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"Managing Federalism Through Pandemic," edited by Kathy L. Brock and Geoffrey Hale, is a comprehensive study of Canada's response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic at the federal and sub-state levels. Unlike other contributions in this field, the book focuses solely on the Canadian federation's response and primarily addresses normative research questions. Divided into four parts, the book examines various issues such as emergency management, crisis communications, climate change, and economic recovery, offering policy recommendations based on lessons learned. While the readability of chapters may vary, the volume is a valuable resource for students of Canadian politics, public policy, and public administration, as well as comparativists interested in federalism and pandemic studies. [Extracted from the article]

"The Right to Be Rural," edited by Karen R. Foster and Jennifer Jarman, explores the concept of rural rights and citizenship from a Canadian perspective. The book challenges the urban-centric focus of discussions on legal rights and citizenship advocacy and highlights the unique challenges and opportunities within rural environments. It argues for the redefinition of rights and citizenship to bolster rural community resilience and emphasizes the need for depoliticizing the digital transformation of public health services. While the book overlooks critical intersections of energy, climate, and food security, it provides practical solutions for bridging the rural-urban divide and advocates for community participation in policy formation. Overall, "The Right to Be Rural" contributes to the discourse on rural rights and citizenship and strengthens rural communities' leadership. [Extracted from the article]

"Bending Archaeology toward Social Justice: Transformational Action for Positive Peace" by Barbara J. Little is the first book in the "Archaeologies of Restorative Justice Series" and aims to move the discipline of archaeology towards antiracism and equity. Little debunks the notion that archaeology is an objective field of study and argues that it is deeply rooted in settler colonialism and white supremacy. The book explores various systems of oppression within the field of archaeology and calls for archaeologists to engage in self-reflection and take action to create a more sustainable and just future for the discipline. [Extracted from the article]

But, according to the authors, understanding pathogen history and evolution holds the key to saving technological humanity from the onslaught of those many EIDs that have yet to explore the immense opportunity space that climate change and human civilization have provided them with. By taking us on a whirlwind tour through the history of such diverse topics as evolutionary biology, the history of vaccines, past pandemics, and climate change, Brooks, Hoberg, and Boeger dismantle our preconceived notions about host-pathogen co-evolution, they explain how we got into the current mess, as they aptly call it, and propose a possible way to get out of it before it is too late. Daniel R. Brooks, Eric P. Hoberg, Walter A. Boeger, The Stockholm Paradigm: Climate Change and Emerging Disease. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Greed to Green: Solving Climate Change and Remaking the Economy," by Charles Derber.

The article reviews the book "The Warming Papers: The Scientific Foundation for the Climate Change Forecast," edited by David Archer and Raymond Pierrehumbert.

My former colleague and mentor, Prof. David Boyce, loved Vaclav Smil's ([3]) I How the World Really Works i . Here is Smil's thesis in a nutshell: Complete decarbonization of the global economy by 2050 is now conceivable only at the cost of unthinkable global economic retreat, or as a result of extraordinarily rapid transformations relying on near-miraculous technical advances. To be sure, Smil is no climate change denier. [Extracted from the article]

"Intermedial Ecocriticism: The Climate Crisis Through Art and Media" by Jørgen Bruhn and Niklas Salmose is a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between media, communications, and ecological discourse. The book advocates for an intermedial approach to ecocriticism, emphasizing the importance of understanding how different forms of media interact and shape our understanding of environmental issues. The authors propose a methodology that combines intermediality with ecocriticism, examining how various media types blend and contrast to create new meanings in the context of ecological and environmental discourse. While the book provides valuable insights and case studies, it falls short in exploring the concept of transmediality and the audience experience in participatory arts practices. [Extracted from the article]

The book "Land: How the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world" by Winchester explores the history and consequences of land ownership. It emphasizes that land is not an immutable entity and can be shaped by both nature and human intervention. The book provides examples such as land reclamation in the Netherlands and the impact of climate change on land. It also delves into the conflicts that have arisen from land ownership, including border disputes and territorial conquests. The author argues that land ownership is a human construct and discusses the relative and absolute aspects of owning land. The book highlights the constructive and destructive aspects of land ownership and its impact on society and the environment. [Extracted from the article]

Paper was once the lightest, lowest-cost way to make information widely available in a form suitable for study and self-improvement. But paper-based textbooks, in the modern era, tend to be heavy and they can also strain the budgets of typical students. Given the fact that you are now reading an open-access journal, you may understand why many faculty members would possibly want to use an open-access textbook for some of their courses. This editorial considers one such course, and the assessment is generally favorable. But in addition to the classroom, a good open textbook may be regarded as a suitable foundation for one's research. By citing an open textbook in the introduction to your research article, you can provide your readers with the option of gaining enough background to better appreciate your latest research findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The need for developing an ethic(s) of climate change is characterized by the far ranging and complex moral questions that arise through the anthropogenic warming of the earth. This paper provides a literary review of recent advancements in climate change ethics, primarily concerning the issue of climate justice. The books examined are The Moral Challenge of Dangerous Climate Change: Values, Poverty, and Policy, by Darrel Moellendorf; Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle against Climate Change Failed--and What It Means for Our Future, by Dale Jamieson; and Research, Action and Policy: Addressing the Gendered Impacts of Climate Change, edited by Margaret Alston and Kerri Whittenbury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bryant, E. 1997: Climate process and change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xvi + 212 pp. £45.00 (US$59.95) cloth, £16.95 (US$22.95) paper. ISBN: 0 521 48189 9 cloth, 0 521 48440 5 paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reviews three books pertaining to climate change: 'Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis,' edited by J.T. Houghton et al; 'Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability,' edited by James J. McCarthy et al; and 'Climate Change 2001: Mitigation,' edited by Bert Metz et al. These volumes are a third installment of papers that have been issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).