Keeping The World S Environment Under Review

Author : Jan Bakkes,Marion Cheatle,Nora Mžavanadze,László Pintér,Ronald G. Witt
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789633866955

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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 : Jan Bakkes,Marion Cheatle,Nora Mžavanadze,László Pintér,Ronald G. Witt
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789633864326

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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 : Jan Bakkes,Marion Cheatle,Nora Mžavanadze,László Pintér,Ron Witt
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9633865956

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Keeping the World's Environment under Review by Jan Bakkes,Marion Cheatle,Nora Mžavanadze,László Pintér,Ron 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 : Sir David Attenborough
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781538720004

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A Life on Our Planet by Sir David Attenborough Pdf

*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year* In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future. See the world. Then make it better. I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day -- the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake -- and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited. All we need is the will to do so.

Author : David Miller
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781487554583

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Solved by David Miller Pdf

If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly. Taking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a summons to every city to make small but significant changes that can drastically reduce our carbon footprint. We cannot wait for national governments to agree on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and manage the average temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees. In Solved, David Miller argues that cities are taking action on climate change because they can – and because they must. The updated paperback edition of Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis demonstrates that the initiatives cities have taken to control the climate crisis can make a real difference in reducing global emissions if implemented worldwide. By chronicling the stories of how cities have taken action to meet and exceed emissions targets laid out in the Paris Agreement, Miller empowers readers to fix the climate crisis. As much a “how to” guide for policymakers as a work for concerned citizens, Solved aims to inspire hope through its clear and factual analysis of what can be done – now, today – to mitigate our harmful emissions and pave the way to a 1.5-degree world.

Author : Jonathan Franzen
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780008434052

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What If We Stopped Pretending? by Jonathan Franzen Pdf

The climate change is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.

Author : Noah Toly,Noah J. Toly,Daniel I. Block
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830838837

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Keeping God's Earth by Noah Toly,Noah J. Toly,Daniel I. Block Pdf

Diversity of life. Water resources. Global climate change. Cities and global environmental issues. We all know being a Christian involves ethical responsibility. But what exactly are our environmental obligations? This unique volume teams up scientists with biblical scholars to help us discern just not that question. What does the Lord require of us?

Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : UCBK:C086656073

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UNEP 2004 Annual Report by United Nations Environment Programme Pdf

Author : Runming Yao
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781447147817

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Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments by Runming Yao Pdf

Climate change is believed to be a great challenge to built environment professionals in design and management. An integrated approach in delivering a sustainable built environment is desired by the built environment professional institutions. The aim of this book is to provide an advanced understanding of the key subjects required for the design and management of modern built environments to meet carbon emission reduction targets. In Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments, an international group of experts provide comprehensive and the most up-to-date knowledge, covering sustainable urban and building design, management and assessment. The best practice case studies of the implementation of sustainable technology and management from the BRE Innovation Park are included. Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments will be of interest to urban and building designers, environmental engineers, and building performance assessors. It will be particularly useful as a reference book for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the built environment field.

Author : UN Environment
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 42,8 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 : Richard Harwood KC,Victoria Hutton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 727 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781784516598

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Planning Policy by Richard Harwood KC,Victoria Hutton Pdf

The making of planning policy is a major political and legal issue and there is currently a considerable focus by the government in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on local plan policy making. The current climate is characterised by government concern at the slow pace of local plan adoption in England, the controversial introduction of neighbourhood planning, new strategic planning tools with the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 and local development plans in Northern Ireland. Planning Policy is the only book dedicated to planning policy, both national and local and includes coverage of the Housing and Planning Act 2016. It covers the policy framework within which planning decisions are taken. It addresses how national and local policy is formulated, examined and challenged.

Author : Dietrich Rauschning,Katja Wiesbrock,Martin Lailach
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0521597048

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Key Resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly 1946-1996 by Dietrich Rauschning,Katja Wiesbrock,Martin Lailach Pdf

Key resolutions from the first fifty years of the United Nations General Assembly.

Author : Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Publisher : The American Assembly
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Preserving the Global Environment by Jessica Tuchman Mathews Pdf

A collection of essays on the problems that face world leaders in terms of the devastating effects that threaten us as a result of the decline of the global environment. Topics addressed include population, species extinction, sustainable agriculture, climatic changes and the ecosphere.

Author : Sara Ahmed
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478022336

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Complaint! by Sara Ahmed Pdf

In Complaint! Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying, and unequal working conditions at universities, Ahmed explores the gap between what is supposed to happen when complaints are made and what actually happens. To make complaints within institutions is to learn how they work and for whom they work: complaint as feminist pedagogy. Ahmed explores how complaints are made behind closed doors and how doors are often closed on those who complain. To open these doors---to get complaints through, keep them going, or keep them alive---Ahmed emphasizes, requires forming new kinds of collectives. This book offers a systematic analysis of the methods used to stop complaints and a powerful and poetic meditation on what complaints can be used to do. Following a long lineage of Black feminist and feminist of color critiques of the university, Ahmed delivers a timely consideration of how institutional change becomes possible and why it is necessary.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1238 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35558004250060

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New Scientist by Anonim Pdf