Partnerships for Global Ecosystem Management: Science, Economics, and Law : Proceedings and Reference Readings from the Fifth Annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, Held at the World Bank and George Washington University, Washington, D.C., October 6-7, 1997, Page 273Ismail Serageldin, Joan Martin-Brown World Bank Publications, 1999 - 272 pages The theme for the fifth annual Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Conference was the scientific, legal, and economic requirements of global ecosystem management. This volume presents readings and examines the outcomes from this conference. The objectives were to engage external experts and Bank managers and staff; to provide a unique opportunity for major professional groups to interact on the requirements to link scientific, economic, and legal solutions for global ecosystem management at the country level; and to promote understanding as to how best practice and innovations can be used for shared ecosystem management in sustainable development planning. |
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... requires collective action at the inter- national level . The ability to achieve the re- quired political accord may ... require comment . Timing The first is timing . Rapid emissions reductions , however they are accomplished , are much ...
... requires collective action at the inter- national level . The ability to achieve the re- quired political accord may ... require comment . Timing The first is timing . Rapid emissions reductions , however they are accomplished , are much ...
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... requires commitments from developed countries , and therefore does not entail resolving the complex distributional issues Figure 4 Different emissions paths ; same ultimate concentration 1990 Late reduction Early reduction 2050 involved ...
... requires commitments from developed countries , and therefore does not entail resolving the complex distributional issues Figure 4 Different emissions paths ; same ultimate concentration 1990 Late reduction Early reduction 2050 involved ...
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... require us to solve the problem of allocating emissions rights . Instead it would commit countries to un- dertake equal efforts at emissions efficiency . Sev- eral different ways to accomplish this can be cited . International Standards ...
... require us to solve the problem of allocating emissions rights . Instead it would commit countries to un- dertake equal efforts at emissions efficiency . Sev- eral different ways to accomplish this can be cited . International Standards ...
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... require active cooperation in the future is environmental law . We are also in the realm of collective rights rather than a concentration on individual rights . In the past legal systems concentrated on the rights of individuals , and ...
... require active cooperation in the future is environmental law . We are also in the realm of collective rights rather than a concentration on individual rights . In the past legal systems concentrated on the rights of individuals , and ...
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... require some fairly strict near- term limitations on greenhouse gas emissions . Rising Sea Levels Sea - level is projected to rise between 15 and 95 centimeters over the next 100 years , with a best estimate of 50 centimeters . A sea ...
... require some fairly strict near- term limitations on greenhouse gas emissions . Rising Sea Levels Sea - level is projected to rise between 15 and 95 centimeters over the next 100 years , with a best estimate of 50 centimeters . A sea ...
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