Our Common Future
$57.14
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
27 April 1987
Summary
Most of today’s decision makers will be dead before the planet suffers the full consequences of acid rain, global warning, ozone depletion, widespread desertification, and species loss. Most of today’s young voters, however, will be alive. In this, perhaps the most important document of the decade on the future of the world, the urgency of changing certain policy decisions, some of which threaten the very survival of the human race, is madeabundantly clear. The World Commission on Environm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192820808 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 019282080X |
| Author: | World Commission on Environment and Development, World Commission on Environment |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 1987 |
| Weight: | 439g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Oxford Paperbacks |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘The … volume is one of thorough analysis and passionate argument…it contains much lively challenge.‘Reconciliation Quarterly
a remarkably comprehensive guide to environmental concerns around the world. The book is a compact educator.'GarbageThe … volume is one of thorough analysis and passionate argument…it contains much lively challenge.‘Reconciliation Quarterly`a bold and important document. What is more, unlike so many prestigious predecessors of this genre, it is highly readable …Our Common Future should underpin all the current deliberations on the state of the world economy.’ Jonathon Porritt, The Diplomat’The volume is one of thorough analysis and passionate argument … it contains much lively challenge … essentially a specialist study which usefully avoids the exaggerations of ideology which have often bedevilled the whole debate on aid.“Essential reading for courses on development.‘P.J. O’Brien, University of Glasgow’The most important document of the decade on the future of the world.‘The Advertiser, Australia
About The Author
World Commission on Environment and Development
The Brundtland Commission - formally the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), known by the name of its Chair Gro Harlem Brundtland, was convened by the United Nations in response to the 1983 General Assembly Resolution A/38/161 - “Process of preparation of the EnvironmentalPerspective to the Year 2000 and Beyond” welcoming the establishment of such a Commission.
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