A historical review on the roles of science and politics in addressing global environmental issues

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A historical review on the roles of science and politics in addressing global environmental issues

Peter USHER^1,3, Qian YE^1,2(

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1. International Center for Coastal Urban Affairs, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China; 2. Consortium for Capacity Building, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; 3. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi 00100, Kenya

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Abstract

Based on a historical review of the so-called Ozone crisis in the late 1970s and global climate changes since the 1980s, this paper examines the role of sciences and policies in the international community in dealing with the global environmental issues. Lessons show that a multi-discipline, multi-organizational and multi-national UN agency which remains relevant, assisting rather than guiding the process of climate negotiations is important.

Keywords global environmental change policy multi-disciplinary sciences

Corresponding Author(s): YE Qian,Email:qianye@yahoo.com

Issue Date: 05 March 2009

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Qian YE,Peter USHER. A historical review on the roles of science and politics in addressing global environmental issues[J]. Front Earth Sci Chin, 0, (): 57-62.

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