World in Transition: Ways Towards Global Environmental

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Outline of Contents

Summary 1

Introduction 13

Societal Conditions for Solving Global Environmental Problems 17

Environmental Awareness and Environmental Education 19

Exchange of Know-how and Technology Transfer 53

Institutions and Organizations 66

Growth and Distribution of the World’s Population 81

International Conventions Aimed at Solving Global Environmental

Problems 97

The Framework Convention on Climate Change – Berlin and its Aftermath 99

The Montreal Protocol – An Example for Successful Environmental

Policy 125

The Convention on the Law of the Sea – Towards the Global Protection of the

Seas 136

The Desertification Convention - A First Step Towards the Protection of

Soils 157

The Biodiversity Convention – The Implementation Is Yet to Come 164

Protection of Forests: Protocol or Convention? 178

The GATT/WTO Regime – The Greening of World Trade 184

General Conclusions and Recommendations 197

Annex: Notes on the Inverse Scenario in Section C 1.3 201

References 209

The Council 229

Index 233