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Neil Adger, Jouni Paavola, Saleemul Huq, M.J. Mace (eds). Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change, The MIT Press, 2006, 0262511932, -Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change brings together scholars from political science, economics, law, human geography, and climate science to offer the first assessment of the social justice issues in adaptation to climate change. The book outlines the philosophical underpinnings of different types of justice in relation to climate change, present inequities, and future burdens, and it applies these to real-world examples of climate change adaptation in Bangladesh, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, and Hungary. It argues that the key to adapting to climate change lies in recognizing the equity and justice issues inherent in its causes and in human responses to it. More

Tom Athanasiou and Paul Baer. Dead Heat: Globalization and Global Warming, Open Media (A Seven Stories Press), 2002, 1583224777, -The authors explain science behind global the warming, outline the political reasons that governments have not acted to reverse climate change, and argue that both environmental and economic factors must be considered to create a solution that puts public good before corporate profit. More

Duncan Clark. The Rough Guide to Ethical Living, Rough Guides, 2006, 1843537923, -Going green without the tree hugging. Climate change, fair trade, ethical investment, organic food, solar planets - modern life is complex for consumers with a conscience. What green and ethical advice is worth following? Which products and companies should we support or avoid? The Rough Guide to Ethical Living cuts through the greenwash to answer these and many other questions. bull; Low Carbon Living: From electricity to cars - how to reduce your greenhouse emissions at home and on the road. bull; Responsible Shopping: Tea to trainers, fish to furniture, cosmetics to cleaners: the problems and ethical options. bull; The Issues: Do boycotts work? Is buying local better? How fair is fair trade? What about third-world labour? Packed full of information and with tips on doing your own research, The Rough Guide to Ethical Living is the ultimate handbook for responsible consumers. More

Leo Hickman. A Good Life: The Guide to Ethical Living, Eden Project Books in association with The Guardian Books and Transworld Publishers, 2005, 1903919592, -Do you want to know the difference between organic, fair trade, and locally grown food—and crucially, which you should buy? Do you want to make your home a toxin-free zone? Do you want to save energy and money at the same time? Fully illustrated and with "explainers" about key issues and dilemmas, and a directory of endorsed contacts and suppliers,A Good Lifeshows how to make choices that will benefitnbsp;family,nbsp;community, and the whole planet. More

Vandana Shiva. Water Wars: Pollution, Profits and Privatization, Pluto Press, 2002, 0745318371, -Vandana Shiva, a world-renowned environmentalist and campaigner, examines the "water-war" of the 21st century: the progressive privatization by the multinationals of communal water rights. While drought and desertification are intensifying around the world, corporations are aggressively converting free-flowing water into bottled profits. The water wars of the 21st century may match - or even surpass - the oil wars of the 20th. This title sheds light on the activists who are fighting corporate manoeuvres to convert this life-sustaining resource into more gold for the elites. Shiva draws on her knowledge of science and society to outline the emergence of corporate culture and the historical erosion of communal water rights. Using the international water trade and industrial activities such as damming, mining and aquafarming as her lens, Shiva exposes the destruction of the earth and the disenfranchisement of the world's poor as they are stripped of rights to a precious common good. She calls for a movement to preserve water access for all, and offers a blueprint for global resistance based on examples of successful campaigns. More

D. Mark Smith. Just One Planet: Poverty, Justice, and Climate Change, Practical Action Publishing, 2006, 1853396435, - The impacts of climate change are being felt all around the world and as they become more damaging and widespread, it is the 2.7 billion people who live on less than $2 a day who will be hit first and hardest. Changes in patterns of rainfall and river flow, more flooding and drought will make the livelihoods of poor people more and more precarious. And as the numbers of people at risk of hunger grow so will the incidence of infectious diseases. More.

Etienne Vermeersch. Reading the Kyoto Protocol: Ethical Aspects of the Convention on Climatic Change, Eburon B V, 2005, 9059720644, - The Kyoto Protocol became law in February 2005—eight years after its conception as a framework for reducing emissions and a full four years after the United States abandoned it. But while President George W. Bush embarrassed much of the scientific community by challenging the veracity of the greenhouse effect, and thus the impetus for Kyoto, officials elsewhere expressed far different concerns. Reading the Kyoto Protocol explores their qualms and objections to everything from Kyoto's controversial policies on emissions trading to the question of a "post-Kyoto era." Contributors include internationally known philosophers, researchers, and environmentalists. More

Richard Howitt. Rethinking Resource Management: Justice, Sustainability and Indigenous Peoples, Routledge, 2001, 9780415123334, This book offers students and practitioners a sophisticated and convincing framework for rethinking the usual approaches to resource management. It uses case studies to argue that professional resource managers do not take responsibility for the social and environmental consequences of their decisions on the often vulnerable indigenous communities they affect. It also discusses the invisibility of indigenous people' values and knowledge within traditional resource management. It offers a new approach to social impact assessment methods which are more participatory and empowering. The book employs a range of case studies from Australia, North America and Norway. More

Mark J. Smith and Piya Pangsapa. Environment and Citizenship: Integrating Justice, Responsibility and Civic Engagement, Zed Books, January 2008, 9781842779033,- This timely book outlines the debates on environmental and ecological citizenship that have emerged out of the concern with environmental justice since the 1990s.

The book demonstrates how awareness of environmental hazards, injustices and new forms of risk is only effective when it generates strategies for political change. It examines how environmental movements have become increasingly involved in governance processes at the national, regional and intergovernmental levels, in contexts such as the EU, UN and LA21 initiatives. More

James Garvey. Ethics of Climate Change: Right and Wrong in a Warming World, Continuum International Publishing, March 2008, 9780826497376 -The debate about the existence of climate change seems finally at an end. We now have to decide what to do about it. Here, James Garvey argues that the ultimate rationale for action on climate change cannot be simply economic, political, scientific or social, though no doubt our decisions should be informed by such things. Instead, climate change is largely a moral problem. What we should do about it depends on what matters to us and what we think is right.This book is an introduction to the ethics of climate change. It considers a little climate science and a lot of moral philosophy, ultimately finding a way into the many possible positions associated with climate change. It is also a call for action, for doing something about the moral demands placed on both governments and individuals by the fact of climate change. This is a book about choices, responsibility, and where the moral weight falls on our warming world.Articulate, provocative and stimulating, this timely book will make a significant contribution to one of the most important debates of our time." Think Now" is a brand new series of stimulating and accessible books examining key contemporary social issues from a philosophical perspective. Written by experts in philosophy, these books offer sophisticated and provocative yet engaging writing on political and cultural themes of genuine concern to the educated reader. More