Do carbon offsets slow climate change?
Will the growing competition for energy trigger new international conflicts?
Should water be privatized?
Will global warming increase species losses?
Can individual action significantly reduce global climate change?
Global Environmental Issues, drawn from recent reports from CQ Press’s award-winning CQ Researcher, takes up these and other compelling questions. Each selection explores who the key players are and what’s at stake, skillfully covering the range of perspectives and scholarship surrounding an issue and preparing students to engage in the debate.
Features include a pro/con box, chronology, annotated bibliography, web resources, photos, charts, graphs, and maps.
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Table of Contents
Environmental Protection1. Climate Change
2. Protecting Wetlands
3. Oceans in Crisis
4. Disappearing Species
The Political Economy of the Environment5. Carbon Trading
6. Looming Water Crisis
7. Rapid Urbanization
8. Energy Nationalism
9. Race for the Arctic
Consumption10. Buying Green
11. Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
12. Oil Jitters
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CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher is the choice of librarians, researchers, and students seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on the most vital issues shaping our world. Each weekly report offers in-depth, unbiased coverage of a single topic. Written by CQ Press's staff of experienced reporters, these reports provide up-to-date information on a wide range of social, economic, political, environmental, and international issues.
