Factfulness sustainabililty : what you should know about ecological crises and resource consumption under the microscope / Thomas Unnerstall.
Unnerstall, Thomas, 1960- author.
2022
HC79.E5
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Title Factfulness sustainabililty : what you should know about ecological crises and resource consumption under the microscope / Thomas Unnerstall.
Author Unnerstall, Thomas, 1960- author.
ISBN 9783662655580 (electronic bk.)
3662655586 (electronic bk.)
3662655578
9783662655573
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65558-0
Published Berlin, Germany : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-662-65558-0 doi
Call Number HC79.E5
Dewey Decimal Classification 304.2
Summary Humanity is overexploiting nature, we consume too much energy, too many raw materials, too much land. In short, the current economic and lifestyle patterns of mankind, especially in the West, are not sustainable. Who would disagree with this verdict? The evidence seems overwhelming: species extinction, rainforest deforestation, scarcity of raw materials, soil erosion, plastic waste, ecological footprint and, of course, climate change. But - how reliable are these indicators? Are there perhaps also other indications, positive developments? And are all these problems of the same urgency? This book gives answers: well-founded, comprehensible, to the point. It proves that the reports and headlines in the mainstream media on global ecological issues are often one-sided, exaggerated and misleading. On the basis of the relevant international reports and databases, the book gives the full picture where usually only individual, striking figures are presented. Over 70 graphic illustrations, concise summaries at the end of most chapters an easy read! The author Dr. Thomas Unnerstall is an international consultant and book author. After completing his doctorate in physics, he first worked in the Ministry of the Environment in Baden-Wurttemberg and then held top management positions in the energy industry for over 20 years. This translation of the German edition was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
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Introduction
Part I - Three theses
The most important challenge is: Switching from fossil to renewable energy sources
"The Western way of economy and life is ecologically unsustainable" - not true
It is worth fighting
Part II - Basics
World population
Land use
Food
Drinking water
Part III - Energy and raw materials
Energy
Raw materials
Part IV - Ecological hotspots
The "ecological footprint"
Biodiversity and species extinction
Forest loss - Deforestation. Drinking water
Part III - Energy and raw materials
Energy
Raw materials
Part IV - Ecological hotspots
The "ecological footprint"
Biodiversity and species extinction
Forest loss - Deforestation of rainforests
Plastic waste in the oceans
Dead zones in the oceans - the P/N cycle
Pollutants in the environment
Bibliography.

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