wyszukanych pozycji: 27
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Falešný poplach
ISBN: 9788076750180 / Czeski / 2021 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Dost už bylo paniky kolem hurikánů, požárů a mizejících ledovců, říká dánský autor Bjorn Lomborg ve své poslední knize Falešný poplach. Média, aktivisté i politici se shodují na tomtéž alarmujícím poselství, totiž že změna klimatu ničí planetu a my proti ní musíme podniknout drastické kroky. Ke změně klimatu podle autora sice skutečně dochází, není to ale žádná apokalyptická hrozba, k jejímuž odvrácení bude nutné snížit životní úroveň, zdražit základní potřeby a energie, což pocítí především obyčejní lidé. Stačí vzít...
Dost už bylo paniky kolem hurikánů, požárů a mizejících ledovců, říká dánský autor Bjorn Lomborg ve své poslední knize Falešný popla...
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94,30 zł |
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False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
ISBN: 9781541606388 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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79,53 zł |
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Global Problems, Smart Solutions: Costs and Benefits
ISBN: 9781107612211 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 760 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Every four years since 2004, the Copenhagen Consensus Center has organized and hosted a high profile thought experiment about how a hypothetical extra $75 billion of development assistance money might best be spent to solve twelve of the major crises facing the world today. Collated in this specially commissioned book, a group of more than 50 experts make their cases for investment, discussing how to combat problems ranging from armed conflicts, corruption and trade barriers, to natural disasters, hunger, education and climate change. For each case, 'Alternative Perspectives' are also...
Every four years since 2004, the Copenhagen Consensus Center has organized and hosted a high profile thought experiment about how a hypothetical extra...
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207,43 zł |
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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
ISBN: 9780521010689 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 540 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Bjorn Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace, challenges widely held beliefs that the world environmental situation is getting worse and worse in his new book, The Skeptical Environmentalist. Using statistical information from internationally recognized research institutes, Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental issues that feature prominently in headline news around the world, including pollution, biodiversity, fear of chemicals, and the greenhouse effect, and documents that the world has actually improved. He supports his arguments with over 2500 footnotes, allowing...
Bjorn Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace, challenges widely held beliefs that the world environmental situation is getting worse and worse in his ...
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252,98 zł |
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Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems: Costs and Benefits
ISBN: 9780521887724 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The world has many pressing problems. Thanks to the efforts of governments, NGOs, and individual activists there is no shortage of ideas for resolving them. However, even if all governments were willing to spend more money on solving the problems, we cannot do it all at once. We have to prioritize; and in order to do this we need a better sense of the costs and benefits of each 'solution'. This book offers a rigorous overview of twenty-three of the world's biggest problems relating to the environment, governance, economics, and health and population. Leading economists provide a short survey...
The world has many pressing problems. Thanks to the efforts of governments, NGOs, and individual activists there is no shortage of ideas for resolving...
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479,69 zł |
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Prioritizing Development: A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
ISBN: 9781108401456 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 554 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An analysis of the UN's 2016-2030 development targets, and the case for prioritizing the most powerful investment areas.
An analysis of the UN's 2016-2030 development targets, and the case for prioritizing the most powerful investment areas.
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207,08 zł |
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How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World?: A Scorecard from 1900 to 2050
ISBN: 9781107679337 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 401 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. There are often blanket claims that the world is facing more problems than ever but there is a lack of empirical data to show where things have deteriorated or in fact improved. In this book, some of the world's leading economists discuss ten problems that have blighted human development, ranging from malnutrition, education, and climate change, to trade barriers and armed conflicts. Costs of the problems are quantified in percent of GDP, giving readers a unique opportunity to understand the development of each problem over the past century and the likely development into the middle of this...
There are often blanket claims that the world is facing more problems than ever but there is a lack of empirical data to show where things have deteri...
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177,06 zł |
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Global Crises, Global Solutions
ISBN: 9780521741224 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 710 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The first edition of Global Crises, Global Solutions was nominated as one of the books of the year by The Economist in 2004. This second edition asks: if we had more money to spend to help the world's poorest people, where could we spend it most effectively? Using a common framework of cost-benefit analysis a team of leading economists, including five Nobel prize winners, assess the attractiveness of a wide range of policy options for combating ten of the world's biggest problems: Air pollution, Conflicts, Diseases, Education, Global Warming, Malnutrition and Hunger, Sanitation and Clean...
The first edition of Global Crises, Global Solutions was nominated as one of the books of the year by The Economist in 2004. This second edition asks:...
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230,99 zł |
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Latin American Development Priorities: Costs and Benefits
ISBN: 9780521766906 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 724 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved considerable economic growth, yet the region still faces many seemingly intractable problems. The conventional wisdom in development agencies - that prioritization is impossible and that everything must be done - is simply not effective. Latin American Development Priorities shows how limited resources could be used for the greatest benefit of the Latin American and Caribbean region. A panel of economists met over three days in San Jose to review proposals to tackle the ten most important challenges, which emerged from a survey...
Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved considerable economic growth, yet the region still faces many seemingly intractable pr...
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460,56 zł |
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Social Media, Social Genres: Making Sense of the Ordinary. Stine Lomborg
ISBN: 9780415828482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Internet-based applications such as blogs, social network sites, online chat forums, text messages, microblogs, and location-based communication services used from computers and smart phones represent central resources for organizing daily life and making sense of ourselves and the social worlds we inhabit. This interdisciplinary book explores the meanings of social media as a communicative condition for users in their daily lives; first, through a theoretical framework approaching social media as communicative genres and second, through empirical case studies of personal blogs, Twitter,... Internet-based applications such as blogs, social network sites, online chat forums, text messages, microblogs, and location-based communication se... |
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731,87 zł |
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Global Problems, Smart Solutions: Costs and Benefits
ISBN: 9781107039599 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 766 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Every four years since 2004, the Copenhagen Consensus Center has organized and hosted a high profile thought experiment about how a hypothetical extra $75 billion of development assistance money might best be spent to solve twelve of the major crises facing the world today. Collated in this specially commissioned book, a group of more than 50 experts make their cases for investment, discussing how to combat problems ranging from armed conflicts, corruption and trade barriers, to natural disasters, hunger, education and climate change. For each case, 'Alternative Perspectives' are also...
