Leading experts of the WBGU (German Advisory Council on Global Change) and external scientists have completed the annual report Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions . Aimed at a broad readership it offers a comprehensive information on current environmental problems and discusses alternative solutions.

Leading experts of the WBGU (German Advisory Council on Global Change) and external scientists have completed the annual report Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions. Aimed at a broad readership it offers a comprehensive information on current environmental problems and discusses alternative solutions.

Summary.- Summary.- A Introduction.- A Introduction.- B Societal Conditions for Solving Global Environmental Problems.- 1 Environmental Awareness and Environmental Education.- 2 Exchange of Know-how and Technology Transfer.- 3 Institutions and Organizations.- 4 Growth and Distribution of the World's Population.- C International Conventions Aimed at Solving Global Environmental Problems.- 1 The Framework Convention on Climate Change - Berlin and its Aftermath.- 2 The Montreal Protocol -An Example for Successful Environmental Policy.- 3 The Convention on the Law of the Sea -Towards the Global Protection of the Seas.- 4 The Desertification Convention -A First Step Towards the Protection of Soils.- 5 The Biodiversity Convention - The Implementation Is Yet to Come.- 6 Protection of Forests: Protocol or Convention?.- 7 The GATT/WTO Regime - The Greening of World Trade.- D General Conclusions and Recommendations.- D General Conclusions and Recommendations.- E Annex: Notes on the Inverse Scenario in Section C 1.3.- E Annex: Notes on the Inverse Scenario in Section C 1.3.- F References.- F References.- G The Council.- G The Council.

At the first Conference of the Parties of the Climate Convention in Berlin in Spring 1995 it became evident once again: To counteract anthropogenic climate changes, individuals as well as societies have to change their way of thinking and behavior. This accounts for other areas of global environmental change as well. Global trends like soil degradation, loss of biological diversity, water scarcity and population growth show little or no sign of improvement. In fact, in most areas a rapid deterioration has taken place. In its latest Report the German Advisory Council on Global Change describes "Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions".