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Reviews: "We should all heed Brown’s advice."
– President Bill Clinton
"A far-reaching thinker."
– U.S. News & World Report
"It’s exciting…a masterpiece!"
– Ted Turner
"A great book which should wake up humankind!"
–Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum
The world has set in motion environmental trends that are threatening civilization itself. We do not have much time. We are crossing environmental thresholds and violating deadlines set by nature. Nature is the timekeeper, but we cannot see the clock.
With business as usual no longer an option, it is time for Plan B 3.0. Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute, investigates the most salient issues form global warming to the impact of unstable governments on our global society. He diagnoses the central ecological problems affecting our planet and offers a response for individuals and governments. Among other concerns, he considers how to raise energy efficiency world-wide and how to harness alternative energy sources on the scale needed.
In Plan B 3.0, Brown, who has been analyzing the interaction between global environmental and economic trends for over forty years, provides a map for saving civilization now.
Contents: Entering a new world • I. A civilization in trouble • Deteriorating oil & food security • Raising temperatures & rising seas • Emerging water shortages • Natural systems under stress • Early signs of decline • II.The response-plan B: Eradicating poverty, stabilizing population • Restoring the earth • Feeding eight billion well • Designing cities for people • Raising energy efficiency • Turning to renewable energy • III. An exciting new option: The great mobilizationISBN - 9780393330878
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Pages : 416
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