Every four years since 2004, the Copenhagen Consensus Center has organized and hosted a high profile thought experiment about how a hypothetical extra...
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503,60 zł |
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Rethinkhiv: Smarter Ways to Invest in Ending HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9781107028692 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 383 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has slowed, amid a funding shortfall and donor fatigue. In this book, Bjorn Lomborg brings together research by world-class specialist authors, a foreword by UNAIDS founding director Peter Piot and perspectives from Nobel Laureates and African civil society leaders to identify the most effective ways to tackle the pandemic across sub-Saharan Africa. There remains an alarming lack of high-quality data evaluating responses to HIV. We still know too...
Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has sl...
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417,48 zł |
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Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems: Costs and Benefits
ISBN: 9780521715973 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The world has many pressing problems. Thanks to the efforts of governments, NGOs, and individual activists there is no shortage of ideas for resolving them. However, even if all governments were willing to spend more money on solving the problems, we cannot do it all at once. We have to prioritize; and in order to do this we need a better sense of the costs and benefits of each 'solution'. This book offers a rigorous overview of twenty-three of the world's biggest problems relating to the environment, governance, economics, and health and population. Leading economists provide a short survey...
The world has many pressing problems. Thanks to the efforts of governments, NGOs, and individual activists there is no shortage of ideas for resolving...
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173,61 zł |
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Social Media, Social Genres: Making Sense of the Ordinary. Stine Lomborg
ISBN: 9780367867232 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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196,79 zł |
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Rethinkhiv: Smarter Ways to Invest in Ending HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9781107679320 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 385 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has slowed, amid a funding shortfall and donor fatigue. In this book, Bjorn Lomborg brings together research by world-class specialist authors, a foreword by UNAIDS founding director Peter Piot and perspectives from Nobel Laureates and African civil society leaders to identify the most effective ways to tackle the pandemic across sub-Saharan Africa. There remains an alarming lack of high-quality data evaluating responses to HIV. We still know too...
Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has sl...
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217,55 zł |
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Smart Solutions to Climate Change
ISBN: 9780521138567 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Watch Bjorn Lomborg on how Al Gore "oversold the message" on climate change and how we should be spending more on alternative energy research: The failure of the Copenhagen climate conference in December 2009 revealed major flaws in the way the world's policy makers have attempted to prevent dangerous levels of increases in global temperatures. The expert authors in this specially commissioned collection focus on the likely costs and benefits of a very wide range of policy options, including geo-engineering, mitigation of CO2, methane and 'black carbon', expanding forest, research and...
Watch Bjorn Lomborg on how Al Gore "oversold the message" on climate change and how we should be spending more on alternative energy research: The fai...
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212,49 zł |
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Global Crises, Global Solutions
ISBN: 9780521517218 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 710 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The first edition of Global Crises, Global Solutions was nominated as one of the books of the year by The Economist in 2004. This second edition asks: if we had more money to spend to help the world's poorest people, where could we spend it most effectively? Using a common framework of cost-benefit analysis a team of leading economists, including five Nobel prize winners, assess the attractiveness of a wide range of policy options for combating ten of the world's biggest problems: Air pollution, Conflicts, Diseases, Education, Global Warming, Malnutrition and Hunger, Sanitation and Clean...
The first edition of Global Crises, Global Solutions was nominated as one of the books of the year by The Economist in 2004. This second edition asks:...
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503,60 zł |
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Klimapanik
ISBN: 9783959725217 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2022 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Ein Buch über die Klimapolitik, das den Klimawandel nicht leugnet, aber die Maßnahmen zu dessen Eindämmung kritisch hinterfragt.
Hitzewellen, Dürren und Starkregen in Deutschland, Wirbelstürme, Waldbrände und schmelzende Gletscher im Rest der Welt. Die Reaktion von Politikern, Aktivisten und die Medien besteht in einer einzigen, gemeinsam vorgetragen und dramatisch zugespitzten Botschaft: Der Klimawandel zerstört den Planeten, und wir müssen sofort drastische Maßnahmen ergreifen, um ihn zu stoppen. Diese Hysterie ist nicht nur übertrieben, sondern sie ist auch nicht... Ein Buch über die Klimapolitik, das den Klimawandel nicht leugnet, aber die Maßnahmen zu dessen Eindämmung kritisch hinterfragt.
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97,25 zł |
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Prioritizing Development: A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
ISBN: 9781108415453 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 554 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An analysis of the UN's 2016-2030 development targets, and the case for prioritizing the most powerful investment areas.
An analysis of the UN's 2016-2030 development targets, and the case for prioritizing the most powerful investment areas.
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465,34 zł |
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How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World?: A Scorecard from 1900 to 2050
ISBN: 9781107027336 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. There are often blanket claims that the world is facing more problems than ever but there is a lack of empirical data to show where things have deteriorated or in fact improved. In this book, some of the world's leading economists discuss ten problems that have blighted human development, ranging from malnutrition, education, and climate change, to trade barriers and armed conflicts. Costs of the problems are quantified in percent of GDP, giving readers a unique opportunity to understand the development of each problem over the past century and the likely development into the middle of this...
There are often blanket claims that the world is facing more problems than ever but there is a lack of empirical data to show where things have deteri...
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532,29 zł |