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Author:
Ivanova, Maria (Maria H.), author.
Title:
The untold story of the world's leading environmental institution : UNEP at fifty / Maria Ivanova ; foreword by John W. McDonald.
Publisher:
The MIT Press,
Copyright Date:
2021]
Description:
li, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
United Nations Environment Programme--History.
United Nations Environment Programme.
Environmental protection--History.--History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General.
Environmental protection--International cooperation.
History.
Other Authors:
McDonald, John W., writer of foreword.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
UNEP : the past and potential of a global environmental institution -- Deliberate design : form, function, finances, and location -- Delivering on an evolving mandate : reconciling normative and operational expectations -- Addressing environmental problems : successes and challenges -- Place matters : impacts of location on capacity and connectivity -- Executive leadership : the individual and the institution -- The UNEP we need : potential for transformation.
Summary:
"A revisionist history of UNEP that recounts previously untold stories, corrects misperceptions, and reveals the life within what is often considered a lifeless bureaucracy"-- Provided by the publisher.
Series:
One planet
ISBN:
0262542102
9780262542104
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1198085865
LCCN:
2020015014
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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