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The Carbon Bubble
by Jeff RubinFor the first time at book length, bestselling author and economist Jeff Rubin addresses Canada's national economic future--and the financial security of all Canadians. Since 2006 and the election of the 1st Harper government, the vision of Canada's future as an energy superpower has driven the political agenda, as well as the fast-paced development of Alberta's oil sands and the push for more pipelines across the country to bring that bitumen to market. Anyone who objects is labeled a dreamer, or worse--an environmentalist: someone who puts the health of the planet ahead of the economic survival of their neighbours. In The Carbon Bubble, Jeff Rubin compellingly shows how Harper's economic vision for the country is dead wrong. Changes in energy markets in the US--where domestic production is booming while demand for oil is shrinking--are quickly turning Harper's dream into an economic nightmare. The same trade and investment ties to oil that pushed the Canadian dollar to record highs are now pulling it down, and the Toronto Stock Exchange, one of the most carbon-intensive stock indexes in the world--with over 25 percent market capitalization in oil and gas alone--will be increasingly exposed to the rest of the world's efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Rubin argues that there is a lifeline to a better future. The very climate change that will leave much of the country's carbon unburnable could at the same time make some of Canada's other resource assets more valuable: our water and our land. In tomorrow's economy, he argues, Canada won't be an energy superpower, but it has the makings of one of the world's great breadbaskets. And in the global climate that the world's carbon emissions are inexorably creating, food will soon be a lot more valuable than oil.
The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong—and How to Fix It
by Dieter HelmAn economist&’s take on &“why the world&’s efforts to curb the carbon dioxide emissions behind global warming have gone so wrong, and how it can do better&” (Financial Times). Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25% to almost 30% of world energy use. And while European countries congratulate themselves on reducing emissions, they&’ve increased their carbon imports from China and other developing nations, who continue to expand their coal use. As standards of living improve in developing countries, coal use can only increase as well—and global temperatures along with it. Written by an Oxford economist who specializes in environmental issues, this book goes beyond pieties and pipe dreams to address the practical realities that are preventing us from making progress on this crucial issue—and what we can do differently before it&’s too late. &“Should be compulsory reading for the entire political class as well as the bureaucratic elite and the commentariat.&”—New Statesman &“An optimistically levelheaded book about actually dealing with global warming.&”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) &“A powerful and heartfelt plea for hard-nosed realism.&”—New Scientist
The Carbon Dioxide Revolution: Challenges and Perspectives for a Global Society
by Michele Aresta Angela DibenedettoThis book focuses on carbon dioxide and its global role in our everyday life. Starting with society's dependency on energy, it demonstrates the various sources of carbon dioxide and discusses the putative effects of its accumulation in the atmosphere and its impact on the climate. It then provides an overview of how we can reduce carbon dioxide production and reviews innovative technologies and alternative energy resources. The book closes with a perspective on how carbon dioxide can be utilized reasonably and how mimicking nature can provide us with a solution. Using simple language, this book discusses one of today's biggest challenges for the future of our planet in a way that is understandable for the general public. The authors also provide deep insights into specific issues, making the book a useful resource for researchers and students.
The Carbon Emission Liability Mechanism: A New Solution for Global Carbon Neutrality
by Baoming YangThis open access book presents a novel Carbon Emission Liability Mechanism (CELM) and an integrated global Carbon Pricing Mechanism, based on a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of economic theory related to global climate change and the practice of carbon pricing instruments over the past 30 years. It further outlines a top-level design and implementation blueprint global based on CELM to achieve global carbon neutrality.For the first time, the CELM mechanism effectively addresses the three fundamental questions regarding carbon emissions: who should be liable for carbon emission, how much liability, and how to offset it. The introduction of CELM may unveil a feasible third path towards global carbon neutrality, and effectively address numerous challenges of carbon tax and Emission Trading System.CELM facilitates the creation of an efficient, cost-effective and comprehensive societal carbon footprint database, and addresses issues related to international carbon border regulation mechanism. While the world is struggling to tackcle the imminent climate crisis, CELM offers a refreshing global carbon neutrality solution, with its characteristics of more fair, more efficient, and less expensive, bringing new alternative options for the international community.
The Carbon Market
by Andre F. Perold Forest Reinhardt Mikell HymanThe carbon market has emerged in response to concerns about global climate change. This note characterizes the market in 2008, describing each segment and how it operates.
