绿页 green leaves
春芽:新书掠影 offshoots
新书掠影 A quick glimpse at some new books
2008年8月27日
《京都议定书与国际气候合作》
随着气候变化逐渐成为现实，其关注人群也从政治家和科学家慢慢向普通民众延伸。对于想了解这一问题的形成以及国际气候变化谈判全过程的读者来说，陈刚所著的《京都议定书与国际气候合作》是一个相当不错的选择。
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“The Kyoto Protocol and International Climate Cooperation”
With the effects of climate change becoming more apparent, global warming is of concern to the public as well as to scientists and politicians. Those who wish to understand the problem and the processes of climate-change negotiations will do well to read Chen Gang’s book, The Kyoto Protocol and International Climate Cooperation.
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《地球：结局》
在克服气候变化带来的前所未有的危险中，“时间是我们缺少的一样东西”，弗莱德·克虏伯和米里亚姆·霍恩在《地球：结局》一书中写道。“简单的方法”就是美国对碳排放进行限制，现在到了该实行的时候了。
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“Earth: The Sequel”
In facing down the unprecedented dangers of climate change, “time is the one thing we don’t have”, write Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn in Earth: The Sequel. The “silver bullet” – a cap on carbon emissions by the United States -- needs to be fired now.
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《贫穷与浪费——中国自然资源忧思录》
贫穷与浪费有时并不必然存在矛盾。号称地大物博的中国实际上各项人均资源都相对匮乏，然而在很大程度上，浪费在这个国家反而成了一种习惯。管仲连和涂方雄就在《贫穷与浪费——中国自然资源忧思录》一书中给我们揭示了在当代中国所发生的种种令人震惊的对资源的破坏和浪费现象。
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“Poverty and Waste”
China suffers scarcities of almost all resources in per-capita terms – and yet waste seems to be a national habit. Guan Zhonglian and Tu Fangxiong’s Poverty and Waste – Worries for China’s Natural Resources describes the shocking destruction and waste of those resources.
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《气候变化伦理学》
全球变暖和哲学有什么关系？《气候变化伦理学》的作者詹姆斯•加维在书中称，“科学能够让我们掌握事实，但是，如果我们想要在那些事实的基础上采取行动，那还是不够的。”
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“The Ethics of Climate Change”
What does philosophy have to do with global warming? Well, "science can give us a grip on the facts, but we need more than that if we want to act on the basis of those facts," says James Garvey in The Ethics of Climate Change.
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《处理气候问题》
不用担心，有快速的技术处理。与《处理气候问题》一书的作者罗伯特·孔齐希和华莱士·S·布勒克一起，采取“现实主义者”的态度（包括这个词通常包含的所有可疑假设在内）。
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"Fixing Climate"
Don't worry, there is a quick technological fix after all. Adopt, along with the Fixing Climate authors Robert Kunzig and Wallace S Broecker, a "realist" view (with all the dubious assumptions that term usually implies).
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《野人魅惑》
《野人魅惑》的作者张金星是唯一在神农架坚持野人科考长达13年的“中国当代野人”。他十几年来积累的第一手科考记录便成了这本书的主要内容，因为亲历，文字格外丰富和生动。
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“The Mystery of the Wild Man”
Zhang Jinxing, the author of The Mystery of the Wild Man, is unique in having spent thirteen years investigating the so-called Wild Man of Shennongjia. His book is based around material gathered at first hand and it shows in the richness and vitality of the book’s language.
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《湿地》
当你拿起《湿地》这本书时，请不要以为它是一本艰涩的学术论著，相反，青年作家柯英在这本书里用文学化的轻松愉快的笔调向我们展示了号称“地球之肾”的湿地的方方面面。 更多 ...
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“Wetlands”
Do not expect Wetlands to be an impenetrable academic tome. Quite the opposite. Author Ke Ying has used a relaxed and cheerful literary tone to explain everything we need to know about wetlands, the “kidneys of the world”. more ...
2008年6月5日
《最后的召唤：调查谁真正为我们的假日买单》
继《赤裸生活》之后，利奥·希克曼在《最后的召唤：调查谁真正为我们的假日买单》一书中，将注意力从自己的家庭和生活方式转向旅游及其影响。 更多 ...
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“The Final Call: Investigating Who Really Pays for Our Holidays”
In his follow-up to A Life Stripped Bare, Leo Hickman turns his attention – in The Final Call: Investigating Who Really Pays for Our Holidays -- from his own household and lifestyle to tourism and its impact. more ...
2008年5月27日
《好生活必须牺牲地球？》
在安德鲁•西姆斯和乔•史密斯题为《好生活必须牺牲地球？》的论文集中，他们对这个问题做出了简洁的回答：不！但这个答案并不是全部。 更多 ...
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"Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth?"
The short answer to the question posed by Andrew Simms and Joe Smith in the title of their collection of essays, Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth?, is “No”. But that’s not the whole story. more ...
2008年5月15日
《渴望科学：生物技术是如何被排除在非洲之外的》
在《渴望科学：生物技术是如何被排除在非洲之外的》一书中，罗伯特·帕尔伯格承认，用耕种转基因作物来弥补食品生产，不可能在学术圈中为他赢得朋友。 更多 ...
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"Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa"
Condoning the cultivation of genetically modified crops for food is not, Robert Paarlberg concedes in Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa, likely to win him friends in academic circles. more ...
