Global environmental risk

By Roger E. Kasperson, Jeanne X. Kasperson

Subjects: Earth & Environmental Sciences, Green Business, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, Global environmental change, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, RISK ASSESSMENT, Environmental risk assessment, Risikoanalyse, Environnement, NATURE, Räumliche Verteilung, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Évaluation du risque, Environmental Economics, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources, Umweltpolitik, Changement global (Environnement), Umweltgefährdung, Risikoverhalten

Description: Despite international initiatives such as the Earth Summit in 1992 and ongoing efforts to implement the Kyoto Protocol, human activities continue to register a destructive toll on the planetary environment. At root, research on global environmental risk seeks new pathways for reversing unsustainable trends, curtailing ongoing destructive activities, and creating a life-sustaining planet. This book takes stock of the distinctive challenges posed by global environmental risks, the capacity of knowledge systems to identify and characterize such risks, and the competence of human society to manage.