all true. important to remember that acid rain was perhaps the most galvanizing issue at the time, and the swedes had a strong interst in that.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Firestone, Jeremy Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kristen, > > Did not attend. I believe that Sweden played a role in suggesting the > conference and thus it was host. Hans Blix of more recent fame as head of > the IEAE played a role on Sweden's behalf. Maurice Strong, from Canada was > the Secretary-General of the Conference. Lynton Caldwell's book on > International Environmental Policy is a great history of the the > Conference. Rio too, and others aspects of early international > environmental law and policy. > > Jeremy > > From: Kirsten Worm <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:53 AM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [gep-ed] Re: Lead countries behind the Stockhol conference > > Dear gep-eds, > > This year I am once more teaching global environmental politics at the > University of Copenhagen, Department of Political Science. > Inspite of reading several textbook on the Stockholm-Rio process including > the excellent 5th edition of Chasek, Downie and Brown: > Global Environmental Politics, one question remains: > > Who were the lead countries behind the Stockholm conference in 1972. > Chasek et al. mentions that the conference was supported by the US, > but was the US lead state? I wonder about that. > > Does anyone have an answer? > > Maybe someone out there with even more grey hair than mine even attended > the conference? > > Thank you in advance. > > Kirsten Worm, M.A.; Ph.D > University of Copenhagen > Department of Political Science > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- ********************** Dale Jamieson Director, Environmental Studies Program Director, Center for Bioethics Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, and Affiliated Professor of Law New York University 285 Mercer Street, 901 New York NY 10003-6653 Voice 212-998-5429 Fax 212-995-4157 http://philosophy.fas.nyu.edu/object/dalejamieson.html "Treat others better than you treat yourself until they screw you, then apologize to them.”--Mary Margaret O'Hara -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
