global environmental challenges
Soil carbon research and global environmental challenges
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The role of soil organic carbon (SOC) in maintaining soil conditions and its resulting services is well established. Currently, over 1,000 articles per year are being published in peer- reviewed journals, and increasing at about 10% per year. It was not until the 1980s when the
A global perspective on the environmental challenges facing the automotive industry: state-of-the-art and directions for the future
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With support from the US National Science Foundation and Department of Energy, a global benchmarking study of the status of Environmentally Benign Manufacturing (EBM) has recently been completed. The study , completed under the aegis of the World Technology
Global environmental challenges and railway transport
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Over the last two decades, a consensus of scientific opinion has developed which suggests that the waste products produced by the activities of mankind have begun to adversely affect the dynamic equilibrium of our planets climate. Growth in the levels of economic activity
Global environmental change and childrens health: understanding the challenges and finding solutions
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Of the more than 80,000 manmade chemicals developed since World War II,❖ up to 75% have received little or no toxicity testing.❖ Of these, approximately 15,000 are produced in amounts in excess of 10,000 pounds annually.❖ Approximately 2800, termed high
Urbanisation and global environmental change: new intergenerational challenges
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The recent Stern Review Report into climate change has focused attention on the economics of Global Environmental Change (GEC), producing arguably the most authoritative review to date. The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel
Coastal aquifers: Scientific advances in the face of global environmental challenges
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11 Coastal aquifers embody the subsurface transition between terrestrial and marine systems, and form 12 the almost invisible pathway for tremendous volumes of freshwater that flow to the ocean. Changing 13 conditions of the earths landscapes and oceans can
Global environmental change and food systems in Southern Africa: The dynamic challenges facing regional policy
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There is a growing concern that Global environmental change (GEC) will exacerbate the stress on Southern African food systems leading to increasing food insecurity, which is signified by rising levels of chronic and severe malnutrition and rates of stunting in children
Migration and global environmental change: future challenges and opportunities
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This report challenges the widely held view that future environmental change, if left unchecked, will lead to the migration of many millions of people, by 2060, away from affected areas. In contrast, it suggests that the situation could be very different in some
Environmental health organizing in a globalizing world: the emergence of a global anti-toxics movement and its political, legal and economic challenges
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This chapter begins by arguing that although the chemical industry has been international since its birth, the last half of the 20th century saw an unprecedented spread of toxic chemicals around the world. The next section examines evidence that just as economic This book is the outcome of the conference Global Environmental Change: Challenges to Science and Society in Southeastern Europe organized by the Scientific Coordination Center for Global Change (SCCGC) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences jointly with the
Hazards of environmental pollution: a global environmental challenges and way forward
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The level pollution in our environment in the last twenty years has been a source of concern which needs a serious and tactical approach, if not our environmental health status will be in jeopardy. These media were; Air, land, water and noise. The pollutant when injected into the
Beyond the Global Village. Environmental Challenges inspiring Global Citizenship
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The cover page shows a photo, taken by Christian Pietsch, of a stack in an abandoned mine at the so-called Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany.Zeche Zollvereinwas known for its inhumane working conditions. It is located in the Ruhr District, an industrial area that used to
Coping with global environmental change, disasters and security: threats, challenges , vulnerabilities and risks
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Cover illustration: photo of a tree in the , of planting in the Sahara at El Oued in Algeria by Pascal Meunier (France) and of children in Rwanda coping with water scarcity by who supplied
The Mediterranean Response to Global Challenges :: Environmental Governance and the Barcelona Convention System
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The Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean, and its seven Protocols, known as the Barcelona Convention system (BCS), 1 constitute a highly complex system of conventional environmental
International Approaches to Global Environmental Challenges
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We remain without a high degree of political consensus on a number of the great environmental challenges of the day, despite the scientific consensus on many key environmental threats. In some cases, even where political consensus exists, we remain
to professionalism: Social accountability and global environmental change Challenges to professionalism: Social accountability and global environmental
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This article explores the concept of professionalism as it relates to social change and social accountability, and expands on them in the light of global environmental changes. Professionalism in medicine includes concepts of altruism, service, professional knowledge
Challenges to professionalism: Social accountability and global environmental change
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This article explores the concept of professionalism as it relates to social change and social accountability, and expands on them in the light of global environmental changes. Professionalism in medicine includes concepts of altruism, service, professional knowledge
The power of framing and response to global environmental challenges : the case of climate change
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Ever since the international community has recognized the severe impacts of environmental degradation on both natural resources and human health, a myriad of approaches have been attempted to tackle the impending challenges . Whereas governments, policy makers
The Prototyping of Human-centered Design Engineering Curricula to Ad-dress Global Environmental Challenges
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Fawwaz Habbal has served as the Executive Dean for the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) from 2007 to present. He is also a Senior Lecturer in Applied Physics at SEAS. Prior to Harvard, he held the position as Corporate Vice President