THE STATE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ACTIVITY OF THE UN (Stan srodowiska naturalnego oraz dzialania ONZ na rzecz jego ochrony)

• Authors: Sakson Anna
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Protection of the natural environment is one of the fundamental problems of the contemporary world. The major threats of the 21st century include global warming, water pollution and decreasing water resources, deforestation and loss of biological diversity. Many international organizations engage in counteracting the effects of those threats and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) plays and important role in this respect. The organization is an agenda of the UN, founded in 1972 to monitor the state of the natural environment worldwide and to identify problems that require international cooperation. Furthermore, it assists in the codification of the international law for natural environment conservation and recommends implementation of national environmental policies by governments in various countries. The article also presents the genesis and structure of the organization and the range of its activities. Special emphasis is placed on the role of the UNEP as administrator of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change. This is followed by a discussion of the results of the 14th Conference of Parties to the Convention that took place in Poznan from 1 to 12 December 2008.

Keywords

EN

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; UNEP

Discipline

• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Instytut Zachodni. Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 1(330)
• Pages: 117-146
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sakson Anna

• Anna Sakson, Instytut Zachodni, Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy, ul. Mostowa 27, 61-854 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA066110