STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has published a special issue of its journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. The issue publishes papers on the topics of several policy briefs that are on the agenda of the annual United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development: energy, food and water security, green economy, health and well-being. The publication of the special issue ties in with the Planet under Pressure Conference, where each of the policy briefs will be presented and discussed.
A key feature of these policy briefs is the need for an interconnected approach to addressing global environmental and sustainability challenges. Papers published in the special issue of Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability provide a rigorous scientific basis for the policy briefs and are well-supported by references to the multidisciplinary scientific literature. The issue additionally includes a series of papers describing major developments and findings of various international global change programmes, thus providing key knowledge and backing for topics discussed at the Planet under Pressure Conference.
At the Planet under Pressure Conference significant findings from various research programmes will be presented to scientists, world leaders, policy makers, journalists and the general public, who are all also expected to participate in the key UN-event RIO+20, to be held from June 20-22 in Rio de Janeiro.
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability’s special issue is Volume 4, Issue 1 – selected pp. 1-158 - February 2012 and is now available online for free on SciVerse ScienceDirect.
