General & Miscellaneous Environmental Policies, Environmental Law - General & Miscellaneous, Environmental Conservation & Protection Policy, Natural Resources - General & Miscellaneous, Human Ecology
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Overview
Why are globe-spanning environmental problems on the rise and what can be done about them? Christopher Stone presents a concise and balanced overview of the risks, from climate change and ozone depletion to deforestation and biodiversity loss. Exploring the institutional framework, Stone shows why global problems do not always benefit from "global solutions," how environmental diplomacy has to account for the growing tensions between rich and poor nations, and why even checking population growth would not heal the planet. Stone's latest work, at once theoretical and realistic, is a major contribution to our understanding of one of humanity's greatest challenges.Moving beyond the familiar and increasingly unproductive confrontation between "greens" and "realists" in the debate over the global environment, Stone presents a clear and balanced overview of the range of perils facing the human race: climate change, deforestation, wetlands loss, threats to biodiversity, toxic waste, and stresses on marine resources.
Book Details
Published
June 9, 1993
Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1993.
Pages
234
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780691032504