -- Case study: the court and those dam fish : TVA vs. …”
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Introduction to international political economy / by Balaam, David N., 1950-, Dillman, Bradford L.

Table of Contents: “…-- Laissez-faire : the economic liberal perspective -- Wealth and power : the mercantilist perspective -- Economic determinism and exploitation : the structuralist perspective -- Constructivism -- Structures of international political economy -- The global production structure -- The international trade structure -- The international finance and monetary structure -- The global security structure -- The international knowledge structure : controlling flows of information and technology -- States and markets in the global economy -- The development challenge -- The fragmentation of the European Union : the crossroads redux -- Moving into position : the rising powers -- The Middle East and North Africa : things fall apart -- Transnational problems and dilemmas -- The illicit global economy : the dark side of globalization -- Energy and the environment : navigating climate change and global disaster -- Global health : refugees and caring for the forgotten.…”

Applied physical geography : geosystems in the laboratory / by Thomsen, Charles E.

The women, gender and development reader

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Risk Criticism : Precautionary Reading in an Age of Environmental Uncertainty / by Wallace, Molly

Table of Contents: “…: staging global risk -- Discomfort food : analogy and biotechnology -- Letting plastic have its say; or, plastic's tell -- The Port Radium paradigm; or, Fukushima in a changing climate -- Afterword: Writing "the bomb" : inheritances in the anthropocene.…”
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Cooler smarter practical steps for low-carbon living : expert advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists /

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Energy manual : sustainable architecture /

Table of Contents: “…Part A. Positions : Global change / Chris Luebkeman -- Energy change / Hermann Scheer -- Architecture and sustainability: a difficult relationship / Robert Kaltenbrunner -- Doing things right: on efficiency and sustainability / Manfred Hegger -- Solar architecture / Thomas Herzog -- Planning and building in life cycles / Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz -- Part B. …”
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Balanced Urban Development: Options and Strategies for Liveable Cities

Table of Contents: “…Awareness of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation at Local Level in Punjab, Pakistan -- 26. …”
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Parasites & Vectors

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Laboratory manual; Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society /

Table of Contents: “…Chemistry for a sustainable future -- The air we breathe -- Protecting the ozone layer -- The chemistry of global climate change -- Energy from combustion -- Water for life -- Neutralizing the threat of acid rain -- The fires of nuclear fission -- Energy from electron transfer? …”

Technical Communication for Environmental Action /

Table of Contents: “…Tesdell -- Writing for clients, writing for change : proposals, persuasion, and problem solving in the technical writing classroom / Monika A. …”
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Science and sustainable food security selected papers of M S Swaminathan / by Swaminathan, Monkombu Sambasivan

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Uprising will emerging markets shape or shake the world economy / by Magnus, George

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