The open-access publication, Climate Action 101: Indonesia’s Guide for Newbies, written by The Habibie Center (THC) and the Society of Renewable Energy (SRE) Indonesia and published in September 2024, serves as an essential and accessible guide aimed at equipping young Indonesians to tackle the climate crisis. The book begins by simplifying complex concepts such as emissions, the greenhouse e…
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. This revised, updated textbook presents a systems approach to the planning, management, and operation of water resources infrastructure in the environment. Previously published in 2005 by UNESCO and Deltares (Delft Hydraulics at the time), this new edition, written again with contributions from Jery R. Stedinger, Jozef P.M. Dijkman, and Mon…
There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such phenomena. There is also a growing awareness of the necessity for a multi-sectoral approach in managing …
PROCEEDINGS World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2016: Hydraulics and Waterways and Hydro-Climate/Climate Change Edited by Chandra S. Pathak, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers); Debra Reinhart, Ph.D., P.E.(University of Central Florida) Papers from sessions of the Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2016, held in West Palm Beach, …
The over-exploitation of important earth resources such as land and water has led to a number of environment-related problems the world over. At the same time, land-use change caused by various human activities has led to extinction of many plant and animal habitats and species. In this context, the relevance of biodiversity for human survival is becoming a major international political issue a…