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State of the world 2014 [electronic resource] : governing for sustainability / [Worldwatch Institute].

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HC79.E5 G563 2014
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Title
State of the world 2014 [electronic resource] : governing for sustainability / [Worldwatch Institute].
ISBN
9781610915427 electronic book
1610915429 electronic book
9781610915410
1610915410
Published
Washington, [DC] : Island Press, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 294 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
HC79.E5 G563 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.7
Summary
Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments progress has been lackluster. Thats not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Actionon climate, species loss, inequity, and other sustainability crisesis being driven by local, peoples, womens, and grassroots movements around the world, often in opposition to the agendas pursued by governments and big corporations. These diverse efforts are the subject of the latest volume in the Worldwatch Institutes highly regarded State of the World series. The 2014 edition, marking the Institutes 40th anniversary, examines both barriers to responsible political and economic governance as well as gridlock-shattering new ideas. The authors analyze a variety of trends and proposals, including regional and local climate initiatives, the rise of benefit corporations and worker-owned firms, the need for energy democracy, the Internets impact on sustainability, and the importance of eco-literacy. A consistent thread throughout the book is that informed and engaged citizens are key to better governance. The book is a clear-eyed yet ultimately optimistic assessment of citizens ability to govern for sustainability. By highlighting both obstacles and opportunities, State of the World 2014 shows how to effect change within and beyond the halls of government. This volume will be especially useful for policymakers, environmental nonprofits, students of environmental studies, sustainability, or economicsand citizens looking to jumpstart significant change around the world.
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Foreword / David W. Orr
Failing governance, unsustainable planet / Michael Renner and Tom Prugh
Understanding governance / D. Conor Seyle and Matthew Wilburn King
Governance, sustainability, and evolution / John M. Gowdy
Ecoliteracy : knowledge is not enough / Monty Hempel
Digitization and sustainability / Richard Worthington
Living in the Anthropocene : business as usual, or comasssionate retreat? / Peter G. Brown and Jeremy J. Schmidt
Governing people as members of the Earth community / Cormac Cullinan
Listening to the voices of young and future generations / Antoine Ebel and Tatiana Rinke
Advancing ecological stewardship via the commons and human rights / Davud Bollier and Burns Weston
Looking backward (not forward) to environmental justice / Aaron Sachs
The too-polite revolution : understanding the failure to pass U.S. climate legislation / Petra Bartosiewicz and Marissa Miley


China's environmental governance challenge / Sam Geall and Isabel Hilton
Assessing the outcomes of Rio+20 / Maria Ivanova
How local governments have become a factor in global sustainability / Monika Zimmermann
Scrutinizing the corporate role in the post-2015 development agenda / Lou Pingeot
Making finance serve the real economy / Thomas I. Palley
Climate governance and the resource curse / Evan Musolino and Katie Auth
The political-economic foundations of a sustainable system / Gar Alperovitz
The rise of triple-bottom-line businesses / Colleen Cordes
Working toward energy democracy / Sean Sweeney
Take the wheel and steer! Trade unions and the just transition / Judith Gouverneur and Nina Netzer
A call to engagement / Tom Prugh and Michael Renner.

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