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Environment at the Crossroads
Emilio Rui Vilar
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Description for Environment at the Crossroads
Paperback. Environment at the Crossroads, the theme of the 2009 Gulbenkian Conference, addresses the most urgent crisis confronting the world today. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 290.
Environment at the Crossroads, the theme of the 2009 Gulbenkian Conference, addresses the most urgent crisis confronting the world today, in its four essential aspects: * How deeply is the current economic malaise rooted in failing systems? Do we have the global capacity to provide ecological services, or the institutional capacity to reduce poverty and promote stability and peace? * How critical is the state of the global environment? What are the implications of new scientific insights into the decline of biodiversity, the possible breakdown of major ecosystems, and the likelihood of dramatic changes caused by ecological tipping points? ... Read more
Environment at the Crossroads, the theme of the 2009 Gulbenkian Conference, addresses the most urgent crisis confronting the world today, in its four essential aspects: * How deeply is the current economic malaise rooted in failing systems? Do we have the global capacity to provide ecological services, or the institutional capacity to reduce poverty and promote stability and peace? * How critical is the state of the global environment? What are the implications of new scientific insights into the decline of biodiversity, the possible breakdown of major ecosystems, and the likelihood of dramatic changes caused by ecological tipping points? ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847771193
SKU
V9781847771193
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99-19
About Emilio Rui Vilar
Emilio Rui Vilar is the president of the Board of Trustees of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the president of the Portuguese Foundation Center, the chairman of the European Foundation Center, and the Chairman of the Audit Commission of the Bank of Portugal.
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