Making Peace with the Earth (Paperback)

Jerome Binde

ISBN 10: 1845454987 / ISBN 13: 9781845454982

Published by Berghahn Books, Oxford, 2007

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Paperback. The current world situation is fraught with potential future conflicts and calls for global responses. The point needs to be made yet again that sustainable development concerns us all and is a vital prerequisite for effectively combating poverty, since it is the poorest individuals that are most affected by drought and other natural catastrophes looming over the planet. Today, though, we understand that our war on nature is a world warAs part of the current reform of the United Nations system, a wide-ranging debate has now begun concerning the governance of the environment at a world-wide level and the need for better coordination of everybodys efforts. [from the Preface] Unesco is actively involved in the debate as reflected in this volume that outlines some of the fundamental themes outlined here by prominent thinkers and offered as a forum for discussion. The current world situation is fraught with potential future conflicts and calls for global responses. This title makes the point that sustainable development concerns us all and is a vital prerequisite for combating poverty, since it is the poorest individuals that are most affected by drought and other natural catastrophes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Peace with the Earth (Paperback)
• Publisher: Berghahn Books, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845454987
• ISBN 13: 9781845454982
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The current world situation is fraught with potential future conflicts and calls for global responses. The point needs to be made yet again that sustainable development concerns us all and is a vital prerequisite for effectively combating poverty, since it is the poorest individuals that are most affected by drought and other natural catastrophes looming over the planet. Today, though, we understand that our war on nature is a world war…As part of the current reform of the United Nations system, a wide-ranging debate has now begun concerning the governance of the environment at a world-wide level and the need for better coordination of everybody’s efforts. [from the Preface] Unesco is actively involved in the debate as reflected in this volume that outlines some of the fundamental themes outlined here by prominent thinkers and offered as a forum for discussion.

About the Author

Jérôme Bindé is Director of the Office of Foresight at UNESCO and produces the series of the ‘Twenty-first Century Talks’. He is the editor of its first two anthologies Keys to the 21st Century (2000) and The Future of Values (2004). He is also principal co-author of the World Foresight Report The World Ahead: Our Future in the Making (2001), and director of the UNESCO World Report Towards Knowledge Societies (2005).