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Ivanova, Maria

The untold story of the world's leading environmental institution : UNEP at fifty / Maria Ivanova ; foreword by John W. McDonald - li, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. - One planet .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

UNEP : the past and potential of a global environmental institution --
Deliberate design : form, function, finances, and location --
Delivering on an evolving mandate : reconciling normative and operational expectations --
Addressing environmental problems : successes and challenges --
Place matters : impacts of location on capacity and connectivity --
Executive leadership : the individual and the institution --
The UNEP we need : potential for transformation.

"A revisionist history of UNEP that recounts previously untold stories, corrects misperceptions, and reveals the life within what is often considered a lifeless bureaucracy"--

ISBN: 9780262542104 (paperback)

LCCN: 2020015014

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United Nations Environment Programme--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Environmental protection--International cooperation--History.

LC Class. No.: TD169 / .I86 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 363.7056 IVA / 016419