An encyclopaedia-style A-Z of environment and development, this book is written at a popular level with entries on projects, institutions, leading individuals, important national agreements and scientific developments. It lists all global organizations and includes a "Who"s Who" of which nations are members of which regional and international groupings. The 800 headwords reflect a range of subjects from acid rain and armaments spending, through the Decade of Women, food irradiation, Keynes, Live Aid and remote sensing to yellow fever and the World Bank. The author also wrote "The State of the Earth Atlas" and the "Gaia Peace Atlas".