The Care Delivery Value Chain: Operationalizing Value-Based Health Care Delivery
by Michael E. Porter Elizabeth Olmsted TeisbergValue-based competition requires a transformation of health care delivery. To help make the ideas of value-based competition concrete and operational, the authors introduce the care delivery value chain (CDVC). The CDVC offers a systematic framework to delineate and analyze the process of care delivery for a medical condition. It is constructed for a medical condition, not for an individual procedure or intervention. Examples covering different types of medical conditions are provided.
The Care Dividend: Why and How Countries Should Invest in Long-Term Care (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
by Ludovico Carrino Jonathan Cylus George Wharton Stefania Illinica Manfred Huber Sarah Louise BarberLong-term care often falls by the wayside in national policy dialogues. As populations age around the world and the prevalence of chronic conditions increases, greater numbers of people will need care and support, putting added pressures on acute-care facilities, communities, and families, among others. This increase in demand for long-term care raises questions about the capacity of governments to provide access to needed care, how these services will be properly resourced and who should receive these benefits. The Care Dividend provides a roadmap for investing in long-term care systems. It argues for increased public investment in high-quality, universally accessible long-term care and explains why these systems benefit everyone: households, health systems, economies, and societies. Bringing together a team of academics and policy experts from around the world, this book explains why and how governments can, and should, take action. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
The Care Economy
by Tim JacksonCare is the foundation of organic life. But its fate in the economy is precarious and uncertain. The labour of care is arduous and underpaid. Yet without it health and vitality are impossible. Care itself ends up leading a curious dual life. In our hearts it’s honoured as an irreducible good. But in the market it’s treated as a second class citizen – barely recognised in the relentless rush for productivity and wealth.How did we arrive in this dysfunctional place? And what can we do to change things? What would it mean to take health seriously as a societal goal? What would it take to adopt care as an organising principle in the economy? Renowned ecological economist Tim Jackson sets out to tackle these questions in this timely and deeply personal book. His journey travels through the history of medicine, the economics of capitalism and the philosophical underpinnings of health. He unpacks the gender politics of care, revisits the birthplace of a universal dream and confronts the demons that prevent us from realising it. Irreverent, insightful and profoundly inquisitive, The Care Economy offers a bold and accessible manifesto for a healthier and more humane society.
The Care and Feeding of the Alpha Male: Achieving High-Level Health and Wellness
by Kate Ludeman Eddie ErlandsonThe excesses of all four alpha male types wreak havoc not only on coworkers but on the alphas' own brains and vital organs. This chapter describes processes for managing the risk of alpha breakdown or defective leadership, from detecting the symptoms of living in the hot-reacting, hyper-adrenaline fast lane, to building a repertoire of anti-stress tools.
The Career Adventure: Your Guide to Personal Assessment, Career Exploration, and Decision Making (4th edition)
by Susan M. Johnston<p>Focused solidly on “doing” rather than on “explaining,” this book gets right to the heart of career decision making it will: <p> <li>walk you through the process of self-knowledge and self-discovery, <li>encourage you to believe in yourself and in your own ability to influence outcomes and achieve career goals, and <li>guide you in working with various job/career-search and development tools</li> <p> <p>This edition offers expanded use of electronic and internet resources, an update of Maslow’s Hierarchy, and a new perspective on decision-making, as well as covers the topics of self-assessment, exploring the world of work, and organizing the job search. Comprehensive appendices offer sample resumes and cover letters, as well as other job search resources. An excellent and valuable guide for all those involved in a job search or a career change.</p>
The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections
by Ben WildavskyA persuasive case for building career success through broad education, targeted skills, and social capitalYoung people coming out of high school today can expect to hold many jobs over the course of their lives, which is why they need a range of essential skills. The Career Arts provides a corrective to the widespread and misleading notion that there is a direct trade-off between going to college and acquiring practical job skills. Ben Wildavsky cuts through the noise and anxiety surrounding this issue to offer sensible, clear-eyed guidance for anyone who is making decisions about education and career preparation with a view to getting ahead in the workforce.Drawing on evidence-based research, illuminating case studies, and in-depth interviews, Wildavsky shares the most vital lessons of what he calls the career arts, which include cultivating a mix of broad and targeted skills, taking advantage of employer-funded education benefits, and preparing for the world as it is, not as you wish it could be. He explains why college remains the gold standard of credentials, and presents the most promising high-quality supplements and alternatives to college that can help learners combine general and job-specific skills. He shows how building social capital is also critical to success, particularly for disadvantaged students.An invaluable guidebook for students, parents, counselors, and educators, The Career Arts reveals why college education and job preparation are not either-or propositions and identifies the blend of education and networking needed to support real-world career aspirations.
