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100 _aDeSombre, Elizabeth R.
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245 0 _aGlobal environmental institutions
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aLondon :
_bRoutledge,
_c2024.
300 _axi, 198p.
365 _aUKP
_b36.99
490 _aGlobal institutions
520 _aGlobal Environmental Institutions provides the most accessible and succinct overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment, describing their creation and operation, decision-making processes, interactions with other institutions, and impact. Fully updated throughout, this third edition maintains the clear structure of previous editions, examining the underlying causes of global environmental problems creation of global environmental institutions effectiveness of action undertaken by these institutions Providing an overview of the United Nations Environment Programme alongside other entities that play important roles in global environmental governance, this book examines institutions by issue area and introduces organizations with a specific focus on protecting endangered species and biodiversity, the atmosphere, the ocean environment, and regulating the transboundary movement of hazardous substances. Drawing on the latest scholarship, and written by an acknowledged expert in the field, this study is essential reading for students of environmental politics and international organizations.
650 _aEnvironmental history
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