From the Book - American edition.
1. Drivers of change The population explosion Population shift Living longer Slowing the rise Economic expansion What is GDP? Richer people Companies vs. nations Global power shift Trading benefits World debt City planet The rise of megacities Urban pressures Fuel for growth Surge in demand Power-hungry world Carbon footprint Renewable revolution How solar energy works Wind power Tidal and wave energy Energy conundrum Escalating appetite Farmed planet Fertilizer boom Pest-control challenge How food is wasted Feeding the world Threats to food supply Thirsty world Freshwater scarcity The water cycle Water footprint Consuming passions The rise of consumerism Wasteful world Where does it all go? Chemical cocktail
2. Consequences of change The global age Mobile technology Taking to the skies Better lives for many Clean water and sanitation Reading and writing Healthier world Unequal world Corruption The rise of terrorism Displaced people Our changing atmosphere The greenhouse effect Hole in the sky A warmer world Seasons out of sync How climate patterns work Extreme world The two-degree limit Feedback loops How much can we burn? The carbon crossroads The carbon cycle Targets for the future Toxic air Acid rain Changing the land Forest clearance Desertification Land rush Sea changes Farming fish Acid seas Dead seas Plastic pollution The great decline Biodiversity hotspots Invasive species Nature's services Insect pollination Value of nature
The rise of clean technology
