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The Global Possible: Resources, Development, and the New Century. The Statement and Action Agenda of an International Conference (Washington, D.C., May 2-5, 1984).
World Resources Inst., Washington, DC. – 1984
The relationships between earth's resources and the human future and the challenges of maintaining a sustainable environment were probed at an international conference sponsored by the World Resources Institute. A synthesis of the conference's reports, perspectives, and plans for action are presented in this document. The position supported by the…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Ecology, Energy
Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change. Proceedings of a Joint Symposium by the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate and the Committee on Global Change, National Research Council (Washington, D.C., March 23, 1988).
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National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1990
The motivation for the organization of this symposium was the accumulation of evidence from many sources, both short- and long-term, that the global climate is in a state of change. Data which defy integrated explanation including temperature, ozone, methane, precipitation and other climate-related trends have presented troubling problems for…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Climate, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources
The United Nations and Energy Management. Conference on the United Nations of the Next Decade (15th, Woodstock, Vermont, June 15-20, 1980).
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Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA. – 1980
The conference described in this report convened to provide a forum for exchanging ideas and opinions on the role of the United Nations in global energy management. The conference was one in a series of international meetings (14 have been held to date) to consider how to increase the effectiveness of the United Nations during the 1980s. The…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Depleted Resources
International Environmental Monitoring: A Bellagio Conference, February 16-18, 1977 (Revised Publication).
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Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY. – 1977
The proceedings of a conference on international environmental monitoring is presented, along with a commentary, reports from activity groups, and appended tabular information. Major objectives of the 25 participants from international organizations, national governments, and research institutions were to review accomplishments in global and…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Case Studies, Conference Reports, Conservation (Environment)