作者: Roger E. Kasperson , Jeanne X. Kasperson
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关键词: Competence (human resources) 、 Environmental impact assessment 、 Sustainability 、 Environmental degradation 、 Earth Summit 、 Social learning 、 Kyoto Protocol 、 Toll 、 Environmental planning 、 Environmental science
摘要: Despite international initiatives such as the Earth Summit in 1992 and ongoing efforts to implement Kyoto Protocol, human activities continue register a destructive toll on planetary environment. At root, research global environmental risk seeks new pathways for reversing unsustainable trends, curtailing activities, creating life-sustaining planet. This book takes stock of distinctive challenges posed by risks, capacity knowledge systems identify characterize competence society manage unprecedented complexity. Particular attention trains engaging, ways conducive enhancing social learning adaptation, large uncertainties inherent these risks.