Science and International Policy: Regimes and Nonregimes in Global Governance
Introduces nonregimes into the study of global governance, and compares successes with failures in the formation of environmental treaties.
global policy
Rising Waters: Global Warming and the Fate of the Pacific Islands
This documentary approaches global warming with relation to the human and cultural dimension in several Pacific inslands.
"'Bridging Divides for Water': The Fifth World Water Forum (WWF) and the Alternative Water Forum"
A report on the activities and debates at the fifth World Water Forum held at Istanbul in March 2009.
"Waiting for a Fair Future . . . Talking about Environment, Well-Being, and Justice with Wolfgang Sachs"
Environmental historian Federico Paolini talks to Wolfgang Sachs, head of the Berlin office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy, about some of today’s major environmental issues. These range from ecological justice to resources, development, and climate.
Only One Earth: Stockholm and the Beginning of Modern Environmental Diplomacy
A History of Environmental Politics Since 1945
An overview of environmental affairs in the United States, from the 1940s onward.
Melinda Laituri on "Integrated Environmental History of Watersheds"
Melinda Laituri, Carson fellow from February to May 2011, talks about her research project, “Integrated Environmental History of Watersheds,” a comparative, historical-geographical analysis of the Danube and the Colorado rivers.
"What is Global Environmental History?"
Gabriella Corona in conversation with Piero Bevilacqua, Guillermo Castro, Ranjan Chakrabarti, Kobus du Pisani, John R. McNeill, and Donald Worster.
Montreal Protocol
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is signed in Montreal, Canada.
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UN Declaration on Cities
UN releases “Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium.”