Dictionary and introduction to global environmental governance
This unique dictionary and introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation of over 5000 terms, organizations and acronyms, drawn from hundreds of official sources. An introductory essay frames the major issues in GEG and outlines the pitfalls of talking past one another when discussing the most critical of issues facing the planet. It challenges those who are concerned with the management of our planet and its inhabitants to understand and accept a vocabulary common to the often-opposing objectives s
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1 online resource (xxi, 410 pages) : illustrations
9781849770996, 9781136568121, 9781429480208, 1849770999, 1136568123, 1429480203
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List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Biographies; Preface to the Second Edition; Foreword; Introduction; Part One Global Environmental Governance: An Essay; Part Two A Dictionary of Selected Terms, Concepts, Jargon, Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in Global Environmental Governance; Sources Used to Develop the Dictionary and List of Acronyms; Dictionary; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Bibliography; Appendix 1: Selected Intergovernmental Environmental Agreements; Appendix 2: Principles and Values of Global Environmental Governance; Appendix 3: Major Civil Society Alternative Agreements
Originally published: Leiden; London : A.A. Balkema, 2004, under the title: C.H.A.O.S.S. : an essay and glossary for students and practitioners of global environmental governance
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010