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Author: Lester R. Brown Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now.
We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? Can we cope with peak water and peak oil at the same time? These are some of the issues Lester R. Brown skillfully distills in World on the Edge. Bringing decades of research and analysis into play, he provides the responses needed to reclaim our future.
值此危机时刻，《崩溃边缘的世界》交代了关键的环境问题和当即解决这些问题的方法。
我们处于政治与自然临界点之间的竞赛中。我们能否迅速关闭火煤发电厂，拯救格林兰岛的冰盖，避免海平面上升带来的巨大灾难？我们能否尽快提高水分生产率，阻止含水层枯竭，避免水源食物短缺？我们能否同时应对用水用油高峰期？针对这些问题，Lester R. Brown在书中都给出了巧妙的解答。他利用数十年的研究和分析成果，给了我们改造未来所需的答案。
In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now.
We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? Can we cope with peak water and peak oil at the same time? These are some of the issues Lester R. Brown skillfully distills in World on the Edge. Bringing decades of research and analysis into play, he provides the responses needed to reclaim our future.
值此危机时刻，《崩溃边缘的世界》交代了关键的环境问题和当即解决这些问题的方法。
我们处于政治与自然临界点之间的竞赛中。我们能否迅速关闭火煤发电厂，拯救格林兰岛的冰盖，避免海平面上升带来的巨大灾难？我们能否尽快提高水分生产率，阻止含水层枯竭，避免水源食物短缺？我们能否同时应对用水用油高峰期？针对这些问题，Lester R. Brown在书中都给出了巧妙的解答。他利用数十年的研究和分析成果，给了我们改造未来所需的答案。