Deep words, shallow words: An initial analysis of water discourse in 40 years of UN declarations
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 13:31
in Earth & Climate
UN University's Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health today published a study of the changing language related to water in high-level declarations from eleven UN conferences on water and the environment over the past forty years. Both deepening and shallowing of key terms were evident throughout the documents and the report suggests effective strategies for highlighting and strengthening key concepts.
