Plan B is a way of sustaining economic progress worldwide, an alternative to continuing environmental deterioration and eventual economic decline by stabilizing the population and climate before these issues spiral out of control.
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Donated to the Library. A publication of WW Norton & Company and the Earth Policy Institute. Table of Contents : 1. A planet under stress I : A civilization in trouble 2. Emerging water shortages 3. Eroding soils and shrinking cropland 4. Rising temperatures and rising seas 5. Our socially divided world 6. Plan A : business as usual II : The response : Plan B 7. Raising water productivity 8. Raising land productivity 9. Cutting carbon emissions in half 10. Responding to the social challenge III : The only option 11. Plan B : rising to the challenge Notes Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-272) and index.
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A planet under stress Emerging water shortages Eroding soils and shrinking cropland Rising temperatures and rising seas Our socially divided world Plan A : Business as usual Raising water productivity Raising land productivity Cutting carbon emissions in half Responding to the social challenge Plan B : Rising to the challenge.