Format:
1 online resource (188 pages)
ISBN:
9783030242541
Series Statement:
The Latin American Studies Book Ser.
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 The Global Environment Facility and Latin American Countries -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The GEF: General Profile -- 3 Current Governance -- 4 Budget -- 5 Environmental Discourse -- 5.1 Global Commons and Planet Boundaries -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 2 Challenges of Latin America in the Global Environmental Geopolitics of the Twenty-First Century -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Latin America in the Geopolitics of the First Half of the Twenty-First Century -- 3 Latin America in the Face of the Growing Tension Between China and the USA -- 4 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3 Dilemmas of South American Natural Resources. The Case of South American Transboundary Basins and Integration -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concerns About Impacts on the Environment -- 3 Tensions/Conflicts Between the Actors Involved -- 4 Development of New Mechanisms (and the Deepening of Existing Ones) that Allow Comprehensive Management of the Subject -- 5 Basins Considered in the Analysis -- 5.1 Amazon River Basin -- 5.2 Cuenca del Plata -- 5.3 Madeira River Basin -- 5.4 Guarani Aquifer -- 6 Balance -- References -- 4 Scientific Knowledge Regarding Natural Resources in Latin America: Conditioning Factors and Strategic Challenges for the Region -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evidence in Literature -- 3 Discussion -- 3.1 International Collaborations -- 3.2 Language Barrier -- 3.3 Conflicting Priorities Between Local and Foreign Scientific Agendas -- 3.4 Gender: Visibility, Participation and Equal Opportunities -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Identity-Based Cooperation in the Multilateral Negotiations on Climate Change: The Group of 77 and China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Identity and Constructivist Approach -- 3 The G77 and China as Identity Representation of the South Climate Cooperation.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030242534
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Latin America in times of global environmental change Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2020 ISBN 9783030242534
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
