Vision 2100

Vision 2100
Author: Krishnaswami Sundarji
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2003
Genre: India
ISBN:

On the basic philosophy of nuclear strategy with partial reference to India.

Industrial Health

Industrial Health
Author: George Martin Kober
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1260
Release: 1924
Genre: Occupational diseases
ISBN:

VISIONS 2100

VISIONS 2100
Author: John K. O'Brien
Publisher: Fontaine Press Pty Ltd
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1925341682

Stories from Your Future The complex issue of climate change is one that our race is struggling to address. The solutions are not beyond us in any way. Technological solutions exist, scientific knowledge is plentiful, the world can afford the transition but still significant action eludes us. Rational arguments for rapid action abound. We do not need any more of those. What is needed is a different way of communicating that inspires and attracts the widest possible group of humans towards wanting to travel on this same journey. As part of the VISIONS 2100 Project, this book tells of the power of Visions and invites the reader to create and share their own vision of a better world. Only by starting conversations of the future will we manage to build the world that we really want. The book balances worries about catastrophe with social and environmental improvements by referencing psychology, management thought, case studies and personal anecdotes. In also references the parallels between the world’s journey and coping with the chronic illness of the author’s wife. The book is framed around eighty short visions by some of the world’s leading environmental thinkers including Mary Robinson, Christiana Figueres, Bill McKibben, Connie Hedegaard, Yvo de Boer and many others. Having a vision of a better world is likely to result in the world being better. ‘Poverty is eradicated. Every child goes to school regardless of sex, race, religion or place of birth. Every woman enjoys equality with every man. Every household has access to energy. In 2100, the world is just.’ Mary Robinson, Special Envoy on Climate Change, United Nations ‘Opportunity from 2100 forward is unimaginably vast and incredibly varied.’ Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC ‘Timing is everything, and it hurts to think we blew it.’ Bill McKibben, 350.org The future is a beautiful, if challenging, partner. Your choice is whether you take the risk in having a first date or whether you are happy to accept a life of regret. www.visions2100.com

Making Climate Assessments Work

Making Climate Assessments Work
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2019-02-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309487153

Climate assessment activities are increasingly driven by subnational organizationsâ€"city, county, and state governments; utilities and private companies; and stakeholder groups and engaged publicsâ€"trying to better serve their constituents, customers, and members by understanding and preparing for how climate change will impact them locally. Whether the threats are drought and wildfires, storm surge and sea level rise, or heat waves and urban heat islands, the warming climate is affecting people and communities across the country. To explore the growing role of subnational climate assessments and action, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted the 2-day workshop on August 14-15, 2018. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Nextscienceman2100

Nextscienceman2100
Author: Harminder Gill
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2016-08-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1524621935

This is a science-fiction story based on a humanistic tradition of science fantasy, horror, and brave deeds presented with chemistry, physics, literature, and art combined together as they are mirrored in great moments of stylistic expression from the past to the present and to the future. It is a true story that is factually detailed combined with science-fiction thats bold in conception. The narrative synthesis of the sciences and humanities in our culture is both a great intellectual achievement and an eminently readable and visually exciting treatment of a brilliant superhero where present and promise are as vital as legacy. The books content is organized from the early beginnings to a futuropolis. To attain depth and breadth throughout the story, each chapter is concentrated on specific moments-for instance, a city in ancient times, the mountains, the desert, the ocean, and forests-mixed with periods that are anachronisms. Each chapter has close and aesthetically meaningful relationships between real life and fiction. Personalities and events shape the superhero to make him more significant. Careful refined distillation of essential stylistic character makes the superhero more powerful to defeat cruel supervisors, evil school officials, and monster bosses leading to victory and a better place to live in as we head for the twenty-first century.

BP Tankers

BP Tankers
Author: William John Harvey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN:

This massive new reference work is the first comprehensive, authoritative and detailed fleet history of one of the world's major international oil transportation companies. It is lavishly illustrated with over 500 photographs and supported by an army of documents relevant to specific tankers. The book begins with a brief group history and includes a chronology describing fleet developments from the early purchase of second-hand tonnage with the formation of the company. The first BP-owned oil tanker was the British Emperor, acquired in 1916, and the story continues to the rise of the giant behemoths of the 1990s and the new-builds at the start of this century. The book's core is the fleet list which includes specifications and histories of every ship owned by the British Tanker Company and BP Shipping, and all their associates. It includes subsidiary craft such as tugs, barges and support ships, and more than 1,000 vessels are examined in detail. There are photographs of every class of vessel along with plans showing stowage arrangements. This book is a marathon achievement and befits a company that has carried oil from every corner of the globe. It will prove to be an essential reference work for maritime researchers, professionals in oil companies and all the supporting industries, and ship enthusiasts around the world.

Modelling Long-term Scenarios for Low Carbon Societies

Modelling Long-term Scenarios for Low Carbon Societies
Author: Neil Strachan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2015-02-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136561137

With the ever-increasing impacts of climate change, it is now clear that global society will have to restructure its energy systems in order to decrease carbon emissions. The scenarios under which this transition to low-carbon societies (LCS) could occur would have complex economic, technological, behavioural and policy implications. This volume, a supplement to the Climate Policy journal, considers these implications by examining different low-carbon scenarios for different countries, modelled at different scales and typologies. Two overview chapters, co-written by international experts, set the context of scenario development and quantification of LCS, and summarize the findings on the economic implications, societal responses, technological developments and required policy measures to enable LCS across a range of countries. Further chapters detail the modelling of various scenarios and outline the model methodology, detail the economic and technological consequences of transitions to LCS, and comment on the strengths and weaknesses of specific policies.

Invitation to Lead

Invitation to Lead
Author: Paul Tokunaga
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2003-02-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830823932

Writing from his own rich experiences--both successes and failures, Paul Tokunaga addresses the needs, difficulties, gifts and abilities that Asian Americans struggle with in leadership.

Sustainable Energy Development and Innovation

Sustainable Energy Development and Innovation
Author: Ali Sayigh
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 880
Release: 2022-02-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030762211

This book contains selected papers presented during the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) 2020 at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon. The WREC is dedicated to promoting renewable energy global development, and features top international experts, policy makers, scientists, engineers, technology developers, and business practitioners addressing the most current research and technological breakthroughs in sustainable energy development and innovation. The contributions address policy and renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors—for heating and cooling, agricultural applications, water, desalination, industrial applications, and for the transport sectors. Presents cutting-edge research in green building and renewable energy from all over the world; Covers the most up-to-date research developments, government policies, business models, best practices, and innovations; Contains case studies and examples to enhance practical application of the technologies.