Abstract
The world faces numerous environmental trends of disruption and decline such as rising temperatures, falling water tables, shrinking forests, melting glaciers, collapsing fisheries, and rising sea levels. In Plan B, Lester R. Brown notes that in ignoring nature's deadlines for dealing with these environmental issues we risk the disruption of economic progress.The world faces numerous environmental trends of disruption and decline such as rising temperatures, falling water tables, shrinking forests, melting glaciers, collapsing fisheries, and rising sea levels. In Plan B, Lester R. Brown notes that in ignoring nature's deadlines for dealing with these environmental issues we risk the disruption of economic progress.Includes bibliographical references and index.Entering a new world -- I: Civilization in trouble -- Beyond the oil peak -- Emerging water shortages -- Rising temperatures and rising seas -- Natural systems under stress -- Early signs of decline -- II: The response--Plan B -- Eradicating poverty, stabilizing population -- Restoring the earth -- Feeding seven billion well -- Stabilizing climate -- Designing sustainable cities -- III: An exciting new option -- Building a new economy -- Plan B: Building a new future.