International Environmental Cooperation and The Global Sustainability Capital Framework
International Environmental Cooperation and The Global Sustainability Capital Framework

Author: Chenaz B. Seelarbokus

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2021-05-17

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 0323859143

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International Environmental Cooperation and the Global Sustainability Capital Framework offers an integrated analysis of international environmental cooperation (IEC) and global sustainability. From a strategic management perspective, the book develops the Sustainability Capital Framework for IEC and global sustainability. The book provides an in-depth examination of the significance of state participation in international environmental agreements (IEAs), and analyzes the structure, life cycle, and evolution of IEAs. Through the Sustainability Capital Framework, the book delineates the core drivers, barriers, incentives, and critical success factors for IEC and global sustainability. - Develops the Sustainability Capital Framework for IEC and global sustainability from a strategic management perspective - Discusses the imperative for IEC through the novel lens of our common vulnerabilities and contingent survivability in the face of global environmental change - Presents a detailed discussion of the structure, life cycle, and evolution of IEAs - Identifies the core drivers, barriers, incentives, and critical success factors for IEC and global sustainability - Analyzes the human and environmental impacts of war, a core barrier to IEC and global sustainability - Highlights the human and moral dimensions of global sustainability

International Environmental Governance
International Environmental Governance

Author: Niko Urho

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Published: 2019-02-20

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9289360801

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A plethora of environmental problems are ravaging the planet and its inhabitants. How well do existing structures convene governments to address these challenges? What is the role of science and civil society in this context? And, does international cooperation properly support countries with limited capacities? This report seeks to respond to these questions, based on an analysis of actions taken to renew international environmental governance to fulfill commitments made at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012. This report outlines possibilities to strengthen the UN Environment Programme and to enhance synergies among global environmental conventions to ensure that international environmental governance continues evolving and improving to secure human well-being and planetary health.

Linking Local and Global Sustainability
Linking Local and Global Sustainability

Author: Sukhbir Sandhu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-10

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9401790086

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The book takes a holistic approach to sustainability. Acknowledging the Brundtland definition, that sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, the book is specifically concerned with the ethics of contemporary social and environmental sustainability activity and thinking. It is concerned with the role of institutions–both local and global in achieving sustainability initiatives. All twelve chapters extend sustainability–conceptually, empirically and theoretically, and in doing so provide insights into linking local and global sustainability. The book refocuses sustainability as a series of interwoven and dynamic relationships, backed by just ethical decision-making, which begin locally, and reach out to impact the global level.

Climate Change and Global Sustainability
Climate Change and Global Sustainability

Author: Akimasa Sumi

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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Because climate change involves a wide range of interlinked problems, solutions must be pursued in an interdisciplinary manner. This book adopts just such a holistic approach in examining various aspects of global warming, offering a comprehensive overview. First, the mapping of knowledge about global warming is presented as a framework for addressing the issue. This is followed by a discussion of risk in relation to global warming and of the communication of risk between academia and society. Impacts, adaptation strategies, the institution of a low-carbon society, and other policy concerns are then reviewed. Because human behavior is a critical factor in the move toward a low-carbon society, issues involving quality of life are also presented,with an emphasis on philosophy. Finally, the book considers the integration of three scenarios--a low-carbon society, a resource-circulating society, and a society in harmony with nature--and presents a comprehensive vision of the future.

Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Mohan Munasinghe

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-23

Total Pages: 689

ISBN-13: 1108404154

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Provides a rigorous analysis of sustainable development that includes practical, policy-relevant, global case studies, explained concisely and clearly.

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Public Policy and Sustainability
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Public Policy and Sustainability

Author: Das, Rituparna

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-12-20

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1799803171

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In today’s global economy, the role of public policy in managing and ensuring sustainability is an emerging area of research considering modern day issues such as climate change and the depletion of energy resources. The impact that these environmental concerns have on human life has brought to light a new era of economic theories and initiatives to promote a better lifestyle. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Public Policy and Sustainability is an essential reference source that discusses the role of public policy in managing sustainability within a wide variety of professional industries such as health, education, and business. Featuring research on topics such as sustainable finance, environmental regulation, and information economics, this book is ideally designed for environmental and policy scientists, researchers, conservationists, policymakers, government officials, lawmakers, academicians, and students seeking coverage on the practices of sustainability pertaining to economic development.

International Environmental Law and the Global South
International Environmental Law and the Global South

Author: Shawkat Alam

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-09-17

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13: 1107055695

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Situating the global poverty divide as an outgrowth of European imperialism, this book investigates current global divisions on environmental policy.

Sustainability Appraisal
Sustainability Appraisal

Author: Barry Dalal-Clayton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-26

Total Pages: 960

ISBN-13: 1136483896

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Sustainability Appraisal is a sourcebook of the state-of-the-art of this rapidly emerging and diversifying area. It draws on a wealth of international experiences and approaches to illustrate the status and scope of Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment (SA) This comprehensive guide highlights how SA can be used to analyse and integrate the key environmental, social and economic pillars of sustainability into decision-making at all levels, from policy to project to investment, by government, business and industry, or international organizations. Distilling both published and unpublished materials, and with contributions from a range of leading experts, organizations and agencies, this book will be of significant value to professionals everywhere who are in need of a solid, reference guide to what constitutes SA practice and, more importantly, how and when it can be applied.

Global Sustainability
Global Sustainability

Author: Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-02-18

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 0521769345

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Interdisciplinary exploration of the best scientific and political strategies to attain global sustainability, from many Nobel Prize-winning and other high-profile authors.