Environment at the crossroads
Subtitle: [aiming for a sustainable future]
Publisher: Carcanet; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Manchester; [Lisbon?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781847771193
Subjects: Biodiversity; Congresses; Consumption (Economics); Climatic changes; Sustainable development; Environmental policy
Notes: Proceedings of conference held Oct. 27-28, 2009 in Lisbon; subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Some articles translated into English from the Portuguese.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Emílio Rui Vilar.; title: Introduction: Environmental Crisis? Do We Know What We Are Talking About? / Viriato Soromenho-Marques.; title: Climate Change as a Global Shifting Force / David King.; title: Has Biodiversity a Future? / Miguel Bastos Araújo.; title: The Ethical Challenge of Sustainability in Water Management / Pedro Arrojo Agudo.; title: The Environmental Crisis and the Future of Agriculture / José Lima Santos.; title: Hyper-consumer Society and Happiness / Gilles Lipovetsky.; title: Europe, the USA and China after the Crisis: Towards New Growth Models for Sustainability? / Allan Larsson.; title: Citizen Action on Climate Change and Sustainable Development / Malini Mehra.; title: Emissions Trading Schemes and the Future of the Carbon Economy / Pedro Martins Barata.; title: Charting a Course for the Future of the Oceans: Present State and Future Perspectives / Julie Packard.; title: Governance for Sustainability / Nitin Desai.; title: Climate Change: The Perspective from Europe / Alex Ellis.; title: Climate Change Politics under Barack Obama / Miranda Schreurs.; title: Prospects for a Sustainable Future / Jonathon Porritt.