Energía sostenible

sin malos humos

Esta obra es la adaptación al caso de España del libro Sustainable energy. Without the hot air de D. MacKay, llevada a cabo por siete investigadores de la Universidad Pública de Navarra de diferentes áreas relacionadas con la generación de energía y la sostenibilidad energética ...

En páramos malditos

reflexiones sobre monocultivos y comunales

Cerca de diez milenios han pasado desde la aparición de la agricultura. Desde entonces, la humanidad ha ido desarrollando modelos, métodos e ingenios para obtener muy diversos beneficios de la tierra; como diversos ?o más bien divergentes? han sido y son quienes se encargan de ...

The uncounted

What we count matters - and in a world where policies and decisions are underpinned by numbers, statistics and data, if you’re not counted, you don’t count. Alex Cobham argues that systematic gaps in economic and demographic data not only lead us to understate ...

The music industry

music in the cloud

Since the first edition was published in 2009, Patrik Wikström's The Music Industry has become a go-to text for students and scholars. This thoroughly updated third edition provides an international overview of the music industry and its future prospects in the world of global ...

Experto en gestión medioambiental

Adquirir y/o actualizar conocimientos relacionados con la más avanzada gestión de los aspectos ambientales relacionados con el ámbito empresarial.

Frontlines

stories of global environmental justice

Every unpacked frontline is one cutting edge of an economic system and political ideology that is destroying life on earth. Revealing our ecosystems to be under a sustained attack, Nick Meynen finds causes for hope in unconventional places. 'In his wide-ranging journalism and writing, Nick ...

The new local economy

how the future's big businesses will grow out of small communities

Apple, Starbucks, Zara, McDonald’s – these are some of the brands and companies that are at the forefront of today’s global economy. They are embedded in virtually every city and town. But when the global economy goes wrong (as in 2008), it can leave ...

Pollution, politics, and power

the struggle for sustainable electricity

The electric power industry has been transformed over the past forty years, becoming more reliable and resilient while meeting environmental goals. A big question now is how to prevent backsliding. Pollution, Politics, and Power tells the story of the remarkable transformation of the electric power ...

Empowering the great energy transition

policy for a low-carbon future

At a time when climate-change deniers hold the reins of power in the United States and international greenhouse gas negotiations continue at a slow crawl, what options are available to cities, companies, and consumers around the world who seek a cleaner future? Scott Victor Valentine ...

Meeting globalization's challenges

policies to make trade work for all

Leading economists propose solutions to the problems of globalization Globalization has expanded economic opportunities throughout the world, but it has also left many people feeling dispossessed, disenfranchised, and angry. Luís Catão and Maurice Obstfeld bring together some of today's top economists to assess the ...

Planeta (in)sostenible

Es cada vez más urgente encontrar soluciones a la crisis ambiental. Aun cuando confiamos en los inventos para solucionar los problemas que generan el calentamiento global o las sequías, sabemos que poco han logrado las ecotecnologías frente a la magnitud de los cambios que auguran ...

Global planet authority

how we're about to save the biosphere

The world is functioning outside the lines. The governance structures currently abided by are not supportive enough when it comes to fighting climate change and other environmental degradation. Perhaps it's time to start anew. In his first book, Forbes advocates for global taxation and ...

Inequality and the 1%

Since the great recession hit in 2008, the 1% has only grown richer while the rest find life increasingly tough. The gap between the haves and the have-nots has turned into a chasm. While the rich have found new ways of protecting their wealth, everyone ...

Inequality and the 1%

Since the great recession hit in 2008, the 1% has only grown richer while the rest find life increasingly tough. The gap between the haves and the have-nots has turned into a chasm. While the rich have found new ways of protecting their wealth, everyone ...

The Case for the Green New Deal

What is the Green New Deal and how can we afford it? To protect the future of life on earth, we need to do more than just reimagine the economy-we have to change everything. One of the seminal thinkers of the program that helped ignite ...

Nuestra casa está ardiendo

«Quiero que actúen como si nuestra casa estuviera ardiendo. Porque así es.» Con estas palabras cerraba Greta Thunberg su discurso en el foro de Davos el 25 de enero de 2019, cinco meses después de iniciar su huelga por el clima. Desde entonces, la activista ...

Manual de supervivencia

Chernobil. Un guía para el futuro

Aprovechando una década de investigación de archivos y entrevistas en terreno en Ucrania, Rusia y Bielorrusia, Kate Brown revela en este libro toda la amplitud de la devastación y el encubrimiento sobre las consecuencias reales del desastre que siguió a la explosión del reactor en ...

Create, produce, consume

new models for understanding music business

Create, Produce, Consume explores the cycle of musical experience for musicians, professionals, and budding entrepreneurs looking to break into the music industry. Building on the concepts of his previous book, Making Money, Making Music, David Bruenger provides readers with a basic framework for understanding the ...

Cambio climático

¿qué hacer?

El cambio climático –un aumento de las temperaturas medias atmosféricas y de la frecuencia de fenómenos meteorológicos extremos– es para una gran mayoría de los expertos un proceso cuya existencia está más que demostrada. El libro no discute los datos científicos que sustentan la existencia ...

Clothing poverty

the hidden world of fast fashion and second-hand clothes

Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from? Who made them and where? Ever wondered where they end up after you donate them for recycling? Following a pair of jeans, Clothing Poverty takes the reader on a vivid around-the-world tour to reveal ...