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Our Common Future (Oxford Paperbacks)
World Commission On Environment And Development
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Description for Our Common Future (Oxford Paperbacks)
Paperback. The Commission was created by the UN in 1983 to formulate new proposals to deal with the important issues of environmental development facing the world. The Commission's findings are presented in this book. Num Pages: 416 pages, tables. BIC Classification: KCC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Most of today's decision makers will be dead before the planet suffers the full consequences of acid rain, global warning, ozone depletion, widespread desertification, and species loss. Most of today's young voters, however, will be alive. In this, perhaps the most important document of the decade on the future of the world, the urgency of changing certain policy decisions, some of which threaten the very survival of the human race, is made abundantly clear. The World Commission on Environment and Development, headed by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway, was set up as an independent body in ... Read more
Most of today's decision makers will be dead before the planet suffers the full consequences of acid rain, global warning, ozone depletion, widespread desertification, and species loss. Most of today's young voters, however, will be alive. In this, perhaps the most important document of the decade on the future of the world, the urgency of changing certain policy decisions, some of which threaten the very survival of the human race, is made abundantly clear. The World Commission on Environment and Development, headed by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway, was set up as an independent body in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford Paperbacks
Number of pages
398
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192820808
SKU
V9780192820808
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Ref
99-13
Reviews for Our Common Future (Oxford Paperbacks)
`a remarkably comprehensive guide to environmental concerns around the world. The book is a compact educator.' Garbage `The ... volume is one of thorough analysis and passionate argument...it contains much lively challenge.' Reconciliation Quarterly `a bold and important document. What is more, unlike so many prestigious predecessors of this genre, it is highly readable ...Our Common Future should underpin ... Read more