Plan B 3.0 (2008) Mobilizing to Save Civilization

Entire book (pdf) Data sets Time for Plan B: Cutting Carbon Emissions 80% by 2020 (pdf) Preface (pdf) 1. Entering a New World (pdf) Introduction A Massive Market Failure Environment and Civilization China: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail Mounting Stresses, Failing States A Civilizational Tipping Point Plan B—A Plan of Hope Chapter 1 Data (xls) PART I. A CIVILIZATION IN TROUBLE 2. Deteriorating Oil and Food Security (pdf) Introduction The Coming Decline of Oil The Oil Intensity of Food The Changing Food Prospect Cars and People Compete for Food The World Beyond Peak Oil Food Insecurity and Failing States Chapter 2 Data (xls) 3. Rising Temperatures and Rising Seas (pdf) Introduction Rising Temperature and Its Effects The Crop Yield Effect Reservoirs in the Sky Melting Ice and Rising Seas More Destructive Storms Cutting Carbon 80 Percent by 2020 Chapter 3 Data (xls) 4. Emerging Water Shortages (pdf) Introduction Water Tables Falling Rivers Running Dry Lakes Disappearing Farmers Losing to Cities Scarcity Crossing National Borders Water Scarcity Yields Political Stresses Chapter 4 Data (xls) 5. Natural Systems Under Stress (pdf) Introduction Shrinking Forests: The Many Costs Losing Soil From Grassland to Desert Advancing Deserts Collapsing Fisheries Disappearing Plants and Animals Chapter 5 Data (xls) 6. Early Signs of Decline (pdf) Introduction Our Socially Divided World Health Challenge Growing Throwaway Economy in Trouble Population and Resource Conflicts Environmental Refugees on the Rise Mounting Stresses, Failing States Chapter 6 Data (xls) PART II. THE RESPONSE – PLAN B 7. Eradicating Poverty, Stabilizing Population (pdf) Introduction Universal Basic Education Stabilizing Population Better Health for All Curbing the HIV Epidemic Reducing Farm Subsidies and Debt A Poverty-Eradication Budget Chapter 7 Data (xls) 8. Restoring the Earth (pdf) Introduction Protecting and Restoring Forests Conserving and Rebuilding Soils Regenerating Fisheries Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity Planting Trees to Sequester Carbon The Earth Restoration Budget Chapter 8 Data (xls) 9. Feeding Eight Billion Well (pdf) Introduction Rethinking Land Productivity Raising Water Productivity Producing Protein More Efficiently Moving Down the Food Chain Action on Many Fronts Chapter 9 Data (xls) 10. Designing Cities for People (pdf) Introduction The Ecology of Cities Redesigning Urban Transport Reducing Urban Water Use Farming in the City Upgrading Squatter Settlements Cities for People Chapter 10 Data (xls) 11. Raising Energy Efficiency (pdf) Introduction Banning the Bulb Energy-Efficient Appliances More-Efficient Buildings Restructuring the Transport System A New Materials Economy The Energy Savings Potential Chapter 11 Data (xls) 12. Turning to Renewable Energy (pdf) Introduction Harnessing the Wind Wind-Powered Plug-In Hybrid Cars Solar Cells and Collectors Energy from the Earth Plant-Based Sources of Energy River, Tidal, and Wave Power The World Energy Economy of 2020 Chapter 12 Data (xls) PART III: AN EXCITING NEW OPTION 13. The Great Mobilization (pdf) Introduction Shifting Taxes and Subsidies Summing Up Climate Stabilization Measures A Reponse to Failing States A Wartime Mobilization Mobilizing to Save Civilization What You and I Can Do Chapter 13 Data (xls) Notes (pdf) Index (pdf) Acknowledgements & About the Author (pdf) Plan B 3.0 Data
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