There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international, economic, political and environmental context, this unique book expands these issues by reviving...

DOSSIER 1 : FRENCH THEORY. QUAND LES IDÉOLOGUES FRANÇAIS FASCINENT L'AMÉRIQUE→ Entretien avec Michel Onfray. Résister au délire du politiquement correct.Michel Onfray reproche au structuralisme son langage alambiqué et ses idées fumeuses, à l’origine de nombreux néologismes. Il explique les fondements philosophiques et politiques du mouvement qui base sa méthode d’analyse sur la déconstruction.→ Aux so...

Aix-Marseille Provence, grande métropole située sur les bords de la Méditerranée, révèle de multiples questions sociales et environnementales. Cet ouvrage vise à questionner les enjeux du développement durable d’une telle métropole littorale méditerranéenne face au défi du changement climatique. Sur la base des connaissances scientifiques rassemblées au sein du collectif de recherche du Laboratoire d’Excellence OT-Med, cet ouvrage présente, dans une perspective interdisciplinaire, un état ...

Since their inception, the United Nations Climate Change Conferences—or Conference of the Parties (COPs)—have shaped the global response to climate change. These high-stakes gatherings bring together world leaders, scientists, activists, and policymakers to negotiate the future of our planet. Yet, despite increasing media attention, the inner workings of these forums remain complex and often misunderstood.As COP30 takes place in 2025, 30 Climate COP Later takes a critical ...

Training a powerful lens on the microscopic wonders of the universe, hundreds of photos, both exquisite and strange, accompany this startling exposé of a secret world invisibly evolving around us for billions of years.Silver Winner of the 2021 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Nature & EnvironmentMicrofossils—the most abundant, ancient, and easily accessible of Earth's fossils—are also the most important. Their ubiquity is such that every person on the plane...

"A history book that reads like a novel, this testimony comes from one of the last living eyewitnesses" of the Nazi occupation of France (Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief International Correspondent).September 5, 1944The Americans are approaching; we follow their progress impatiently on the radio, by intercepting messages reserved for the commandos. They cannot be beaten now. But it is up to us to do the impossible to speed up the progression of ...

Coastal and estuarine environments at the interface of terrestrial and marine areas are among the most productive in the world. However, since the beginning of the industrial era, these ecosystems have been subjected to strong anthropogenic pressures intensified from the second half of the 20th century, when there was a marked acceleration in the warming (climate change) of the continents, particularly at high latitudes. Coastal ecosystems are highly vulnerable to alteration of their physi...

This book documents the effects of natural hazards on coastal ecosystems in detail. The sea is an indispensable component of the Earth system, and human societies obtain many goods and services from the marine environment. Global warming threatens marine ecosystems through seawater temperature rise, acidification, sea-level rise and the increased frequency of severe storms. The repeated effects of tsunamis also have major impacts on coastal ecosystems. Increases in population and industry ...

Companies today must consider and comply with competition law in their daily business management. The financial and reputational risks for breaching such rules are severe and the success of many merger and acquisition projects depends very much on it. While competition law rules become increasingly sophisticated, business people are still expected to comply with it. Rather than giving a theoretical approach that can be found in a typical practitioner’s book or textbook, «Day-to-Day competi...