Food in a changing climate

Food in a Changing Climate

The production of our food is unsustainable; deviations of how we can cultivate resilient communities through the just application of new technologies

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Gardening in a Changing Climate

A unique guide to the opportunities and challenges that come with gardening in a changing climate.

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Floods in a Changing Climate

This book explains hydraulic modeling and floodplain dynamics, providing models of hazard predictions for floodplains based on state-of-the-art remote

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Investing in a Changing Climate

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Changing the Climate

A series of Bible passages unpacked to show the Bible's relevance to environmentalism, and how we can all play our part in limiting the negative effec

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Pedagogical Experiments in Architecture for a Changing Climate

This book presents a series of pedagogical experiments translating climate science research into the architectural curriculum.

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Making climate-sensitive investments in agriculture

A practical reference for investment practitioners on the integration of climate change risks, focusing on vulnerability assessments and project appra

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Gardening in a Changing World

Rethinking our relationship with plants in the light of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss; and an exploration of the science behind sustainable

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Climate Activism

Analyzing the transformation of climate activism in a rapidly changing political landscape, this book traces everyday renewable energy actions within

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Changing Function of Compliance

In the current business climate, the pace of regulatory change is a significant business risk, and Compliance departments are under increasing pressur

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Transformations of Global Food Systems for Climate Change Resilience

This book discusses the unique role of anthropologists in taking a global, collaborative, and interdisciplinary response to addressing the United Nati

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Old Materials, New Climate

Old Materials, New Climate: Traditional Building Materials in a Changing World is an accessible guidebook to better understand historic materials, how

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The Climate Action Handbook: A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for Everyone - Roop Heidi

Anotace: This must-have book shows us WHY we need to take action now to combat climate change and then, critically, HOW, through easy-to-understand language and fascinating infographics that offer each of us varied and doable solutions to the overwhelming challenges facing our planet. As more focus is put on climate science, there is a need for each of us to learn how we...

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The Climate Action Handbook: A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for Everyone - Heidi Roop

<p>This must-have book shows us WHY we need to take action now to combat climate change and then, critically, HOW, through easy-to-understand language and fascinating infographics that offer each of us varied and doable solutions to the overwhelming challenges facing our planet. As more focus is put on climate science, there is a need for each of us to learn how we ...

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Climate Change and Legumes Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book will serve as guidelines for scientists, agricultural practitioners, and policymakers working to achieve food security and better management of climate-induced stresses in agricultural interventions. It will also be useful as a reference book for researchers and students of both graduate and postgraduate levels. Furthermore, this book will provide enhanced knowl...

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Africa - regional overview of food security and nutrition 2019

Looks at how, despite a recent slowdown in undernourishment, food insecurity is rising due to economic downturns, conflict and climate extremes. This

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Bayesian Statistics and Quality Modelling in the Agro-Food Production Chain

The food market is changing from a producer-controlled to a consumer-directed market. A novel approach in the agro-food chain would be to tackle subje

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Glucose Revolution : The life-changing power of balancing your blood sugar - Jessie Inchauspé

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***"Jessie (a.k.a. the Glucose Goddess) takes you on a fun and informative journey to understand how food affects your sugar spikes and your health. This practical guide is full of wonderful tips and hacks on how and what to eat; a must for anyone who wants to understand their body and improve their health." - Professor Tim ...

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Glucose Revolution : The life-changing power of balancing your blood sugar - Inchauspé Jessie

Anotace: Dietary science is on the move. For decades, people were wrongly focused on reducing fat and calories, whereas we now know that the real trouble-makers are the foods that deregulate our blood sugar levels.In writing both clear and empathetic, biochemist Jessie Inchauspe explains why blood sugar spikes are so bad for us and how to flatten those spikes to transfor...

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Oxford Bookworms Factfiles New Edition 2 Climate Change with Audio Mp3 Pack - kolektiv autorů

Anotace: Published 2016.Elementary to Pre-Intermediate CEF level A2/B1 - 700 HeadwordsOxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality o...

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Frost Action in Soils

Presents the challenges of cold regions engineering in a changing climate, as well as the current practices and state-of-the-art tools for addressing

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In Search of Perfumes

A journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of the perfume trade. The book also tackles the earth's changing climate conditions, wi

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Food for Life: Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well - Tim Spector

‘Life-changing' DAVINA McCALL'A must-read' DR RUPY AUJLA'Fascinating' NIGELLA LAWSON**AS SEEN ON THE ONE SHOW**Empowering and practical, Food for Life is nothing less than a new approach to how to eat - for our health and the health of the planet.Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed ...

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Vegetarianism, Meat and Modernity in India Taylor & Francis Ltd

Never before in human history have vegetarianism and a plant-based economy been so closely associated with sustainability and the promise of tackling climate change. Nowhere is this phenomenon more visible than in India. The book’s empirical focus is on the changing relationship between vegetarian/non-vegetarian as understood, practiced and contested in middle-class India...

