Why am I passionate about this?

I am Sumit Lodhia, a Professor of Accounting at the University of South Australia who has a primary research interest in sustainability accounting and reporting. Sustainable development is something that I am very passionate about, and I consider myself lucky enough to research in this area and to teach a course on this subject matter to third year undergraduate accounting students. I am a former resident of the beautiful Fiji Islands, and my lived experiences here and in my current country of residence, Australia, have shaped my worldview that focuses on equity, transparency, democracy, morality, and compassion.


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Mining and Sustainable Development: Current Issues

By Sumit K. Lodhia (editor),

Book cover of Mining and Sustainable Development: Current Issues

What is my book about?

This edited book addresses contemporary issues that affect the sustainability of the mining industry. It has contributions from authors fromā€¦

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The books I picked & why

Book cover of An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do about It

Sumit K. Lodhia Why did I love this book?

I found this book to be an excellent read which conveyed the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to address this issue immediately. I watched Al Goreā€™s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, and it was riveting. I noted that there was a companion book and read this as a top priority.

I found the book to be written in laymanā€™s termsā€“making it quite an easy read for anyone to understand why addressing climate change is fundamental to our future survival on this planet. I came across this book while I was close to finishing my PhD thesis on sustainability accounting and reporting, and it reassured me that what I was doing as a PhD topic played a part, albeit small, in addressing one of the most critical challenges for mankind. 

By Al Gore,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked An Inconvenient Truth as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 10, 11, 12, and 13.

What is this book about?

An Inconvenient Truthā€”Gore's groundbreaking, battle cry of a follow-up to the bestselling Earth in the Balanceā€”is being published to tie in with a documentary film of the same name. Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia presentations on global warming that Gore created and delivers to groups around the world. With this book, Gore, who is one of our environmental heroesā€”and a leading expertā€”brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. Heā€¦


Book cover of The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review

Sumit K. Lodhia Why did I love this book?

I found this to be a very informative book, which stated a simple but significant propositionā€“climate change impacts our future economic viability. While many texts have addressed climate change from a moral as well as a scientific perspective, the economic implications were not fully outlined.

As someone with a business background, more specifically an accounting background, I found this book very interesting, as I could use the arguments in it to justify why business needs to be involved in sustainable development.

By Nicholas Stern,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked The Economics of Climate Change as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

There is now clear scientific evidence that emissions from economic activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels for energy, are causing changes to the Earths climate. A sound understanding of the economics of climate change is needed in order to underpin an effective global response to this challenge. The Stern Review is an independent, rigourous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of this crucial issue. It has been conducted by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economic Service, and a former Chief Economist of the World Bank. The Economics of Climate Change will be invaluable for allā€¦


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Book cover of What Walks This Way: Discovering the Wildlife Around Us Through Their Tracks and Signs

What Walks This Way by Sharman Apt Russell,

Nature writer Sharman Apt Russell tells stories of her experiences tracking wildlifeā€”mostly mammals, from mountain lions to pocket miceā€”near her home in New Mexico, with lessons that hold true across North America. She guides readers through the basics of identifying tracks and signs, revealing a landscape filled with the marksā€¦

Book cover of The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change

Sumit K. Lodhia Why did I love this book?

I found this book a significant contribution to the climate change debate at a time when the scientific consensus on climate change was not easily accepted by all. Written by an Australian, I found that this book provided a scientific explanation of climate change in very simple terms.

This was actually one of the first books that I read on climate change, and it opened my eyes to the seriousness of climate change and the scientific basis that provided evidence of climate change as a fundamental issue impacting future human survival on this planet. 

By Tim Flannery,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked The Weather Makers as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Terrifying and inspiring, The Weather Makers is a page-turning epic that brings the most elusive and powerful of natural phenomena within our grasp.

Internationally acclaimed writer, scientist and explorer, Tim Flannery takes us on a journey through history and around the globe as he describes the wondrous diversity of the world's ecosystems and explains how 'the great aerial ocean' unites us. Along the way, we meet polar bears and golden toads, and travel from ocean depths to mountaintops, via desert, swamp and rainforest. Flannery reveals how the earth's climate has changed, across millennia and decades, and how the slightest imbalanceā€¦


Book cover of The Politics of Climate Change

Sumit K. Lodhia Why did I love this book?

I found that this is a book that answered the question of why addressing climate change is such a complex issue. Written by a philosopher whose writing I had found very difficult to comprehend in the past, it was a pleasant surprise that the book had a very simple and effective writing style.

I comprehended that various vested political interests have made addressing climate change a complicated process that requires extensive negotiation and many compromises to seek effective solutions. 

By Anthony Giddens,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Politics of Climate Change as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

"A landmark study in the struggle to contain climate change, the greatest challenge of our era. I urge everyone to read it."
-Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America

Since it first appeared, this book has achieved a classic status. Reprinted many times since its publication, it remains the only work that looks in detail at the political issues posed by global warming. This new edition has been thoroughly updated and provides a state-of-the-art discussion of the most formidable challenge humanity faces this century.

If climate change goes unchecked, the consequences are likely to be catastrophic forā€¦


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Book cover of Trial, Error, and Success: 10 Insights into Realistic Knowledge, Thinking, and Emotional Intelligence

Trial, Error, and Success by Sima Dimitrijev, PhD,

Everything in nature evolves by trial, error, and successā€”from fundamental physics, through evolution in biology, to how people learn, think, and decide.

This book presents a way of thinking and realistic knowledge that our formal education shuns. Stepping beyond this ignorance, the book shows how to deal with and evenā€¦

Book cover of Accounting for the Environment

Sumit K. Lodhia Why did I love this book?

I found this book to be the definitive guide to understanding why businesses need to address environmental issues. This was the first book on environmental accounting that I had read in 1998, and it started a whole research agenda on environmental/sustainability accounting, which has continued to this day.

I learnt a lot from the book in relation to the tools businesses can use to be accountable for their environmental impacts. Reading this book helped shape my career and has made me proud of my research area. 

By Rob Gray, Jan Bebbington, Diane Walters

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Accounting for the Environment as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The original edition of Accounting for the Environment was the first comprehensive overview of a subject ranging from environmental management to sustainability, and its publication helped shape the developing agenda of environmental accounting. This long-awaited new edition integrates the major advancements that have occurred since - in both research and practice - resulting in a user-friendly text that provides a solid grounding in both environmental accounting and environmental management.

Environmental concerns are now of real importance to accountants because of the extensive range of business issues they impact upon, whether legislative or market-based, profitable or cost incurring. Accounting for theā€¦


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Mining and Sustainable Development: Current Issues

By Sumit K. Lodhia (editor),

Book cover of Mining and Sustainable Development: Current Issues

What is my book about?

This edited book addresses contemporary issues that affect the sustainability of the mining industry. It has contributions from authors from developed and developing countries. The book addresses opportunities and challenges in relation to sustainable development for the mining industry. This book should be of interest not just to research scholars and students but also to practitioners, the government, other policymakers, and civil society. 

This book covers a range of topics, including the changing role of minerals in society, the social acceptance of mining, due diligence in the mining industry, critical and contemporary debates such as mining and Indigenous peoples and transit worker accommodation, corporate sustainability matters such as sustainability reporting and taxation, and sustainability solutions through an emphasis on renewable energy and shared-used infrastructure.

Book cover of An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do about It
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