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Factor five : transforming the global economy through 80% improvements in resource productivity : a report to the Club of Rome.
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ISBN: 9781849774475 9781136545757 9781136545795 9781136545801 9781844075911 9780415848602 1844075915 0415848601 Year: 2009 Publisher: London Earthscan

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"The 21st century will see monumental change. Either the human race will use its knowledge and skills and change the way it interacts with the environment, or the environment will change the way it interacts with its inhabitants. In the first case, the focus of this book, we would see our sophisticated understanding in areas such as physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, planning, commerce, business and governance accumulated over the last 1,000 years brought to bear on the challenge of dramatically reducing our pressure on the environment. The second case however is the opposite scenario, involving the decline of the planet's ecosystems until they reach thresholds where recovery is not possible, and following which we have no idea what happens. For instance, if we fail to respond to Sir Nicolas Stern's call to meet appropriate stabilisation trajectories for greenhouse gas emissions, and we allow the average temperature of our planets surface to increase by 4-6 degrees Celsius, we will see staggering changes to our environment, including rapidly rising sea level, withering crops, diminishing water reserves, drought, cyclones, floods... allowing this to happen will be the failure of our species, and those that survive will have a deadly legacy. In this update to the 1997 International Best Seller, Factor Four, Ernst von Weizsäcker again leads a team to present a compelling case for sector wide advances that can deliver significant resource productivity improvements over the coming century. The purpose of this book is to inspire hope and to then inform meaningful action in the coming decades to respond to the greatest challenge our species has ever faced ₆ that of living in harmony with our planet and its other inhabitants."--Publisher's description.

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Industrial productivity --- Technological innovations --- Environmental protection --- Climatic changes --- Sustainable development --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Environmental sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality --- Productivity, Industrial --- TFP (Total factor productivity) --- Total factor productivity --- Industrial efficiency --- Production (Economic theory) --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- E-books --- Climatic changes. --- Environmental protection. --- Industrial productivity. --- Technological innovations. --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Global environmental change


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Facteur 5 : comment transformer l'économie en rendant les ressources 5 fois plus productives : un rapport du Club de Rome
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ISSN: 20327048 ISBN: 9782804181529 2804181529 Year: 2013 Volume: *3 Publisher: Bruxelles De Boeck

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Changement climatique, croissance économique en berne, voire inexistante, ressources planétaires toujours plus chères et difficiles d’accès, droit pour tous les hommes à un niveau de vie correct : tels sont les défis de ce siècle. Pour les relever, le monde doit produire biens et services en consommant beaucoup moins de ressources. Rendre les ressources 5 fois plus productives, c’est possible, rapidement, et c’est rentable ! Les technologies existent déjà, il suffit de les utiliser : c’est ce que démontrent les auteurs de Facteur 5 dans la première partie de ce livre, en illustrant leur propos par des dizaines d’exemples concrets d’amélioration de la productivité des ressources, pris dans des secteurs économiques très variés : bâtiments, industrie, agriculture, agro-alimentaire et restauration, transports, technologies de l’information. La seconde partie de l'ouvrage prolonge la réflexion et étudie les aspects politiques, économiques et éthiques de cet objectif visionnaire. Ses propositions novatrices montrent comment inciter entreprises et consommateurs à adopter des technologies beaucoup plus économes en eau, en énergie, en matériaux, et quel rôle États et institutions publiques peuvent jouer pour répondre au mieux à ces défis majeurs. L'ouvrage s'adresse à un public très varié de décideurs (responsables politiques, managers d'entreprises, experts internationaux, etc.) impliqués de près ou de loin dans des questions de stratégie de développement durable, aux ingénieurs, chercheurs, enseignants et étudiants.

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Beheer van natuurlijke hulpbronnen --- Breakthroughs [Technological ] --- Changements technologiques --- Défense de l'environnement --- Développement technologique --- Economics--Environmental aspects --- Economie [Milieu-] --- Economie de l'environnement --- Environmental economics --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality management --- Environnement -- Défense --- Environnement -- Protection --- Environnement -- Qualité --- Environnement [Economie de l' ] --- Environnement [Protection de l' ] --- Gestion des ressources naturelles --- Gestion des ressources renouvelables --- Innovaties [Technologische ] --- Innovations [Industrial ] --- Innovations [Technological ] --- Innovations industrielles --- Innovations techniques --- Innovations technologiques --- Milieu-economie --- Milieubescherming --- Mutations technologiques --- Natural resources -- Management --- Natuurlijke hulpbronnen -- Beheer --- Natuurlijke hulpbronnen -- Management --- Nieuwigheden [Technological ] --- Nouvelle technologie --- Nouvelles techniques --- Nouvelles technologies --- Progrès technique --- Protection de l'environnement --- Protection of environment --- Resource management (Natural resources) --- Resources management (Natural resources) --- Ressources naturelles -- Gestion --- Ressources renouvelables -- Gestion --- Sauvegarde de l'environnement --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Technological innovations --- Technologies nouvelles --- Technologische innovaties --- Technologische nieuwigheden --- Développement économique --- Labor productivity --- Industrial productivity --- Performance technology --- Climatic changes --- Economic development --- Productivité --- Rendement au travail --- Environnement --- Climat --- Aspect environnemental. --- Environmental aspects --- Protection --- Changements --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Economic aspects --- 355 --- AA / International- internationaal --- Milieu --- Développement économique --- Productivité --- Innovations --- Climatic changes. --- Industrial productivity - Environmental aspects --- Technological innovations - Environmental aspects --- Climatic changes - Economic aspects


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Factor five : transforming the global economy through 80% improvements in resource productivity : a report to the Club of Rome
Authors: --- --- --- --- --- et al.
ISBN: 1136545794 1136545808 1282506072 9786612506079 1849774471 Year: 2013 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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"The 21st century will see monumental change. Either the human race will use its knowledge and skills and change the way it interacts with the environment, or the environment will change the way it interacts with its inhabitants. In the first case, the focus of this book, we would see our sophisticated understanding in areas such as physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, planning, commerce, business and governance accumulated over the last 1,000 years brought to bear on the challenge of dramatically reducing our pressure on the environment. The second case however is the opposite scenario, involving the decline of the planet's ecosystems until they reach thresholds where recovery is not possible, and following which we have no idea what happens. For instance, if we fail to respond to Sir Nicolas Stern's call to meet appropriate stabilisation trajectories for greenhouse gas emissions, and we allow the average temperature of our planets surface to increase by 4-6 degrees Celsius, we will see staggering changes to our environment, including rapidly rising sea level, withering crops, diminishing water reserves, drought, cyclones, floods. allowing this to happen will be the failure of our species, and those that survive will have a deadly legacy. In this update to the 1997 International Best Seller, Factor Four, Ernst von Weizsacker again leads a team to present a compelling case for sector wide advances that can deliver significant resource productivity improvements over the coming century. The purpose of this book is to inspire hope and to then inform meaningful action in the coming decades to respond to the greatest challenge our species has ever faced 6 that of living in harmony with our planet and its other inhabitants."--Publisher's description.

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