Global Environment Outlook Geo 6 Summary For Policymakers

Author : UN Environment
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108707688

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Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Summary for Policymakers by UN Environment Pdf

Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, the Summary for Policymakers of the sixth Global Environment Outlook provides an evidence-based source of environmental information to help policymakers in government, local authorities and businesses achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Since the first edition in 1997, there have been many examples of environmental improvement, especially where problems have been well identified, manageable, and where regulatory and technological solutions have been readily available. Nevertheless, the overall condition of the global environment has deteriorated and urgent action, involving ambitious and effective policies, is necessary to arrest and reverse this situation. This Summary for Policymakers answers key policy questions by assessing the drivers of environmental change, the scale and effectiveness of policy responses, potential pathways for achieving sustainability goals in an increasingly complex world, and the data and information that can support the decision-making process. Also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : UN Environment
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 110870767X

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Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Technical Summary by UN Environment Pdf

The sixth Global Environment Outlook was launched in 2019 at the fourth UN Environment Assembly. It highlighted the ongoing damage to life and health from pollution and land degradation, and warned that zoonosis was already accounting for more than 60% of human infectious diseases. Since then the spread of COVID-19 has demonstrated the enormous challenges a global pandemic can cause for health care systems and the economy, as well as revealing potential environmental benefits of an altered lifestyle. This Technical Summary synthesizes the science and data in the GEO-6 report to make it accessible to a broad audience of policymakers, students and scientists. It demonstrates that more urgent and sustained action is required to address the degradation caused by our energy, food and waste systems and identifies a variety of transformational pathways for those seeking far-reaching policies for environmental and economic recovery. Also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : UN Environment
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108707664

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Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People by UN Environment Pdf

Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment's sixth Global Environment Outlook calls on decision makers to take bold and urgent action to address pressing environmental issues in order to protect the planet and human health. By bringing together hundreds of scientists, peer reviewers and collaborating institutions and partners, the GEO reports build on sound scientific knowledge to provide governments, local authorities, businesses and individual citizens with the information needed to guide societies to a truly sustainable world by 2050. GEO-6 outlines the current state of the environment, illustrates possible future environmental trends and analyses the effectiveness of policies. This flagship report shows how governments can put us on the path to a truly sustainable future - emphasising that urgent and inclusive action is needed to achieve a healthy planet with healthy people. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:191593907

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Global Environment Outlook GEO 4, Environment for Development by United Nations Environment Programme Pdf

Author : Jan Bakkes,Marion Cheatle,Nora Mžavanadze,László Pintér,Ronald G. Witt
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789633866955

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Keeping the World’s Environment under Review by Jan Bakkes,Marion Cheatle,Nora Mžavanadze,László Pintér,Ronald G. Witt Pdf

How do we take stock of the state and direction of the world’s environment, and what can we learn from the experience? Among the myriad detailed narratives about the condition of the planet, the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) reports—issued by the United Nations Environment Programme—stand out as the most ambitious. For nearly three decades the GEO project has not only delivered iconic global assessment reports, but through its multitude of contributors has inspired hundreds of similar processes worldwide from the regional to the local level. This book provides an inside account of the evolution of the GEO project from its earliest days. Building on meticulous research, including interviews with former heads of the United Nations Environment Programme, diplomats, leading contributing scientists, and senior leaders of collaborating organizations, the story is told from the perspective of five GEO veterans who all played a pivotal role in shaping the periodic assessments. The GEO’s history provides striking insights and will save valuable time to those who commission, design and conduct, as well as critique and improve, assessments of environmental development in the next decade.

Author : Harald Ginzky,Elizabeth Dooley,Irene L. Heuser,Emmanuel Kasimbazi,Robert Kibugi,Till Markus,Tianbao Qin,Oliver Ruppel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030523176

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International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2019 by Harald Ginzky,Elizabeth Dooley,Irene L. Heuser,Emmanuel Kasimbazi,Robert Kibugi,Till Markus,Tianbao Qin,Oliver Ruppel Pdf