The Career Catapult: Shake-Up the Status Quo and Boost Your Professional Trajectory
by Roopa UnnikrishnanTake charge of your career and leap confidently into your future: “Intriguing, insightful, useful, and very readable.” —Jon R. Katzenbach, bestselling author of The Wisdom of TeamsWhen change is a constant and the nature of work rapidly evolves, it’s easy to become fearful and discouraged. In The Career Catapult, innovative career consultant Roopa Unnikrishnan shows you how to gaze into an uncertain future and shape it to your advantage—regardless of your current position in the job hierarchy.Leaping into a revised career trajectory requires quick and purposeful movement. Roopa offers five essential disciplines that will catapult you along the fast track:Dig Deep to Soar: Examine your skills and resources to accurately assess your marketplace valueStalk Innovations and Trends: Explore the context in which you can offer your valueJolt Your Network: Use your assets, including networks that can drive significant valuePrototype Possibilities: Free yourself to imagine—visualize the full array of possibilities and test-drive themGo Extreme: Recognize opportunity when your desired future is within reach—and reach for itDisruption isn’t just for tech moguls. When you dare to change the status quo and bring an innovative spirit to your own career, the sky becomes the limit!
The Career Change Guide: Five Steps to Finding Your Dream Job
by Rachel SchofieldDiscover what you really want from work - and how to get there - with this empowering, practical guide from expert career coach Rachel SchofieldAS SEEN IN GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGONE OF THE TELEGRAPH'S BEST SELF-HELP BOOKS OF 2023'A doable plan to make changes that'll stick. This is the only book you need to take the leap' STYLISTAre you dreaming of a new career? Or do you just want more out of your job? Either way, The Career Change Guide ensures that work works for you . . .__________This empowering, practical guide takes the confusion, fear and indecision out of career change.Whether making small adjustments or life-changing moves, it provides simple, achievable steps to turn your dreams into reality.The Career Change Guide will help you investigate your skills as well as discover your drives, interests and inspirations. It will take you on a structured five step journey. . .· Preparing · Reflecting · Imagining & Designing · Taking Action · Keeping Going ·. . . to lead you to the job of your dreams.You'll learn to . . .- Be clear about who you are and the work and life you want- Devise and explore career ideas- Tackle self-doubt and build confidence- Design an action plan for changeThe Career Change Guide is your first step to a better career and a happier life.So enough procrastination. . . are we doing this, or aren't we?
The Career Change Handbook (4th Edition): How To Find Out What You're Good At And Enjoy - Then Get Someone To Pay You For It
by Graham GreenA successful career move involves people matching their ideas, passions and goals to the needs of employers and vice versa. Full of practical examples of what works and what doesn't in the world of work, this book explains what employers need and how you can place yourself to deliver it. Whether you are looking for a new career or want to move to a different job, here you will find out how to know yourself, identify what you have to sell, structure your job search, target your CV, network successfully, respond to advertisements, conduct interviews and get the best out of agencies. Plenty of sample letters and CVs, exercises and useful addresses will make sure that your next career move is a move in the right direction.
The Career Change Handbook 4th Edition: How to Find Out What You're Good at and Enjoy - Then Get Someone to Pay You for it
by Graham GreenA successful career move involves people matching their ideas, passions and goals to the needs of employers and vice versa. Full of practical examples of what works and what doesn't in the world of work, this book explains what employers need and how you can place yourself to deliver it. Whether you are looking for a new career or want to move to a different job, here you will find out how to know yourself, identify what you have to sell, structure your job search, target your CV, network successfully, respond to advertisements, conduct interviews and get the best out of agencies. Plenty of sample letters and CVs, exercises and useful addresses will make sure that your next career move is a move in the right direction.Contents: Acknowledgements; Preface to the fourth edition; Introduction; 1. What do you really want to do?; 2. Your main marketing tool; 3. The best way - networking; 4. The next best way; 5. Helping others to help you; 6. Meeting of minds; 7. The negotiation game; 8. In the new position; Appendices; Bibliography; Useful addresses; Index.
