The world we'll leave behind : grasping the sustainability challenge / William Scott and Paul Vare.

"A Greenleaf Publishing Book"--cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Issues -- Global warming and climate change -- Inequality -- Species loss -- Human population -- Acidifying the oceans -- Electricity generation -- Genetic modification -- Clean water for all -- Gender disparity -- Natural resource depletion -- Migration -- Air pollution -- Elephants, rhinos and donkeys -- Environmental justice -- Economic growth -- Water pollution -- Eating meat -- Weather and climate -- Ozone and CFCS -- Biocentrism -- Concepts -- The anthropocene -- Nature -- Gaia -- Biodiversity -- Conservation -- Charismatic megafauna -- The greenhouse effect -- Valuing the environment -- Sustainable development -- Development -- The four capitals -- Harmony -- Systems and systems thinking -- Frames and framing -- Resilience -- Complexity -- Globalisation -- Neoliberalism -- Strategies -- Reducing global inequalities -- The copenhagen consensus -- Feeding 10 billion -- Living within limits -- Energy policy -- Carbon capture and storage -- Ecological footprints and handprints -- The circular economy -- The earth charter -- Brexit and environmental law -- Protected areas -- Recycling -- Transition towns -- Rewilding -- Biomimicry -- (Environmental) education -- The Montreal Protocol -- Index.