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Un Chronicle: to Protect Succeeding Generations - Special Climate Change Issue

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
United Nations Staff, Corporate Author.
Series:
Un Chronicle Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Global warming.
Sustainable development.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (99 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] United Nations Publications 2009
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The UN Chronicle's special issue on climate change addresses various global challenges and responses related to environmental shifts. It explores topics such as rising sea levels affecting small islands, the rights of indigenous peoples, climate migration, health implications, and the role of women in climate security. Contributors include acclaimed novelists and experts who provide insights into the socio-economic impacts of climate change and potential solutions. The publication aims to raise awareness and foster dialogue on sustainable development and environmental resilience, targeting policymakers, educators, and the general public. Generated by AI.
Contents:
Table of contents
Climate change and our common future
Small Islands, rising seas
A hypothesis of hope for the developing world
Livelihoods in peril indigenous peoples and their rights
Will there be climate migrants en masse?
Will climate change impact the right to health & development?
Is Africa ready?
Freshwater in Latin America and the Caribbean
A future for itself
HIV / AIDS and climate change a pattern of response
Beyond carbon markets
Human security, climate change and women
In the shadow of climate change
The ecology of recycling
A student’s wake-up call
Greening the workforce
Financial innovations and carbon markets
Biotechnology — a solution to hunger?
Global warming and surging glaciers
Tracking climate change from space
Unlayering of the ozone
Chronicle library shelf
The true costs of conventional energy
Oil in a low-carbon economy
Bare sanctuaries Generated by AI.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9789210555302
9210555309
OCLC:
1409697330

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