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World on the Edge

Paperback • 2011 • English

World on the Edge

By Lester R. Brown

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About the book

We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? Can we cope with peak water and peak oil at the same time? These are some of the issues Lester R. Brown skillfully distills in World on the Edge. Bringing decades of research and analysis into play, h...Show more

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9780393339499

Publisher

WW Norton Co

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

World on the Edge

Format

Paperback

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