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Larkin, Amy.

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Environmental debt : = the hidden costs of a changing global economy /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Environmental debt :/ Amy Larkin.
Reminder of title:	the hidden costs of a changing global economy /
Author:	Larkin, Amy.
Published:	New York City :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2013.,
Description:	xii, 244 p. :ill., maps ;25 cm.
Notes:	Includes index.
Subject:	Economic development - Environmental aspects. -
ISBN:	9781137278555 (hbk.) :

Environmental debt : = the hidden costs of a changing global economy /
Larkin, Amy.

Environmental debt :the hidden costs of a changing global economy /Amy Larkin. - New York City :Palgrave Macmillan,2013. - xii, 244 p. :ill., maps ;25 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-232) and index.

A framework for 21st century commerce --

In this book the author, an environmental activist and social entrepreneur exposes the link between our financial and environmental crises. For decades, politicians and business leaders alike told the American public that today's challenge was growing the economy, and that environmental protection could be left to future generations. Now in the wake of billions of dollars in costs associated with coastal devastation from Hurricane Sandy, rampant wildfires across the West, and groundwater contamination from reckless drilling, it has becoming increasingly clear that yesterday's carefree attitude about the environment has morphed into a fiscal crisis of epic proportions. The author has been at the forefront of the fight for the environment for years, and in this book she argues that the costs of global warming, extreme weather, pollution and other forms of environmental debt are wreaking havoc on the economy. Synthesizing complex ideas, she pulls back the curtain on some of the biggest cultural touchstones of the environmental debate, revealing how, for instance, despite coal's relative fame as a cheap energy source, ordinary Americans pay $350 billion a year for coal's damage in business related expenses, polluted watersheds, and in healthcare costs. And the problem stretches far beyond our borders: deforestation from twenty years ago in Thailand caused catastrophic flooding in 2011, and cost Toyota 3.4 percent of its annual production while causing tens of thousands of workers to lose jobs in three different countries. To combat these trends, the author proposes a new framework for 21st century commerce, based on three principles: 1) Pollution can no longer be free; 2) All business decision making and accounting must incorporate the long view; and 3) Government must play a vital role in catalyzing clean technology and growth while preventing environmental destruction. As companies and nations struggle to strategize in the face of global financial debt, many businesses have begun to recognize the causal relationship between a degraded environment and a degraded bottom line. Profiling the multinational corporations that are transforming their operations with downright radical initiatives, the author presents smart policy choices that would actually unleash these business solutions to many global financial and environmental problems. This book sweeps aside the false choices of today's environmental debate, and shows how to revitalize the economy through nature's bounty.

ISBN: 9781137278555 (hbk.) :GBP17.99

LCCN: 2012047885Subjects--Topical Terms:

560656
Economic development
--Environmental aspects.

LC Class. No.: HD75.6 / .L37 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 333.7

Environmental debt : = the hidden costs of a changing global economy /
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