Announcements
Announcements
The fourth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4) is the most comprehensive UN report on the environment. It assesses the current state of the world’s atmosphere, biodiversity, land, and water, describes the changes that have occurred since 1987, and identifies priorities for action. Nine SEI experts contributed to the development of the report between 2005 and 2007.
Focusing on the human dimensions of change, Chapter 7 of GEO-4 defines several “archetypes of vulnerability” and uses them to identify opportunities for tackling vulnerability and increasing human wellbeing while protecting the environment. Very different patterns of vulnerability are found in different regions of the world – in industrialised and developing countries, and urban and rural areas.
The archetype approach allows policymakers to place their particular situations within a broader context, encouraging connections to be made between regional and global issues and facilitating possible solutions.
Project / The Global Ageing and Climate Change Regional Dialogues explore policies, practices, and challenges around climate justice in an ageing world.
Journal article / This article focuses on the state practice of Caribbean SIDS regarding the consent regime for marine scientific research under UNCLOS.
Journal article / Researchers developed an enhanced methodology to estimate future health burdens from air pollution. The new estimates improved strikingly upon previous metrics.
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