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Mandatory Sustainability Requirements in EU Public Procurement Law: Reflections on a Paradigm Shift - Janssen Willem

Anotace: This book provides the first comprehensive appraisal of the paradigm shift towards mandatory sustainability requirements in EU public procurement law.Traditionally, EU public procurement law focused on `how to buy`, dictating procedural rules so that public buyers in the Member States did not discriminate against suppliers and service providers from other Member...

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Human a Technological Resource Management (HTRM)

Industrial Revolution 4.0 is upon us, with disruptive technology rapidly changing our personal and professional lives. In this climate it is not clear

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Mother Of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men (0008430810)

Kniha - autor Katrine Marçal, 304 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Bestselling author Katrine Marcal reveals the shocking ways our deeply ingrained ideas about gender continue to hold us back. Every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are side-lined in a world that remains subservient to men But it doesn't have to be this way. From the beginn...

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Amazing Animal Journeys: The Most Incredible Migrations in the Natural World - Forrester Philippa

Anotace: Join animals on epic adventures, and travel through the natural world with them. Across the world, billions of animals are embarking on incredible journeys. Many are in search of food, some are looking for a mate, lots are heading to a warmer climate, and others are just seeking a new home. Follow the mass migrations of entire species with amazing facts and maps...

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Amazing Animal Journeys: The Most Incredible Migrations in the Natural World - Philippa Forrester

<p>Join animals on epic adventures, and travel through the natural world with them. Across the world, billions of animals are embarking on incredible journeys. Many are in search of food, some are looking for a mate, lots are heading to a warmer climate, and others are just seeking a new home. Follow the mass migrations of entire species with amazing facts and maps ...

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Tomorrow's People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers - Paul Morland

<p>The great forces of population change – the balance of births, deaths and migrations – have made the world what it is today. They have determined which countries are superpowers and which languish in relative obscurity, which economies top the international league tables and which are at best also-rans.The same forces that have shaped our past and present are sha...

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New Perspectives on Moral Change

The world we live in is constantly changing. Climate change, transforming gender conceptions, emerging issues of food consumption, novel forms of fami

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Geopolitics for the End Time

A sharp vision of our changing world order as Covid and climate breakdown usher in a new ‘survival of the fittest’.

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Geopolitics for the End Time

A sharp vision of our changing world order as Covid and climate breakdown usher in a new 'survival of the fittest'.

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Meltdown

In Meltdown, Jorge Daniel Taillant explains the ways glaciers influence our ecosystem and what we need to know about a changing climate. He takes read

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Wild Fell

Each year, the landscape is becoming richer, wilder and better able to withstand the shocks of a changing climate. But in the contested landscape o

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Planning, Sustainable Urbanisation, and the Commonwealth Taylor & Francis Ltd

To a significant extent, the future of the planet hangs on how cities and human settlements are managed. It is in our cities that the emissions creating climate catastrophe are stoked, and where change can – and must - make a difference at scale. Food security, water, basic services, migration, shelter, jobs, environment: sustainable urbanisation is about changing directi...

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Planning, Sustainable Urbanisation, and the Commonwealth Taylor & Francis Ltd

To a significant extent, the future of the planet hangs on how cities and human settlements are managed. It is in our cities that the emissions creating climate catastrophe are stoked, and where change can – and must - make a difference at scale. Food security, water, basic services, migration, shelter, jobs, environment: sustainable urbanisation is about changing directi...

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Hive

Near-future Britain. Climate change has led to food shortages and civil unrest. Pollinating insects are in steep decline.

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Supra : A Feast of Georgian Cooking - Tiko Tuskadze

<p>Bordered by Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia, and situated at a crossroads on an ancient East-West trading route, Georgia's rich and diverse history is nowhere more evident than through its cuisine and legendary hospitality. Central and unique to the culinary tradition of Georgia is the 'supra', a coming together of family and friends to share heart-warmi...

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The Weight of Nature - Clayton Aldern

<p>A riveting, revelatory account of how the climate emergency is changing us from the inside outIt is now inarguable that climate change threatens the future of life on Earth. But in The Weight of Nature, award-winning journalist and neuroscientist Clayton Page Aldern shows that the warming climate is not just affecting our planet – it is affecting our brains and b...

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Italy - Pre Intermediate Reader with CD

This Reader provides an informative overview of Italian history, art, culture, geography and climate, food, fashion, sport and more. Italy is a country in Europe. Italy has a rich history of empires and great thinkers, and has been a centre for Western culture for thousands of years. Also comes with audio CD.

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Macmillan Readers Australia Upper-Intermediate Pack

This Reader provides an informative overview of Australian history, culture, its people, geography and climate, food, sport and more. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world and the only one that covers a whole continent. Despite its size, Australia has a small population at just over 23 million. Also comes with audio CD.

