UN Millennium Development Library: Environment and Human Well-being: A Practical Strategy

ISBN-13: 9781138471825 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 162 str.

Un Millennium Project

Opis

A report that lays out the recommendations of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Environmental Sustainability. It identifies key environmental challenges, such as degradation of land, watersheds and marine fisheries, deforestation, pollution, and climate change.

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Foreword -- Task force members -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Millennium Development Goals -- Ten key recommendations -- Executive summary -- Part 1 The problem -- 1 Call for operationalizing environmental sustainability Environment and human well-being -- Links to other Millennium Development Goals -- Other links -- 2 Driving environmental change -- Direct drivers of environmental change -- Indirect drivers of environmental change -- Controlling the drivers of environmental change -- Key elements of environmental change -- Regional diagnosis of environmental conditions -- 3 Why has environmental sustainability been elusive? Lack of clear operational objectives -- Insufficient direct investment in environmental management -- Poor integration into sector policies -- Inadequate institutional capacity, misalignment of goals, and poor governance -- Widespread market failures and distortions -- Underinvestment in science and technology -- Difficulty of regional and international cooperation -- Limited public awareness -- Part 2 The solution -- 4 Investing in environmental management -- Element 1: agricultural production systems -- Element 2: forests -- Element 3: freshwater resources and ecosystems -- Element 4: fisheries and marine ecosystems -- Element 5: air and water pollution -- Element 6: global climate change -- 5 Structural changes for environmental sustainability -- Strengthening institutions and governance -- Correcting market failures and distortions -- Improving access to and use of knowledge -- Mobilizing science and technology for sustainable development -- 6 Implementing strategies for environmental sustainability -- National implementation mechanisms -- Regional implementation mechanisms -- Global implementation mechanisms -- Notes -- References

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UN Millennium Project