The Role of Regional Organizations in the Context of Climate Change

The past two decades have seen a remarkable broadening of interest in global warming from a research concern on the part of a limited number of scientists to a political problem on a worldwide scale. The nature of this transformation would itself be a fruitful study for a mixed team of social scient...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Glantz, Michael H. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1994, 1994
Edition:1st ed. 1994
Series:Nato ASI Subseries I:, Global Environmental Change
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I: Executive Summary
  • I: Executive Summary
  • II: Summary of Discussion Sessions
  • II: Summary of Discussion Sessions
  • III: Discussion Papers
  • Background on the Climate Change Issue
  • The regionalization of climate-related environmental problems
  • The role of regional organizations in addressing climate change and other complex environment and development issues
  • The climate change issue: Scientific aspects
  • The climate change issue: Policy aspects
  • Transnational regional responses to global climate change: Options, obstacles, opportunities
  • An environmental security dimension of global climate change
  • Water Resources
  • Climate change and water resources
  • Regional organizations and climate-related changes in the water regime
  • Climate change and international water problems: Issues related to the formation and transformation of regional organizations
  • Regional organization for water utilization in the Middle East
  • Transboundary water resources on the Iberian Peninsula
  • Marine Resources
  • Some aspects of regional cooperation in the marine sciences
  • The potential role of regional organizations related to the marine environment in the context of global climate change
  • Scarcity, property allocation, and climate change
  • Regional Organizations
  • The Organization of American States (OAS) and issues of environment and development
  • Regional organizations and environmental change: An East African example
  • The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and climate change
  • The roles of IGOs in international environmental management: Arena or actor
  • Role of regional organizations in the context of climate change
  • IV: Appendix
  • Biographical Statements of Participants
  • Item 4, Provisional Agenda, Working Group III
  • List of Participants
  • Suggested Bibliography
  • Glossary of Acronyms