Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11981
CLIMATE: THE NEGLECTED FACTOR?
In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Band 36, Heft 2, S. 371-387
ISSN: 0020-7020
THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT CLIMATE IS ONE OF THE MAJOR DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WORLD FOOD SYSTEM DEPENDS HEAVILY ON CLIMATIC STABILITY. YET WE NEGLECT CLIMATE. THE INITIATIVES OF THE 1970'S, CULMINATING IN THE WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE, FEB. 1979, IN GENEVA, TO CREATE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS OF CLIMATE AS AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FACTOR, SET A PATTERN FOR EMULATION.
