TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sanwal,Mukul
TI  - The world's search for sustainable development: a perspective from the global south 
SN  - 9781316402962 (ebook)
AV  - HC79.E5 S26625 2015
U1  - 338.9/27 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Climatic changes
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Jan 2016)
N2  - This text traces the evolution of sustainable development and climate change from the time it emerged in international consultations and agreements. The three sections of the book, focusing on the framework, climate change and sustainable development, seek to cover the essentials of the politics of natural resource usage at the global level. The book explores the evolution of sustainable development and climate change within the framework of the United Nations, and the way the concept has been defined through intergovernmental meetings, agreements and consensus within the multilateral system. It also explores the best ways of reducing the risk to the planet while enabling societies to pursue sustainable development paths. The challenges call for a transformation of social systems to facilitate a broadly acceptable change. The book also explores the adoption of low-carbon models different from the high-carbon socio-technical systems and related social practices
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316402962
ER  -