Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Public Policy - Environmental Policy

Managing the climate transition will be one of the biggest challenges ever faced by business and government. 

While the technical and financial elements of climate transition are vast, the social challenges are even greater. If local populations and workers feel the transitions are not “just” they will resist, and that social opposition now represents one of the greatest barriers to reaching Net Zero by 2050. While the phrase ‘Just Transition’ was in the preamble to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, it is only now that business, finance and governments are starting to...

This two-volume book presents the challenges of the global energy transition, offering a comprehensive exploration of the policies and drivers shaping the pace and trajectory of this transformation. Highlighting regional development, the book shows how different models and scenarios of energy transition emerge. It discusses important factors, such as materials and technologies, shedding light on the opportunities and constraints for the energy transition.

Global warming and climate change influenced the change in people's consciousness and their awareness of the need for more limited...

Depuis une vingtaine d’années, la prévention des déchets est passée du statut d’incantation à celui de véritable politique, dotée d’instruments, d’objectifs, de propositions opérationnelles. Des acteurs associatifs, politiques, institutionnels se sont efforcés de repérer, d’inventer et de diffuser les manières d’intervenir « avant » la phase déchet d’un produit ou d’une matière. Cet ouvrage relate ce moment particulier de la politique des déchets, qu’il illustre avec les démarches de compostage partagé et de langes lavables. Il met en lumière certaines...