Global Climate and Sustainable Development (Structure of Global Climate Change) VOL. 1 - Hardcover

About The Author:- Sujata K. Dass was born in a family of bureaucrats and social workers on July 19, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan. She joined Queens College of the City University of the New York for B.S. degree. She joined King George Medical College, Lucknow and completed her MBBS in 1988-89 and thereafter, completed her Ph.D in Medicine. She was Clinical Observer/Visiting Fellow in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Research Institute (Memorial Hospital) of Cornell University, New York during 1991-92. Dr. Sujata was a Research Fellow at The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Medical College of Cornell University. She was appointed Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Chair Professor at the young age of 36 years. She is a Visiting Faculty/Fellow at Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi since 1997 and currently working as Research Scientist in the Department of Medicine, V.P. Chest Institute , University of Delhi. She is an eminent scientist and is recipient of DST Young Scientist Award and Award of Highest Honour of the Soka University, Japan. She has published several research papers in international journals of repute and has authored a book on ‘Food and Nutrition: Concepts and Measurements’. Contents:- CONTENTS:- # Preface vii: 1. Sustainable use of Natural Resources 1: GEF and Land-based Sources of Pollution; Sewage: Management; GPA Clearing-House Mechanis; UNEP: Regional Seas Programme.: 2. ISO 14000 and Sustainable Development 40: Sustainable Development; Voluntary Standards.: 3. Consequences of Climate Variability 76: Impacts of Climate Changes; Human Health and: Climate Change; Persistent Toxic Substances - PTS.: 4. Impact of Biodiversity in Human Health 126: Biodiversity Preservation; Life-fulfilling Functions;: Factors Affecting Ecosystem Services; Ecosystem: Disturbance; Biodiversity and Food Production