The Career Change Handbook 4th Edition: How to Find Out What You're Good at and Enjoy - Then Get Someone to Pay You for it
by Graham GreenA successful career move involves people matching their ideas, passions and goals to the needs of employers and vice versa. Full of practical examples of what works and what doesn't in the world of work, this book explains what employers need and how you can place yourself to deliver it. Whether you are looking for a new career or want to move to a different job, here you will find out how to know yourself, identify what you have to sell, structure your job search, target your CV, network successfully, respond to advertisements, conduct interviews and get the best out of agencies. Plenty of sample letters and CVs, exercises and useful addresses will make sure that your next career move is a move in the right direction.Contents: Acknowledgements; Preface to the fourth edition; Introduction; 1. What do you really want to do?; 2. Your main marketing tool; 3. The best way - networking; 4. The next best way; 5. Helping others to help you; 6. Meeting of minds; 7. The negotiation game; 8. In the new position; Appendices; Bibliography; Useful addresses; Index.
The Career Change Handbook 4th Edition: How to find out what you're good at and enjoy - then get someone to pay you for it
by Graham GreenA successful career move involves people matching their ideas, passions and goals to the needs of employers and vice versa. Full of practical examples of what works and what doesn't in the world of work, this book explains what employers need and how you can place yourself to deliver it. Whether you are looking for a new career or want to move to a different job, here you will find out how to know yourself, identify what you have to sell, structure your job search, target your CV, network successfully, respond to advertisements, conduct interviews and get the best out of agencies. Plenty of sample letters and CVs, exercises and useful addresses will make sure that your next career move is a move in the right direction.
The Career Chronicles: An Insider's Guide to What Jobs Are Really Like the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Over 750 Professionals
by Mike GregoryIn this nuts-and-bolts guide, over 750 professionals speak candidly about “the good, the bad, and the ugly” of two dozen popular professions. Dispensing with romantic fantasies, real-world professionals — from nurses and pharmacists to architects and attorneys — speak about the day-to-day realities of their careers in six categories: College vs. Reality The Biggest Surprise Hours and Advancement The Best and the Worst Changes in the Profession Would You Do It All Over Again? Chapters include overviews of each profession, followed by helpful information about education, testing, and registration and licensing requirements; the number of positions across the country; and the average starting or median annual salaries. This valuable resource is filled with the open, personal insights and observations most students and career-changers want — and need — to make informed decisions about what they will do with the rest of their lives.
The Career Clinic: Eight Simple Rules For Finding Work You Love
by Maureen AndersonThe secret to life is doing the work we are meant to do. As the longtime host of a radio show devoted to helping people find work they love, Maureen Anderson has often invited listeners in to hear firsthand accounts of people who not only relish their work, but live without regret. The Career Clinic is filled with intimate, revealing, and inspiring stories of career transitions that led to fulfillment, meaning, and peace. . .and offers suggestions for how others can make them too. Readers will find plenty of practical guidance on how to make the leap from the 9-to-5 doldrums to a love affair with their career. From a fashion designer who became a psychotherapist, to a husband and wife who followed their dream to open a bookstore, to a secretary who became the famous editor of a legendary magazine, the book offers warmhearted advice and encouragement. Readers will learn how to find their place in the world, have fun, and say, “Yes!” to what truly makes them happy.
The Career Coaching Handbook
by Julia YatesUniquely combining the latest research into careers with the most up to date coaching approaches, Julia Yates shows how to effectively apply coaching techniques to the world of career support. Demonstrating how coaching research explains practice and how practice benefits from research, The Career Coaching Handbook is accessibly written with a solid evidence-based foundation. Presented in three parts, the book covers developments in theory and research and applies this knowledge to the real world. Part 1, Theories of Career, looks at 21st century career paths, job satisfaction and career changes – both planned and unplanned. Part 2, Career Coaching Approaches, looks at coaching strategies that are applicable to career coaching in particular. Part 3, Coaching into the World of Work, covers specific real-world situations where coaching is beneficial, from job search strategies to CV and interview coaching. Evidence and research is used throughout to demonstrate the most effective strategies for coaching. The Career Coaching Handbook provides an essential introduction for students or practitioners who are interested in developing their own practice, finding new and improved ways to do things and understanding the theories that underpin effective career coaching practice.
