El Cambio Climático Global

El Cambio Climático Global
Author: Vicente Barros
Publisher: Libros del Zorzal
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2021-09-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9875993638

“Como consecuencia del crecimiento del consumo de combustibles fósiles, las emisiones de dióxido de carbono aumentaron y aumentarán exponencialmente, y al mismo ritmo seguirán sus concentraciones en la atmósfera. El resultado es un calentamiento global que amenaza con la extinción de especies más devastadora de los últimos millones de años y que, de persistir por mucho tiempo, hará de la superficie de la Tierra algo muy distinto de lo que es actualmente. Los cambios vendrán acompañados de catástrofes y conflictos, algunos de los cuales ya se pueden avizorar.” Con rigor científico pero en un lenguaje transparente, Vicente Barros explica y analiza las causas y los efectos del Cambio Climático. Adentrándose en el trasfondo de intereses político-económicos que se interponen, manifiesta la necesidad urgente de hacer frente a esta potencial fuente de catástrofes que atañen no sólo al medioambiente como lo conocemos hasta hoy sino a la vida misma del hombre.Vicente Barros es doctor en Ciencias Meteorológicas, Investigador Superior del Conicet y Profesor Titular de Climatología en la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, donde dirige la Maestría en Ciencias Ambientales. Es autor de más de cien trabajos sobre la problemática del clima, la mitad de ellos en revistas científicas internacionales. Participó en la elaboración de uno de los capítulos del Tercer Informe del Panel Intergubernamental sobre el Cambio Climático en el año 2001.

Edexcel International GCSE Spanish Student Book Second Edition

Edexcel International GCSE Spanish Student Book Second Edition
Author: Simon Barefoot
Publisher: Hodder Education
Total Pages: 601
Release: 2017-09-03
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1510402381

This Student Book provides a grammar-led approach with extensive exam preparation to develop independent, culturally aware students of German, ready for the exam. This book is endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations for the latest IGCSE® (0525) and International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate (0677) syllabuses. Extensive use of German reflects the style of the exams and, with specific advice and practice, it helps students use the acquired skills to their best ability. Topics on German-speaking cultures are integrated throughout to ensure students gain the cultural awareness that is at the heart of this qualification. - Develop students' ability to use German effectively - Stretch and challenge students to achieve their best grades - Ensure the progression required for further study at A-level or equivalent - Provide insight and encourage a positive attitude towards other cultures The book provides up-to-date content following a clear sequencing of topics designed specifically for teaching German at this level. It is designed to develop spontaneous, confident linguists who are able to progress to further study of German. - Teacher Resource + Audio-CDs (ISBN 9781471833076) includes all recordings and transcripts together with detailed guidance, editable vocabulary lists, cultural PowerPoints and interactive quizzes - Grammar Workbook (ISBN 9781471833182) Vocabulary is also available online at Vocab Express, an interactive learning application Visit www.vocabexpress.co.uk/hodder for more information.

CRACKING THE AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXAM(2011 EDITION)

CRACKING THE AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXAM(2011 EDITION)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010-09-07
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 0375427813

Reviews topics covered on the test, offers tips on test-taking strategies, and includes two full-length practice tests with answers and explanations.

Cracking the AP Spanish Exam with Audio CD, 2012 Edition

Cracking the AP Spanish Exam with Audio CD, 2012 Edition
Author: Mary Leech
Publisher: Princeton Review
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2011-09-06
Genre: Advanced placement programs (Education)
ISBN: 0375427341

Accompanying CD-ROM includes dialogues, narratives, and selections to be used with the sample exams in the book.

Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security

Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security
Author: Hans Günter Brauch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1816
Release: 2011-02-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 364217776X

Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security - Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks reviews conceptual debates and case studies focusing on disasters and security threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks in Europe, the Mediterranean and other regions. It discusses social science concepts of vulnerability and risks, global, regional and national security challenges, global warming, floods, desertification and drought as environmental security challenges, water and food security challenges and vulnerabilities, vulnerability mapping of environmental security challenges and risks, contributions of remote sensing to the recognition of security risks, mainstreaming early warning of conflicts and hazards and provides conceptual and policy conclusions.

Education and Climate Change

Education and Climate Change
Author: Fumiyo Kagawa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2010-04-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135235430

There is widespread consensus in the international scientific community that climate change is happening and that abrupt and irreversible impacts are already in motion. In this volume, contributors review and reflect upon social learning from and within their field of educational expertise in response to the concerns over climate change.

Weathering Risk in Rural Mexico

Weathering Risk in Rural Mexico
Author: Hallie Eakin
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2016-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 081653358X

From floods and droughts to tsunamis and hurricanes, recent years have seen a distressing and often devastating increase in extreme climatic events. While it is possible to study these disasters from a purely scientific perspective, a growing preponderance of evidence suggests that changes in the environment are related to both a shift in global economic relations and these weather-related disasters. In Weathering Risk in Rural Mexico, Hallie Eakin draws on ethnographic data collected in three agricultural communities in rural Mexico to show how economic and climatic change not only are linked in cause and effect at the planetary scale but also interact in unpredictable and complex ways in the context of regional political and trade relationships, national economic and social programs, and the decision-making of institutions, enterprises, and individuals. She shows how the parallel processes of globalization and climatic change result in populations that are “doubly exposed” and thus particularly vulnerable. Chapters trace the effects of El Niño in central Mexico in the late 1990s alongside some of the principal changes in the country’s agricultural policy. Eakin argues that in order to develop policies that effectively address rural poverty and agricultural development, we need an improved understanding of how households cope simultaneously with various sources of uncertainty and adjust their livelihoods to accommodate evolving environmental, political, and economic realities.

SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region

SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region
Author: Walter Leal Filho
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1692
Release: 2023-08-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3031160177

​This volume provides an overview of the ways sustainable development issues as a whole, and the SDGs in particular, are perceived and practiced in a variety of countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region. It also discusses the extent to which its many socio-economic problems hinder progresses towards the pursuit of a sustainable future, and documents successful experiences from across the region. This book is part of the "100 papers to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative".