Global Environmental Governance

ISLAND PRESSISBN: 9781597260817

Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies

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By James Gustave Speth, Peter Haas
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Preface
 
Chapter 1. Introduction: Toward Planetary Stewardship
-Stewardship Assignments: A Thought Experiment
-The Real World: Only One Earth 
 
Chapter 2. Global-Scale Environmental Challenges
-The Globalization of Environmental Threats
-Ten Major Global Environmental Challenges
            Acid Rain and Regional Air Pollution
            Ozone Depletion
            Climate Disruption
            Deforestation
            Land Degredation and desertification
            Freshwater Degradation and Shortages
            Marine Fisheries Decline
            Toxic Pollutants
            Loss of Biological Diversity
            Excess Nitrogen
-Some Connections among the Issues
-Underlying Drivers of Deterioration
 
Chapter 3. From Stockholm to Johannesburg: First Attempt at Global Environmental Governance
-The Stockholm Conference: Setting Out
-Stockholm to Rio: Across New Frontiers
-The Earth Summit: A peak on the Journey
-Rio to Johannesburg: A Zigzag Trail
-The Johannesburg Summit: Too Steep an Incline
-Concluding Observations
 
Chapter 4. Environmental Accord: Treaties and International Environmental Law
-International Law and Collective Action: The Basics
-The Ozone Layer Protection Regime: The Little Engine That Could
            Problem Identification, Fact Finding, and Agenda Setting
            Negotiation, Bargaining, and Agreement on Actions to Be Taken
            Formal Adoption
            Implementation, Monitoring, Assessment, and Strengthening
-Treaty Regimes and Other Major Global Environmental Threats
-Will Climate Protection be the Next Success?
 
Chapter 5. Key Actors, Expanding Roles: The United Nations, International Organizations, and Civil Society
-The United Nations System
-Development Assistance and the Environment
-The World Trade Organization, Environment, Trade, and Globalization
-Civil Society and Governance without Governments
 
Chapter 6. Paths to the Future: A Second Attempt at Global Environmental Governance?
-Reformist Visions: How to Make the System Work Better
            Cooperative Environment
            Capacity
            Concern
-Reformist Visions: Major Innovations
            A world Environment Organization
            Opening the System to the Public
            Global Issue Networks
-Alternative Visions: How to Change the System
            Addressing the Underlying Drivers: Beyond Dealing with Symptoms
            Natural Capitalism: Beyond Blinkered Capitalism

Reviews



""With its concise but very thorough treatment of the inherently complex topic of global governance, whether focused on environmental or other issues, this first in the series sets a high bar for the ensuing books...Summing up: Recommended.""


' E.J. Kormondy, CHOICE




""Global Environmental Governance serves as an essential primer on the formation of international environmental law and policy...A wonderfully informative account by two of the most respected experts in the field, Global Environmental Governance is not to be missed for anyone looking toward the future of environmental law.""


' Rosaleen O'Gara, InBrief

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