<!-- <description> -->Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis; (4) intolerable economic inequality; (5) the threat of nuclear war; (6) the military-industrial complex; and (7) limits to growth. These problems are closely interlinked, and their possible solutions are discussed in this book.
<!-- </description> -->Contents: Economics, Ethics and EcologyThreats to the Environment and Climate ChangeGrowing Population, Vanishing ResourcesThe Global Food and Refugee CrisisIntolerable Economic InequalityThe Threat of Nuclear WarFacing a Set of Linked ProblemsOutlawing WarThe Evolution of CooperationEducation for PeaceThe Future of International LawThe Choice is Ours to Make<!-- </contents> -->
<!-- <readership> -->Readership: Readers interested in an overview of world issues and a brief history of their origins.<!-- </readership> -->
Climate Change;Nuclear Warfare;Famine;Global Governance;Ecology;Economics;Refugee CrisisKey Features:Provides a historical background and up-to-date information on current world issuesBesides discussing current threats to human civilization and the biosphere, this book also proposes rational and holistic solutions
