Jump to:Global Environmental Diplomacy [Paperback]Negotiating Environmental Agreements for the World, 1973-1992by Mostafa Kamal Tolba and Iwona Rummel-Bulska and Mario J. Molina (Foreword by)
Usually ships within 2 to 4 working days Description of Global Environmental DiplomacyTolba tells the story of the negotiations that led to a number of landmark agreements, such as the Vienna Convention on Ozone and its Montreal Protocol, the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes, and the Biodiversity Convention.As Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 1976 to 1992, Mostafa K. Tolba had as much insight into, and influence on, the development of international environmental policy as anyone. In this book, he tells the story of the negotiations that led to a number of landmark agreements, including the Vienna Convention on Ozone and its Montreal Protocol, the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes, and the Biodiversity Convention. The book chronicles the contributions of an important and charismatic figure who played a pivotal role during the first phase of global environmental diplomacy.Tolba concentrates on the context in which governments conclude that particular issues are ripe for binding international cooperation and on the factors that influence them during negotiations - science, the media, nongovernmental organizations, politicians, business and industry, and the public, among others."As a memoir of a new kind of diplomacy for a new kind of world, [Global Environmental Diplomacy] is destined to become an important historical document." - Fred Pearce, THES (Times Higher Education Supplement) "Should not be missed by students of foreign affairs, international lawyers, budding diplomats, or serious environmentalists." - Arthur H. Westing, Environment" Title Information
Write a review of this book Customer Reviews from AmazonAbout Mostafa Kamal Tolba and Iwona Rummel-Bulska and Mario J. Molina (Foreword by)Mostafa K. Tolba is Professor of Biology at Cairo University and President of the International Center for Environment and Development, Cairo. Iwona Rummel-Bulska is Principal Legal Officer and Chief, Environmental Law Branch, Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). She worked closely with Professor Tolba during the negotiations of the major agreements discussed in this book. |
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