Living in the Environment 18th Edition by Tyler Miller,Scott Spoolman

Exercise 21

What is the key concept for this section Explain the importance of environmental security, relative to economic and national security. List three examples of international environmental organizations and five ways in which they have played environmental policy making roles. Summarize the stories of the UNCED and Rio + 20. What is Agenda 21 List two examples of successes and two examples of failures from international efforts to deal with global environmental problems. What are conventions and multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and what are three problems that have arisen with MEAs Describe roles that corporations can play in helping to achieve environmental sustainability, and give an example of such an effort.