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Agenda 21 - Chapter 17
Protection of the Oceans, All Kinds of Seas, including Enclosed and Semi-enclosed Seas, and Coastal Areas and the Protection, Rational Use and Development of their Living Resources
The marine environment - including the oceans and all seas and adjacent coastal areas - forms an integrated whole that is an essential component of the global life-support system and a positive asset that presents opportunities for sustainable development. International law, as reflected in the provisions of the United Nations Convention on …
Agenda Ya Wananchi: Citizens Action Plan for the 1990s
This document was adopted at " Roots of the Future: A Global NGO Conference in relation to the 1992 Earth Summit " , Paris. 17 to 20 December 1991 where more than 1200 people from 150 countries participated. Agenda Ya Wananchi is a document which aimed to initiate a global process in which …
Aid and Security After the Tsunami
In this speech by Mr Bruce Davis, Director General, AusAID, delivered at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute on Thursday 27 October 2005, he says that " the conventional concept of ' security ' cannot be viewed in isolation. It is tightly linked to other variables including standards of governance and public financial management …
An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States
The purpose of this report is to imagine the unthinkable, push the boundaries of current research on climate change so we may better understand the potential implications on United States national security. We have interviewed leading climate change scientists, conducted additional research, and reviewed several iterations of the scenario with …
An Institutional Architecture for Climate Change
Climate change presents us with a massive, unprecedented and multi-faceted challenge. It can be seen as a profound market failure resulting from misaligned incentives; as a behaviour problem, requiring marked shifts in the choices of millions of organisations and billions of people; as the stimulus for an epochal shift in …
An outline of trade flows of legally and illegally extracted natural resources from fragile states: The case of coltan in the Kivus, DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a good example of the ‘paradox of plenty’ theory according to which countries and regions with an abundance of natural resources, especially non-renewable resources such as minerals and fuels, tend to have less economic growth and worse development outcomes than countries with fewer …
An overview of glaciers, glacier retreat, and subsequent impacts in Nepal, India and China
The WWF report " An Overview of Glaciers, Glacier Retreat and Subsequent Impacts in Nepal, India and China " exposes the rate of retreat of Himalayan glaciers accelerating as global warming increases. The report states that glaciers in the region are now receding at an average rate of 10-15 meters per year …
An Uncertain Future: Law Enforcement, National Security and Climate Change
Climate change will have serious environmental, socio-economic and security consequences for both developed and developing nations alike. This report explores these consequences and demonstrates that they will present new challenges to governments trying to maintain domestic stability. Those agencies tasked with protecting and sustaining national security will need to adapt …
An uncommon peace: environment, development, and the global security agenda
In 1988, nuclear war was undoubtedly the gravest threat facing the environment, according to Our Common Future, commonly known as the Brundtland report.1 The possible environmental consequences of thermonuclear war radioactive contamination, nuclear winter, and genetic mutations were widely feared during the Cold War, especially by citizens of the …
Analysis and Design of Household Rainwater Catchment Systems for Rural Rwanda
The present study focuses on designing low-cost household rainwater catchment systems to improve the quantity and quality of water available and therefore achieve higher standards of living for the Bisate village, Musanze District, Rwanda. Given the climatic and geographic characteristics of Bisate, rainwater harvesting represents one of the most appropriate …