This book presents an important discussion on the implementation of sustainable soil management in Africa from a range of governance perspectives. It addresses aspects such as the general challenges in Africa with regard to soil management; the structural deficiencies in legal, organizational and institutional terms; and specific policies at the national level, including land cover policies and persistent organic pollutants. This fourth volume of the International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy is divided into four parts, the first of which deals with several aspects of the theme “sustainable soil management in Africa.” In turn, the second part covers recent international developments, the third part presents regional and national reports (i.a. Mexico, USA and Germany), and the fourth discusses cross-cutting issues(i.a. on rural-urban interfaces). Given the range of key topics covered, the book offers an indispensible tool for all academics, legislators and policymakers working in this field. The “International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy” is a book series that discusses central questions in law and politics with regard to the protection and sustainable management of soil and land – at the international, national and regional level.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : OCLC:1120881538

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Global environment outlook by Anonim Pdf

The fourth report in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) provides a comprehensive, scientifically credible, policy-relevant and up-to-date assessment of, and outlook for, the state of the global environment. GEO-4 is published 20 years after the World Commission on Sustainable Developments Bruntland Report of 1987. Environment for Development is the GEO-4 underlying theme and the report pays special attention to the role and impact of the environment on human well-being as well as to the use of environmental valuation as a tool for decision-making. GEO-4's specialized report, the Summary for Decision Makers is an essential guide for policy-makers. Both publications are excellent tools for teaching and research and relevant in the field of international environmental governance as they highlight policy opportunities for a more sustainable approach to economic growth and development.--Publisher's description.

Author : Tseming Yang,Anastasia Telesetsky,Lin Harmon-Walker,Robert V. Percival
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
Page : 1222 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781543815184

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Comparative and Global Environmental Law and Policy by Tseming Yang,Anastasia Telesetsky,Lin Harmon-Walker,Robert V. Percival Pdf

Written by leading scholars and experts with extensive practice and teaching experience in the field, Comparative and Global Environmental Law and Policy offers a student-friendly approach to the study of a rapidly evolving and important area of law. Its multi-jurisdictional selection of judicial opinions and legal materials introduces students to the worldwide reach of environmental law. Through its substance, the book familiarizes students not only with governing and emerging legal principles but also demonstrates how legal norms are applied to specific issues and contexts, illustrating how law-on-the-books becomes law-in-action. Student understanding is reinforced by problem exercises and discussion questions. Professors and students will benefit from: A multi-jurisdictional selection of environmental law cases and regulatory materials from across the world, with many cases from the developing world and emerging economies. Separate chapters on rapidly evolving and critical topics such as rights of nature, sustainability, corporations and private environmental governance, human rights and the environment, and climate change. Presentation of basic background principles of environmental law, institutions, and governance and their operation in international, national and subnational systems, including indigenous governance systems. Emphasis across the book on issues of institutions and governance as well as enforcement and effectiveness. Judicial opinions providing an authoritative articulation of how legal principles are applied in various systems. Numerous problem exercises and discussion questions to introduce topics and reinforce concepts and materials. Integrated perspective on the relationship of international and transnational environmental law, national environmental law, environmental norms and principles in other settings such as in private environmental governance, and governance institutions.

Author : United Nations Environment Programme. Division of Early Warning and Assessment,Stockholm Environment Institute
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Environmental indicators
ISBN : 9789280724615

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Global Environment Outlook Scenario Framework by United Nations Environment Programme. Division of Early Warning and Assessment,Stockholm Environment Institute Pdf

The UNEP's third Global Environment Outlook (GEO-3) presents a 30-year retrospective analysis of environmental conditions and trends, and associated policy responses. UNEP's multi-disciplinary methodologies for predicting future world environment scenarios are described, including scenarios for CO2 emissions. The publication concludes with tabulated data (economic, social, energy, food and agriculture, and environmental) from seven world regions. Related UNEP publications include "Global environment outlook 3: past, present and future perspectives" (ISBN 9280720872, 2002).

Author : Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio,Elizabeth A. Kirk,Jessica Steinberg Albin
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839106934

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The Impact of Environmental Law by Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio,Elizabeth A. Kirk,Jessica Steinberg Albin Pdf

This cutting-edge book invites readers to rethink environmental law and its critical role in ensuring a sustainable future for all. Illustrating narratives of successful developments in environmental law, contributors draw out key lessons and practices for effective reform and highlight opportunities by which we can respond to environmental challenges facing the planet.

Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9280728369

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Global Environment Outlook by United Nations Environment Programme Pdf

The fourth report in the Global Environment Outlook series provides a comprehensive, scientifically credible, policy-relevant and up-to-date assessment of, and outlook for, the state of the global environment. Environment for development is the GEO-4 underlying theme and the report pays special attention to the role and impact of the environment on human well-being as well as to the use of environmental valuation as a tool for decision-making. GEO-4's 2007 publication date marks the half-way point for the Millennium Development Goals, The environment, as well as being the subject of MDG 7, is also a thread that runs through all the goals. Includes Errata.

Author : Amy Twigger Holroyd,Jennifer Farley Gordon,Colleen Hill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781350160477

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Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion by Amy Twigger Holroyd,Jennifer Farley Gordon,Colleen Hill Pdf

For centuries, the fashion industry has struggled to reconcile style with sustainability. In Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion, you will be transported back in time to discover the historical dimensions of today's sustainable fashion movement. An array of success stories and cautionary tales provide both inspiration and warnings for the eco-conscious designer, encouraging an innovative approach that builds on predecessors' discoveries to move the practice of fashion forward. The 1st edition, Sustainable Fashion: Past, Present and Future, emerged from the Museum at FIT's groundbreaking exhibition 'Eco-Fashion: Going Green'. This revised edition broadens perspectives even further, incorporating eye-opening examples of designers, brands and activists working for change across the world today. Likewise, a new chapter examines the globalized mainstream fashion system and historical alternatives that provide compelling inspiration for reimagining the status quo. Fascinating and timely, Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion examines progressive fashion through a historical lens, encouraging readers to question the state of the industry and demonstrating the value of historical insights in enabling and inspiring change.

Author : Jonathan M. Harris,Brian Roach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000449891

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Environmental and Natural Resource Economics by Jonathan M. Harris,Brian Roach Pdf

Environmental issues are of fundamental importance, and a broad approach to understanding the relationship between the human economy and the natural world is essential. In a rapidly changing policy and scientific context, this new edition of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics reflects an updated perspective on modern environmental topics. Now in its fifth edition, this textbook includes enhanced and updated material on energy, climate change, greening the economy, population, agriculture, forests and water—reflecting the greater urgency required to solve the big environmental problems in these areas. It introduces students to both standard environmental economics and the broader perspective of ecological economics, balancing analytical techniques of environmental economics topics with a global perspective on current ecological issues such as population growth, global climate change and "green" national income accounting. Harris and Roach’s premise is that a pluralistic approach is essential to understand the complex nexus between the economy and the environment. This perspective, combined with its emphasis on real-world policies, is particularly appealing to both instructors and students. This is the ideal text for undergraduate classes on environmental, natural resource and ecological economics, and postgraduate courses on environmental and economic policy. To access Student and Instructor resources, please visit: sites.tufts.edu/gdae/environmental-and-natural-resource-economics/.

Author : Helge Jörgens,Christoph Knill,Yves Steinebach
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000893991

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Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy by Helge Jörgens,Christoph Knill,Yves Steinebach Pdf

This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art review of research on environmental policy and governance. The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy has a strong focus on new problem structures – a perspective that emphasizes the preconditions and processes of environmental policymaking – and a comparative approach that covers all levels of local, national, and global policymaking. The volume examines the different conditions under which environmental policymaking takes place in different regions of the world and tracks the theoretical, conceptual, and empirical developments that have been made in recent years. It also highlights emerging areas where new and/or additional research and reflection are warranted. Divided into four key parts, the accessible structure and the nature of the contributions allow the reader to quickly find a concise expert review on topics that are most likely to arise in the course of conducting research or developing policy, and to obtain a broad, reliable survey of what is presently known about the subject. The resulting compendium is an essential resource for students, scholars, and policymakers working in this vital field.

Author : Henry Shue
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691202280

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Basic Rights by Henry Shue Pdf

An expanded and updated edition of a classic work on human rights and global justice Since its original publication, Basic Rights has proven increasingly influential to those working in political philosophy, human rights, global justice, and the ethics of international relations and foreign policy, particularly in debates regarding foreign policy’s role in alleviating global poverty. Henry Shue asks: Which human rights ought to be the first honored and the last sacrificed? Shue argues that subsistence rights, along with security rights and liberty rights, serve as the ground of all other human rights. This classic work, now available in a thoroughly updated fortieth-anniversary edition, includes a substantial new chapter by the author examining how the accelerating transformation of our climate progressively undermines the bases of subsistence like sufficient water, affordable food, and housing safe from forest-fires and sea-level rise. Climate change threatens basic rights.