Building Global Resilience in the Aftermath of Sustainable Development Planet, People and Politics /

• Main Author: Pagett, Richard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Policy and Regulation
• Subjects: Environmental management.; Climate change.; Environmental education.; Sustainable development.; Environment.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change.; Environmental and Sustainability Education.; Sustainable Development.; Environment Studies.

This book explains why the concept of sustainable development needs to be consigned to history. Using examples from around the world, Richard Pagett illustrates how so-called sustainable development has simply been a cul-de-sac, condemning millions to continuing extreme poverty.  Building Global Res...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• Section 1: Planet
• 2. Where We Are At With Climate Change
• 3. Does Ocean Acidification Even Matter?
• 4. Isn't the Ozone Hold Sorted Now?
• 5. Fertiliser Dependency
• 6. Biodiversity Loss
• 7. There's Water Everywhere
• 8. Whose Land is it Anyway?
• 9. Chemical Pollution is Everywhere
• Section 2: People
• 10. Air
• 11. Water
• 12. Food
• 13. Energy and Commodities
• 14. Land
• 15. Shelter
• 16. Health
• 17. Education
• 18. Work
• 19. Technology
• Section 3: Politics
• 20. Global Weakness
• 21. National Competence
• 22. Governance
• Section 4: Blueprint
• 23. How to Manage the Planet
• 24. How Humanity has to Change
• 25. How Governance Systems Have to Change
• 26. Final Word.