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Love &amp; Saffron - Kim Fay

<p>Two strangers. One recipe. A friendship for the ages. Creamy risotto alla Milanese. Mussels in a hot, buttery broth. Chicken spiced with cinnamon and cloves. Joan Bergstrom and Imogen Fortier understand the key to a savoured life: delicious food. Young Joan is just discovering herself as a food writer in bustling Los Angeles, while experienced magazine columnist ...

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Barbados - turistický průvodce

With an all-year-round tropical climate and relaxed atmosphere, Barbados is the ideal Caribbean destination for some fun in the sun. Bradt’s Barbados offers extensive coverage of the famous and lesser-known sights, from the glamourous celebrity-studded Platinum Coast to the wild and untamed remoteness of the Atlantic east coast. In-depth advice on accommodation is include...

New Map

A new type of Cold War is emerging between China and the West. . The global order is being simultaneously shaken by climate change and the shale revolution in oil and gas - and now by the coronavirus. Controversial fracking technology has given America unprecedented leverage as the world's leading energy powerhouse, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Russia, upending the chessboar...

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How to Win Friends and Influence People

The most famous confidence-boosting book ever published; with sales of over 16 million copies worldwideMillions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. In How to Win Friends and Influence People, he offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and...

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Think Again - Adam Grant

<p>Discover the critical art of rethinking: how questioning your opinions can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, the most crucial skill may be the ability to rethink and unlearn. Recent global and political changes have forced many of us to re-evalu...

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The Oak Tree - Donaldsonová Julia

Anotace: Watch a thousand years unfold in the life of one magnificent tree! A thousand years ago, a tiny acorn fell to the ground. As the years pass, it grows . . . and GROWS into an enormous oak tree! As the centuries sweep by, children play games around the tree. Families dance about it. A fleeing king even hides inside its hollow tru...

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Planet Zoo: Conservation Pack

Introducing the Planet Zoo: Conservation Pack! Learn about the critical role zoos take in helping the planet as you expand your own zoo with five endangered animals: Przewalski’s horse, amur leopard, scimitar-horned oryx, siamang, and axolotl. Embrace a more sustainable future using 150+ stunning scenery pieces based on themes of re-wilding and natural resource mana...

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Planet Zoo: Conservation Pack (PC)

Introducing the Planet Zoo: Conservation Pack! Learn about the critical role zoos take in helping the planet as you expand your own zoo with five endangered animals: Przewalski&rsquo;s horse, amur leopard, scimitar-horned oryx, siamang, and axolotl.Embrace a more sustainable future using 150+ stunning scenery pieces based on themes of re-wilding and natural resource m...

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Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain - Clair Wills

<p>SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 'Generous and empathetic ... opens up postwar migration in all its richness' Sukhdev Sandhu, Guardian 'Groundbreaking, sophisticated, original, open-minded ... essential reading for anyone who wants to understand not only the transformation of British society after the war but also its character ...

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Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain - Clair Wills

<p>SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 'Generous and empathetic ... opens up postwar migration in all its richness' Sukhdev Sandhu, Guardian 'Groundbreaking, sophisticated, original, open-minded ... essential reading for anyone who wants to understand not only the transformation of British society after the war but also its character ...

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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, 1. vydání - Peter Frankopan

<p>THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL TIMES A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history' Financial Times 'Vast, learned and timely work' Sunda...

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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History - Frankopan Peter

Anotace: THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL TIMESA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER`Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history` Financial Times`Vast, learned and timely work` Sunday T...

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PlateUp!

PlateUp! combines chaotic kitchen and restaurant management with strategic planning and development to create a delightful roguelite dish unlike any other. Up to four players build and run a restaurant from scratch, choosing dishes, buying and placing appliances – some of which can be daisy-chained together to create ambitious automatic kitchens – cooking food...

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PlateUp! (PC)

PlateUp! combines chaotic kitchen and restaurant management with strategic planning and development to create a delightful roguelite dish unlike any other.Up to four players build and run a restaurant from scratch, choosing dishes, buying and placing appliances &ndash; some of which can be daisy-chained together to create ambitious automatic kitchens &ndash; cooki...

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Meteostanice Bresser 5v1 s barevným displejem, černá

<p>The new Bresser Weather Center 5-in-1 COLOR combines a compact design with an extensive information service in a very unique way. The small-sized multifunctional outdoor sensor is very place-saving and can be placed almost anywhere. A pipe clamp and screws to mount it to a pole (tube diameter about 25-33mm) as well as a stand are already included!</p> <p...

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Meteostanice Bresser 5v1 s barevným displejem, černá

<p>The new Bresser Weather Center 5-in-1 COLOR combines a compact design with an extensive information service in a very unique way. The small-sized multifunctional outdoor sensor is very place-saving and can be placed almost anywhere. A pipe clamp and screws to mount it to a pole (tube diameter about 25-33mm) as well as a stand are already included!</p> <p...

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