Earth at risk: natural capital and the quest for sustainability
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Erosion of Biological Diversity -- 2. The Ubiquitous Waste and Growing Scarcity of Water and Soil -- 3. Energy: As Little as Possible -- 4. Perspectives on Climate Change -- 5. Enlisting the Scientific Method -- 6. Sustainability at the Intersection of Science and Nature -- 7. Scientific Uncertainty, Fabricated Uncertainty, and the Vulnerability of Regulation -- 8. Producing and Disseminating Sustainability-Enhancing Innovations -- 9. Economic Instruments for Sustainable Development -- 10. Global Governance of Sustainable Development -- 11. The Geopolitics of Environment -- 12. The New Multipolarity of Sustainable Development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.