The Career Coaching Handbook
by Julia YatesUniquely combining the latest research into careers with the most up-to-date coaching approaches, Julia Yates shows how to effectively apply coaching techniques to the world of career support. Demonstrating how coaching research explains practice and how practice benefits from research, The Career Coaching Handbook is accessibly written with a solid evidence-based foundation. Presented in three parts, this new edition covers developments in theory and research and applies this knowledge to the real world, as well as introducing a few new practical approaches. Part 1, Theories of Career, looks at twenty-first century career paths, job satisfaction and career changes – both planned and unplanned. Part 2, Career Coaching Approaches, looks at coaching strategies that are applicable to career coaching in particular. Part 3, Coaching into the World of Work, covers specific real-world situations in which coaching is beneficial, from job search strategies to CV and interview coaching. Evidence and research is used throughout to demonstrate the most effective strategies for coaching. The Career Coaching Handbook provides an essential introduction for students or practitioners who are interested in developing their own practice, finding new and improved ways to do things and understanding the theories that underpin effective career coaching practice.
The Career Code: Must-Know Rules for a Strategic, Stylish, and Self-Made Career
by Hillary Kerr Katherine Power&“They get down to the nitty-gritty of the workplace in twenty-seven &‘life hacks&’ . . . (Think: Where Sophia Amoruso&’s #Girlboss left you hanging.)&” —The Hollywood Reporter In The Career Code, the third book in the smash-hit Who What Wear series, fashion and digital entrepreneurs Katherine Power and Hillary Kerr bring you the Everygirl&’s guide for creating your own professional success, on every level, flawlessly. The book is filled with insightful, pragmatic &“career codes&” to follow, as well as all of the practical, how-to advice they&’ve learned while building their company from zero employees in 2006, to the thriving, multibrand, multiplatform, multi-million-dollar company it is today. In this approachable, authoritative, and inspirational book, you will find the most useful and accessible tips and tricks to strategically build your career into exactly what you want it to be, from negotiating your salary to avoiding the biggest mistake most people make when they quit. Chapters include advice on résumé building, dressing for the job you want, and how to effectively communicate at work—even with the most difficult colleagues—all done with the Who What Wear girls&’ practical and polished signature style. It gives you total insight into how you can excel at work in every arena, whether you&’re just starting your very first job, contemplating switching fields, or finally a boss who&’s building her own team. The Career Code also includes over twenty of Hillary and Katherine&’s best &“life hacks&” to ensure your out-of-office life runs just as smoothly as your career. This is the must-have handbook for every woman at every stage of her career, no matter where she sits in the boardroom.
The Career Counselor's Handbook
by Richard Nelson BollesWith more than sixty-five combined years of experience in the career development field, Howard Figler and Richard Nelson Bolles are the undisputed authorities when it comes to helping people find meaningful work. In this revised and updated second edition of their classic guide for career counselors, Figler and Bolles show aspiring counselors how to break into the business, and give experienced counselors ideas for improving effectiveness and recharging their practice. Outlining tools, problem-solving tips, and ethical values for today'¬?s career counselor, THE CAREER COUNSELOR'¬?S HANDBOOK features new information about performing the Annual Career Checkup, choosing Essence over Ego, and using the Internet-while celebrating the fact that even career counselors need counsel once in a while.
The Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options
by Diane Sukiennik Lisa Raufman William Bendat<p>Firmly focused on today's career realities and economy - with sufficient breadth to help students choose, change, or confirm career choices and encourage growth for all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances. <p><i>The Career Fitness Program</i> is a top to bottom renovation, reaffirming, recasting, refocusing, and reframing this best-seller to revitalize content, graphics, photos, and layout to address the changing needs of students. It is user-friendly, easy to read, and suitable for both two- and four-year college students. It goes beyond facts and figures by offering critical questions that help students focus on, 'What's in it for them', to discover their best career fit. The organization follows the standard sequence of the decision-making process and career search process - Personal Assessment, The World of Work, and The Job Search - which enables use in short term courses or workshops while still giving students a comprehensive text for reference, and is easily customizable.</p>
The Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options
by Diane Sukiennik Lisa RaufmanThe Career Fitness Program is firmly focused on today's career realities and economy – with sufficient breadth to encourage change and growth for learners of all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances. User-friendly, easy to read, and appropriate for all learners, it provides three teaching and learning career handles-choice, change, and confirmation-that help students find their career ‘fit’. For career choice, the book follows the standard sequence of career search and decision-making issues—Personal Assessment, World of Work, and Job Search. For career change, it offers critical questions thatgo beyond facts and figures to help learners focus on “What’s in it for me?” especially when changing careers. For career confirmation, it provides direction, understanding, and reassurance, showing learners how skills acquired in college are transferable to the world of work.