This text explores the evolution of sustainable development and climate change within the framework of the United Nations.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Mukul Sanwal obtained a Master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University, Massachusetts. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1971 and served as a senior member in various departments including industry, agriculture and environment. He represented the Indian government at the Rio Conference in 1992 as a lead negotiator for the climate change treaty. He joined the UN in 1993 as Policy Adviser to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and later to the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In 2011, he was invited to teach a course on international relations at the University of Business and the Economy in Beijing, and in 2013 was invited to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, to give a course on the politics of climate change. He is a member of several Indian government committees on sustainability and climate change, and has contributed significantly in the areas of sustainable development, climate policy, governance and global strategic affairs in national and international journals.
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Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Social dimension of sustainability Part I. Consumption in an Unequal World: Framing International Cooperation: 2. Geopolitics of the global environment 3. Natural science - policy - institutions interface 4. Focus on developing countries 5. Limitations of multilateral environmental agreements Part II. Climate Policy: Global to National: 6. Political origins of climate policy 7. Questions on the framework 8. Burden shifting rather than burden sharing 9. Development of a shared vision 10. The middle class and global ecological limits 11. The new climate regime Part III. Sustainable Development: National to Global: 12. Conceptual and institutional foundation 13. Politics within the United Nations 14. Limitations of the building blocks of sustainability 15. Use of natural resources 16. Distribution of natural resources Part III. Consumption in a More Equal World: Shaping Societal Functions: 17. Geoeconomics of human well-being 18. Social science - policy - society interface 19. Reframing the 'common concern' from a physical to a social problem 20. Developing a shared global vision Part IV. Geopolitics to Geoeconomics: Rural-Urban Divide, Rather Than between Countries: 21. Urban areas: sustainable development and human well-being 22. Rural areas: climate change, fragile states and human security 23. Global sustainable development goals 24. Transformative impact of the re-emergence of China Part V. The Asian Century: 25. Moving from ideas to reality will depend on how Asia structures its urban future Index.
Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Social dimension of sustainability Part I. Consumption in an Unequal World: Framing International Cooperation: 2. Geopolitics of the global environment 3. Natural science - policy - institutions interface 4. Focus on developing countries 5. Limitations of multilateral environmental agreements Part II. Climate Policy: Global to National: 6. Political origins of climate policy 7. Questions on the framework 8. Burden shifting rather than burden sharing 9. Development of a shared vision 10. The middle class and global ecological limits 11. The new climate regime Part III. Sustainable Development: National to Global: 12. Conceptual and institutional foundation 13. Politics within the United Nations 14. Limitations of the building blocks of sustainability 15. Use of natural resources 16. Distribution of natural resources Part III. Consumption in a More Equal World: Shaping Societal Functions: 17. Geoeconomics of human well-being 18. Social science - policy - society interface 19. Reframing the 'common concern' from a physical to a social problem 20. Developing a shared global vision Part IV. Geopolitics to Geoeconomics: Rural-Urban Divide, Rather Than between Countries: 21. Urban areas: sustainable development and human well-being 22. Rural areas: climate change, fragile states and human security 23. Global sustainable development goals 24. Transformative impact of the re-emergence of China Part V. The Asian Century: 25. Moving from ideas to reality will depend on how Asia structures its urban future Index.
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