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Climate Change and World Food Security
Thomas E. . Ed(S): Downing
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Description for Climate Change and World Food Security
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Climate Change and World Food Security", held in Oxford, U.K., July 11-15, 1993 Editor(s): Downing, Thomas E. Series: NATO ASI Series I: Global Environmental Change. Num Pages: 662 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; PSAF; RBP; RNK; TVB; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1012.
In the last half decade since sustainable development became a serious objective, what have we achieved? Are livelihoods more secure? Are nations wealthier and more resilient? Is environmental quality being restored or maintained? These are essential questions of development. Their answers are many, varied between communities and regions, even between individuals. Two years ago, in the aftermath of the Earth Summit and ratification of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, but before the first Conference of Parties, I participated in a panel at the inaugural Oxford Environment Conference on Climate Change and World Food Security. The panel vigorously reviewed issues ... Read more
In the last half decade since sustainable development became a serious objective, what have we achieved? Are livelihoods more secure? Are nations wealthier and more resilient? Is environmental quality being restored or maintained? These are essential questions of development. Their answers are many, varied between communities and regions, even between individuals. Two years ago, in the aftermath of the Earth Summit and ratification of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, but before the first Conference of Parties, I participated in a panel at the inaugural Oxford Environment Conference on Climate Change and World Food Security. The panel vigorously reviewed issues ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
662
Condition
New
Series
NATO ASI Series I: Global Environmental Change
Number of Pages
662
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642646874
SKU
V9783642646874
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