Accueil - France Nature Environnement. Natural Resource Administration: Wildlife, Fisheries, Forests and Parks free ebook download. Cancel The Apocalypse: The New Path To Prosperity: Amazon.co.uk: Andrew Simms: Books. Andrew Simms wants us to face the challenges of climate change with a positive approach rather than constant talk of doom and gloom. In the opening chapter he promises that this book will look at practical steps we can take to address the dangers of climate change, steps that will induce governments to follow our lead.
The science of climate change is well understood, even if the consequences are far less clear. Predictive models always involve high degrees of uncertainty when applied to complex systems, but this does not absolve us from trying to anticipate and manage risks. People who deny climate change are not going to be convinced by any evidence and most other people do not have the knowledge or skills to assess competing and dense scientific arguments, but if conservative professions such as actuaries and engineers are already factoring climate change into their calculations, it is prudent for our politicians to be doing the same.
Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth?: Amazon.co.uk: Andrew Simms, Joe Smith: Books. This book argues that what doesn't work for human happiness and wellbeing doesn't work well for the planet. Good lives should not, indeed ought not to be allowed to cost the earth. The argument, delivered trough a fractured prism of more than 20 (British) voices, unfolds at two levels. First there is the growing body of science that shows how increasing levels of affluence do not translate automatically into a greater sense of wellbeing. Above a certain, fairly modest level of material and financial security, intangibles such as family relationships, meaningful work and health become much more important predictors of happiness than income.
The environmental agenda puts the discussion on a moral plane. This book argues that this crisis can only be successfully tackled by taking the sting out of the consumerist virus. One question has to do with the level - personal or policy - from which this transformation needs to be driven. Ecological Debt: Global Warming and the Wealth of Nations: Amazon.co.uk: Andrew Simms: Books.
Review A master at joined-up progressive thinking. (New Scientist) 'An ebullient driving force,' listed as one of the UK's top environmentalists by the Independent on Sunday (Independent on Sunday) (A) leading industry observer (Financial Times) Creative and compelling (Larry Elliott, Economics Editor, Guardian) Essential reading (R K Pachauri, Ph.D, Director-General, TERI, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) A new phrase has entered the language (Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop) This book describes the world as it really is. ...
About the Author Andrew Simms is policy director of nef (new economics foundation) the award winning independent British think-and-do tank.