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Climate Change
L'impératif de résilience pour la planète
Outre la menace continue qui pèse sur la santé publique mondiale, les spectres des crises climatiques et de la biodiversité planent au-dessus de nos têtes.
Johan Rockström
Researcher on global sustainability and freshwater resources. Fifteen years' experience in applied research on water and agricultural development in Africa. Executive Director: Stockholm Resilience Centre; Stockholm Environment Institute. Professor of Natural Resource Management, Stockholm University. Co-Chair, international transition process to develop a new global initiative on Earth system research for global sustainability, co-designed by a new alliance for science (made up of the International Council for Science and others), business, Belmont Forum and UN agencies. Recipient of award: Swede of the year (2009) for work on communicating climate science to decision-makers.
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Climate Change
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Climate Change
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Environment and Natural Resource Security
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Technological Transformation
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Environment and Natural Resource Security
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Environment and Natural Resource Security
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Environment and Natural Resource Security
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The Ocean
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Environment and Natural Resource Security