Strategies for Sustainability of the Earth System

Foreword.- List of Content.- List of Contributors.- Message from the Desk of the Bavarian State Minister of Environment and Consumer Protection.- Editorial: A Journey through the Book.- Part I: General Thoughts.- Chapter 1. The Anthropocene Turns Out To Be A Disaster For The Earth. Few Options Remain To Change Course.- Chapter 2. The Systemic Risk Perspective: Social Perception of Uncertainty and Tipping Points.- Chapter 3. On Ecological Ethics.- Chapter 4. The Complexity Trap: Skepticism, Denialism and the Political Epistemology of Climate Science.- Chapter 5. Biodesign: Design and Medicine---A Philosophical Challenge.- Chapter 6. Vulnerability is a Talent in the Ecological Crisis.- Chapter 7. From Anthropocene to Artificial Intelligence? Challenges of Machine Learning for Science, Life, and Society.- Part II: Ecology: A Key Resource.- Chapter 8. The Key Resources Water, Soil and Intact Ecosystems: In Which World Do We Want To Live In The Future?.- Chapter 9. Natural Ecosystems and Earth´s Habitability: Attempting a Cross-Disciplinary Synthesis.- Chapter 10. Resilience Thinking: Push-Start of a New Enlightenment in the Light of the Sustainability Paradigm.- Chapter 11.- Is the Global Economy Running a Pyramid Scheme?.- Chapter 12. Climate Positive, Sustainable Agriculture is a Possible Cornerstone for Public-Interest-Agrarian Policies.- Chapter 13. Bavaria in Transition: Changes in the Water Balance due to Man And Nature.- Chapter 14. A Discussion of Basic Notions.- Part III: The Human Health Dimension.- Chapter 15. Genetics, Neurostimulation and Robotics: Implications for the Developing Child.- Chapter 16. The Smartphone. Digital Reverse Transcriptase of Child Development. The New Inner World of the Outer World of the Inner World. Chapter 17. Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Our Health?.- Chapter 18. Allergy and Civilization.- Chapter 19. Nutrition, Movement and Environment.- Chapter 20. The Future of Cancer Therapy with X-Rays: Patient numbers,

Martin Grambow studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He is currently head of the Water Management Department in the Bavarian Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection (BayStMUV). His responsibilities include water laws and regulations, water monitoring and development, water supply and flood prevention. He represents Bavaria on national and international expert committees and heads the Danube River Basin Commission. Within the framework of a project entitled Technology Transfer Water (TTW), Professor Grambow encourages the use of German know-how in the field of water technology and water management in international projects around the world. He is Honorary Professor at TUM and teaches International Water Policy and Law, with a particular focus on the consequences of the Anthropocene for sustainable environmental policy.

 

Michael Molls was the chairholder and the director of the clinic for radiotherapy andradiation oncology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) from 1992 to 2014. Further activities include his serving as a member of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board at the TUM hospital "Rechts der Isar" and head of the Tumour Centre (Tumorzentrum) München of both Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) and TUM. He was particularly committed to process, result and structure quality of interdisciplinary oncology. He currently serves as the scientific director of the TUM Institute for Advanced Study, where he fosters the integration of medical research and sustainability.

 

Konrad Oexle heads the Neurogenetic Systems Analysis group at the Institute of Neurogenomics, Helmholtz Center Munich, the German Research Center for Environmental Health. He also is associated with the Institute of Human Genetics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) where he is Adjunct Professor (apl). After medical school at the University of Freiburg, Germany,

"This book provides excellent insights on key environmental issues and sheds light on how we humans lose sight of what is happening to the planet, particularly during the industrial age. ... The authors did an excellent job of bringing the reader's attention to the environmental issues ... . This book is written in a simple manner and should be read by anyone with an interest in global earth changes and sustainability, but especially by policymakers, philosophers, environmental engineers, and scientists." (Nasrin Golzadeh, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Vol. 18 (4), 2022)