Keeping the Worlds Environment Under Review Bakkes Jan PBL Netherland Environmental Assessment Agency and TIAS The Integrated Assessment Society
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…
Specifikacia Keeping the Worlds Environment Under Review Bakkes Jan PBL Netherland Environmental Assessment Agency and TIAS The Integrated Assessment Society
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