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Taylor and Francis Ltd Heroes of Environmental Diplomacy 1st Edition 2022 Softbound by Dodds, Felix
tells the stories, some for the first time, of eleven individuals who made heroic contributions to protecting our planet through groundbreaking international treaties investigates who was involved, how different personalities impacted the negotiations, what the state of play was and highlights the pivotal make or break moments the range of heroic individuals examined includes Luc Hoffmann, Mostafa Tolba, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Raul Oyuela Estrada, Barack Obama and Paula Caballeropresents uplifting and gripping narrativean invaluable resource for students, scholars, activists and professionals who are seeking to understand how consensus is reached in these global meetings and how individuals can have a genuine impact on preserving our planet and reinforcing the positive message that global cooperation can actually work 1. Protecting Our Habitats: The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - Luc Hoffman 2. Safeguarding Our Oceans: The IWC Whaling Moratorium - Sydney Holt 3. Protecting the Ozone Layer: The Montreal Protocol - Mostafa Tolba 4. The Rio Earth Summit 1992 and Rio+20 - Maurice Strong (1992) and Maria Luiza Viotti (2012) 5. Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accords - Raul Oyuela Estrada, President Obama and Christiana Figueres 6. Convention on Biological Diversity-Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Juan Mayr 7. Chemicals and Hazardous Waste: The Minamata Convention on Mercury - Franz Perrez 8. Sustainable Development Goals - Paula Caballero 9. Conclusion