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Earth observation applications and global policy frameworks

Argyro Kavvada, Editor ; Douglas Cripe, Editor ; Lawrence Friedl, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley | 2022

"Earth observation is the gathering of information about planet Earth's physical, chemical and biological systems via remote sensing technologies, usually involving satellites carrying imaging devices. Earth observation is used to monitor and as[...]

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Essential concepts of global environmental governance

Jean-Frédéric Morin, Editor ; Amandine Orsini, Editor | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor et Francis Group | 2021

"Aligning global governance to the challenges of sustainability is one of the most urgent international issues to be addressed. This book is a timely and up-to-date compilation of the main pieces of the global environmental governance puzzle. Es[...]

Environmental security : an introduction /

Peter Hough, Author | London : Routledge | 2014

The book is divided into three sections. In the first, the key theoretical and practical arguments for and against bringing together environmental and security issues are set out. The book then goes on to present how and why environmental issue[...]

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Should there be an international climate treaty?

Susan Hunnicutt, Editor | [S.l.] : Greenhaven Press | At issue | 2011

Adaptive governance and climate change

Ronald D. Brunner ; Amanda H. Lynch | [S.l.] : American Meteorological Society | 2010

Climate change science and policy

Stephen Henry Schneider, Author | [S.l.] : Island Press | 2010

In many ways, this volume supersedes the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Many important developments too recent to be treated by the 2007 IPCC documents are covered here. This book considers not [...]

Post-Kyoto international climate policy : implementing architectures for agreement

Joseph E. Aldy, Editor ; Robert N. Stavins, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2009

Saving Kyoto : an insider's guide to how it works, why it matters and what it means for the future

Graciela. Chichilnisky ; Kristen A. Sheeran | [S.l.] : New Holland | 2009

Foreword / Jean Charles-Hourcade -- 1. Global Crisis -- 2. Insuring the Future -- 3. Road to Kyoto -- 4. Kyoto and its Carbon Market -- 5. Kyoto's Uncertain Future -- 6. Saving Kyoto -- 7. Financial Turmoil: What Kyoto Means to the Future.

The politics of international environmental management

Arild Underdal, Editor | [S.l.] : Kluwer Academic Publishers | European Science Foundation (ESF) | 1998

Many of the major environmental challenges facing governments and societies today are "collectif" problems, calling for "joint" solutions. However, even when effective solutions can be found only through joint efforts, international cooperation [...]

Space and agenda 21 : caring for the planet earth

U. R. Rao ; M. G. Chandrasekhar ; V. Jayaraman | [S.l.] : Prism Books | 1995