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***Apologies for cross-posting*** Please see below for a selection of new Earthscan <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/Home/tabid/478/Default.aspx> books. JISC subscribers will receive a 20% DISCOUNT on all Earthscan books when ordering with the voucher code JISC Click here to request inspection copies <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=465> . Book review editors can reply to this e-mail to request review copies. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLIMATE CHANGE AND AVIATION: Issues, Challenges and Solutions <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=42745> Edited by Stefan Gössling and Paul Upham Massive increases in availability of air travel and air freight have led to aviation becoming one of the fastest growing emitters of greenhouse gases. This textbook is the first to attempt a comprehensive review of aviation and climate change and brings together an international team of leading scientists. 'A timely, challenging and fascinating book on a topic of central importance to the success or otherwise of our climate change policies.' Professor John Whitelegg, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, UK 'Climate Change and Aviation presents a clear picture of the transport sector's greatest challenge ... This book avoids wishful thinking and takes the much harder, but more productive, path of considering difficult solutions that clash with short-term and short-sighted expectations about the unlimited growth potential for flying.' Professor Anthony Perl, Urban Studies Program, Simon Fraser University, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THINKING IN SYSTEMS: A Primer <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=56981> Donella H. Meadows and edited by Diana Wright Donella Meadows was lead author of the bestselling and hugely influential Limits to Growth and Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Update <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=682> and this book was intended to make the fundamental concept of systems thinking accessible to the general reader. Thinking in Systems <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=56981> is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. This essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life. 'Thinking in Systems <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=56981> distills her lifetime of wisdom. This clear, fun-to-read synthesis will help diverse readers everywhere to grasp and harness how our complex world really works.' Amory B. Lovins 'An invaluable companion piece to Limits to Growth ... a simple book about a complex world graced by the wisdom of a profound thinker committed to shap[ing] a better future.' Publishers Weekly ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELLING SOLAR: The Diffusion of Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=30154> Damian Miller To solve the climate crisis, the world must make a wholesale shift to renewable energy technologies. With surging growth in emerging markets, this transformation takes on even greater urgency. The challenges - and opportunities - are immense. Selling Solar <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=30154> considers how emerging markets can make this shift, showing how photovoltaic technology has begun to diffuse rapidly in emerging markets after years of struggling to take off. Damian Miller is the CEO of Orb Energy - CLICK HERE <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/Portals/0/pdfs/Damian_Miller_Op-Ed_March_2009.pdf> for a recent opinion editorial 100 MILLION SOLAR HOMES <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/Portals/0/pdfs/Damian_Miller_Op-Ed_March_2009.pdf> in which he makes the case for achieving the solar electrification of the developing world. 'Few missions are more important than solarizing the developing world - Few people have more experience of this task than Damian Miller. This unmissable book is the story of making it happen.' Jeremy Leggett, Founder and Executive Chairman of Solar Century, and author of Half Gone and The Carbon War 'An extremely useful publication which provides a very valuable assessment of how solar energy can be harnessed on a large scale using market approaches.' R. K. Pachauri, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN THE WATER SECTOR <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=34059> Edited by Fulco Ludwig, Pavel Kabat, Henk van Schaik and Michael van der Valk Climate variability has a large impact on water supply and future climate change is likely to make things worse. Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=34059> is a compendium of strategies and a guide to using climate data to support water management decisions. 'Climate change will impact first on water. The water sector worldwide will need to mobilise for climate change adaptation and integrate the needs of both people and nature as it does so. This publication will help water managers meet this challenge.' Dr Mark Smith, Head, Water Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DICTIONARY AND INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=56985> Richard E. Saunier and Richard A. Meganck This unique Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides over 5500 up-to-date entries covering the full swathe of international environmental governance terms, organizations and acronyms. This fully revised and updated edition contains over 500 new entries and acronyms as well as a new introductory section on global water governance, one of the most pressing environmental issues in our era of climate change, growing populations and food shortages. It also includes an introductory essay that frames the major issues in GEG. 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