Author : Frank Biermann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 14,98 MB
Release : 2009-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134031335
Provides a comparative study of the role of international organizations in environmental governance and features case studies on the World Bank; OECD; the UN Environment Programme and secretariats to environmental treaties; and hybrid organizations.
Author : Peter M. Haas
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780262082181
Can environmental institutions be effective at bringing about a healthier environment? How? Institutions for the Earth takes a close look at the factors influencing organized responses to seven international environmental problems - oil pollution from tankers, acid rain in Europe, stratospheric ozone depletion, pollution of the North Sea and Baltic, mismanagement of fisheries, overpopulation, and misuses of farm chemicals to determine the roles that environmental institutions have played in attempting to solve them. Through rigorous, systematic comparison, it reveals common patterns that can lead to improvements in the collective management of these problems and suggests ways in which international institutions can further the case of environmental protection.The contributors identify three major functions performed by effective international environmental institutions: building national capacity, improving the contractual environment, and elevating governmental concern. The international organizations analyzed within this framework include the United Nations Environment Program, the Intergovernmental Maritime Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, numerous fisheries commissions, the Commission for Europe, the Oslo and Paris Commissions, the Helsinki Commission, and the United Nations Fund for Population Assistance.
Author : Frank Biermann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 15,15 MB
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 135196142X
In recent years, the debate on the establishment of a new international agency on environmental protection - a 'World Environment Organization' - has gained substantial momentum. Several countries, including France and Germany, as well as a number of leading experts and senior international civil servants have openly supported the creation of such a new international organization. However, a number of critics have also taken the floor and brought forward important objections. This book presents a balanced selection of articles of the leading participants in this debate, including both major supporters and opponents of creating a World Environment Organization. The volume is especially relevant to students and scholars of international relations, environmental policy and international law, as well as to practitioners of diplomacy, international negotiations, and environmental policy making.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 13,15 MB
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309095409
With the growing number, complexity, and importance of environmental problems come demands to include a full range of intellectual disciplines and scholarly traditions to help define and eventually manage such problems more effectively. Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities is the result of a 2-year effort by 12 social and behavioral scientists, scholars, and practitioners. The report sets research priorities for the social and behavioral sciences as they relate to several different kinds of environmental problems.
Author : Niko Urho
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 30,5 MB
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9289360801
A plethora of environmental problems are ravaging the planet and its inhabitants. How well do existing structures convene governments to address these challenges? What is the role of science and civil society in this context? And, does international cooperation properly support countries with limited capacities? This report seeks to respond to these questions, based on an analysis of actions taken to renew international environmental governance to fulfill commitments made at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012. This report outlines possibilities to strengthen the UN Environment Programme and to enhance synergies among global environmental conventions to ensure that international environmental governance continues evolving and improving to secure human well-being and planetary health.
Author : Tim Stephens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 38,43 MB
Release : 2009-02-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521881226
A comprehensive examination of international environmental litigation which addresses the major environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.
Author : Wolfram Kaiser
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 35,4 MB
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1785333631
Pollution, resource depletion, habitat management, and climate change are all issues that necessarily transcend national boundaries. Accordingly, they and other environmental concerns have been a particular focus for international organizations from before the First World War to the present day. This volume is the first to comprehensively explore the environmental activities of professional communities, NGOs, regional bodies, the United Nations, and other international organizations during the twentieth century. It follows their efforts to shape debates about environmental degradation, develop binding intergovernmental commitments, and—following the seminal 1972 Conference on the Human Environment—implement and enforce actual international policies.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 36,51 MB
Release : 2002-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309076188
An NRC committee was established to work with a Russian counterpart group in conducting a workshop in Moscow on the effectiveness of Russian environmental NGOs in environmental decision-making and prepared proceedings of this workshop, highlighting the successes and difficulties faced by NGOs in Russia and the United States.
Author : Thaddeus C. Trzyna
Publisher : Earthscan Publications
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 30,50 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : 1853837946
This is a comprehensive guide to organisations worldwide concerned with conservation and natural resources. It features descriptions of over 2600 organisations in over 200 countries and profiles of over 170 agencies and UN programmes.
Author : Carsten Stahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 18,63 MB
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 0191087580
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Environmental protection is fundamental for the establishment of sustainable peace. Applying traditional legal approaches to protection raises particular challenges during the transition from conflict to peace. In the jus post bellum context, protection of the environment and natural resources needs to be considered in tandem with a broad range of simultaneously applicable normative frameworks, such as human rights, transitional justice, arms control/disarmament, UN law and practice, development, and domestic law. While certain multilateral environment agreements, such as the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage protect the environment; international humanitarian law and international criminal law continue to treat environmental protection largely from an anthropocentric perspective. This book is the first targeted work in the legal literature that investigates environmental challenges in the aftermath of conflict. Addressing these challenges, it brings together academics, policy-makers, and practitioners from different disciplines to clarify policies and practices of environmental protection and key normative frameworks. It draws on experiences and practices in post-conflict settings to specify substantive principles and techniques to remedy and prevent harm.
