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Global Environmental Governance
Speth, James Gustave; Haas, Peter M.
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Description for Global Environmental Governance
Paperback. Tells the story of how the community of nations, nongovernmental organizations, scientists, and multinational corporations have created an unprecedented set of laws and institutions intended to help solve large-scale environmental problems. This book includes lists of key terms, study questions, and other features designed to help readers. Series: Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, 10 tables, 20 figures, text boxes, bibliography, discussion questions, key term pullouts,. BIC Classification: LBBP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
Today's most pressing environmental problems are planetary in scope, confounding the political will of any one nation. How can we solve them? "Global Environmental Governance" offers the essential information, theory, and practical insight needed to tackle this critical challenge. It examines ten major environmental threats - climate disruption, biodiversity loss, acid rain, ozone depletion, deforestation, desertification, freshwater degradation and shortages, marine fisheries decline, toxic pollutants, and excess nitrogen - and explores how they can be addressed through treaties, governance regimes, and new forms of international cooperation. Written by Gus Speth, one of the architects of the international environmental movement, and ... Read more
Today's most pressing environmental problems are planetary in scope, confounding the political will of any one nation. How can we solve them? "Global Environmental Governance" offers the essential information, theory, and practical insight needed to tackle this critical challenge. It examines ten major environmental threats - climate disruption, biodiversity loss, acid rain, ozone depletion, deforestation, desertification, freshwater degradation and shortages, marine fisheries decline, toxic pollutants, and excess nitrogen - and explores how they can be addressed through treaties, governance regimes, and new forms of international cooperation. Written by Gus Speth, one of the architects of the international environmental movement, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Series
Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies Series
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781597260817
SKU
V9781597260817
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Ref
99-15
About Speth, James Gustave; Haas, Peter M.
From 1993 to 1999, James Gustave Speth served as administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and chair of the UN Development Group, and is currently dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is the author of Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment (Yale University Press, 2004), and Worlds Apart: ... Read more
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