What's really happening to our planet?
Subtitle: the facts simply explained
By: Tony Juniper ; foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales
Edition: First American edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781465445476
Subjects: Human ecology; Nature; Effect of human beings on
Other titles: What is really happening to our planet?
Description: An easy-to-understand overview of the state of our planet and its future, using eye-opening and accessible charts, graphs, and infographics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Drivers of change: The population explosion; Economic expansion; City planet; Fuel for growth; Escalationg appetite; Thirsty world; Consuming Passions; title: Consequences fo change: The global age; Better lives for many; Our changing atmosphere; Changing the land; Sea changes; The great decline; title: Bending the curves: The great acceleration; What's the global planet?; Shaping the future.