Greening International Institutions

Author : Jacob Werksmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134169498

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Greening International Institutions by Jacob Werksmann Pdf

Environmentally sustainable development has become one of the world's most urgent priorities. But countries cannot achieve it alone: it depends on international coordination and action. Greening International Institutions, the latest in a series of highly-acclaimed publications devoted to environmental and developmental law, assesses how far and how successfully intergovernmental organizations have responded to the challenge. The organizations analyzed include: the UN General Assembly, the new Commission for Sustainable Development, UNEP, UNDP and UNCTAD, WTO, GATT, NAFTA, the Bretton Woods institutions and several regional bodies, as well as treaty bodies and the mechanisms for avoiding and settling disputes. For each, the contributors provide an accessible overview of the organization's mandate and structure, examine substantive policy initiatives and assess the need and scope for procedural and institutional reform. Drawing together a collection of essays by lawyers and researchers from various backgrounds, Greening International Institutions is stimulating reading for students and policy-makers, as well as anyone concerned with the development of international institutions. Jacob Werksman is an attorney, a Programme Director at FIELD, and Visiting Lecturer in International Economic Law at the University of London. Greening International Institutions is the fifth volume in the International Law and Sustainable Development series, co-developed with FIELD. The series aims to address and define the major legal issues associated with sustainable development and to contribute to the progressive development of international law. Other titles in the series are: Greening International Law, Interpreting the Precautionary Principle, Property Rights in the Defence of Nature and Improving Compliance with International Environmental Law. 'A legal parallel to the Blueprint series - welcome, timely and provocative' David Pearce Originally published in 1996

Author : WERKSMAN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138975516

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GREENING INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS by WERKSMAN Pdf

Author : Philippe Sands
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134161867

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Greening International Law by Philippe Sands Pdf

Environmental problems do not respect international boundaries; they affect the entire globe, and dealing with them is a matter for international political negotiation, law and institutions. Greening International Law assesses the extent to which the international community has so far adapted to address environmental problems, and examines the fundamental changes needed to the structure and organisation of the legal system and its institutions. The contributors to this volume have all played a central role in the development of international environmental law over the past decade, and their essays will be of interest to all those professionally, academically or individually concerned with the resolution of environmental problems.

Author : Richard H. Steinberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 0742510468

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The Greening of Trade Law by Richard H. Steinberg Pdf

In this first book to systematically compare how each of the world's major international trade organizations have handled environmental issues, leading specialists provide a balanced analysis of the development of trade and the environment rules in the World Trade Organization, the European Union, the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Free Trade Area of the Americas, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the International Organization for Standardization, and other key organizations. Deftly combining policy and theory, the authors offer a range of heuristics and normative orientations in an effort to understand one of the globe's most contentious and timely dilemmas. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author : Cathrin Zengerling
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004257313

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Greening International Jurisprudence by Cathrin Zengerling Pdf

Greening International Jurisprudence: Environmental NGOs before International Courts, Tribunals, and Compliance Committees examines how international judicial and quasi-judicial bodies enforce international environmental law, with particular consideration to the role of environmental NGOs. The analytical structure of the study is based on four aspects of discussion and research: the enforcement deficit in environmental law; global environmental governance and sustainable development; the proliferation of international judicial and quasi-judicial bodies; and deliberation and democratic global governance. Author Cathrin Zengerling analyses the institutional structure, as well as the environmental case law from a total of fourteen international courts, arbitral tribunals, and compliance committees with special focus on accessibility, comprehensiveness, and transparency. Underlying this analysis is the fundamental question of whether the respective body appropriately contributes to the realization of democratic governance for sustainable development. After presenting her core findings, the author provides concrete recommendations for future best practices and discusses the need for a new World Environment Court. Researchers, practitioners, and students of international environmental law will find an important, thought-provoking and timely new text in Greening International Jurisprudence: Environmental NGOs before International Courts, Tribunals, and Compliance Committees.

Author : Karen Litfin
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0262621231

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The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics by Karen Litfin Pdf

This is the first book to connect two important subfields in international relations: global environmental politics and the study of sovereignty--the state's exclusive authority within its territorial boundaries. The authors argue that the relationship between environmental practices and sovereignty is by no means straightforward and in fact elucidates some of the core issues and challenges in world politics today.Although a number of international relations scholars have assumed that transnational environmental organizations and institutions are eroding sovereignty, this book makes the case that ecological integrity and state sovereignty are not necessarily in opposition. It shows that the norms of sovereignty are now shifting in the face of attempts to cope with ecological destruction, but that this "greening" of sovereignty is an uneven, variegated, and highly contested process. By establishing that sovereignty is a socially constructed institution that varies according to time and place, with multiple meanings and changing practices, The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics illuminates the complexity of the relationship between sovereignty and environmental matters and casts both in a new light.Contributors : Daniel Deudney, Margaret Scully Granzeier, Joseph Henri Jupille, Sheldon Kamieniecki, Thom Kuehls, Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Karen T. Litfin, Marian A. L. Miller, Ronald B. Mitchell, Paul Wapner, Veronica Ward, Franke Wilmer.

Author : G. Bruce Doern,Thomas Conway
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442638310

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The Greening of Canada by G. Bruce Doern,Thomas Conway Pdf

Environmental matters have become increasingly important in Canadian and world policy agendas. In this study, G. Bruce Doern and Thomas Conway trace the development of Canadian environment policy, giving an in-depth account of twenty years of environmental politics, politicians, institutions, and decisions as seen through the evolution of Ottawa's policy agency, Environment Canada. The Greening of Canada is an extensively researched look at the entire period from the early 1970s to the present and is the most complete and integrated analysis yet of federal environmental institutions and key decisions. From Great Lakes pollution to the Green Plan, from the Stockholm Conference to the post–Rio Earth Summit era, the authors deal with both domestic and international events and influences on Ottawa's often abortive efforts to entrench a green agenda into national politics. The book explores the crucial relationships of institutional and political power, directing attention at the DOE and its parade of ministers, intra-cabinet battles, federal-provincial relations, business relations and public opinion, and international and Canada–U.S. relations. It also examines important topics from acid-rain policy to the politics of establishing national parks, and from the Green Plan to the realities of environmental enforcement. Employing a framework cast as the 'double dynamic' of environmental policy making, the authors show the growing struggle between the management of power among key institutions and the need to accommodate a biophysical realm characterized by increased uncertainty as well as scientific and technological controversy.

Author : Frank Biermann,Bernd Siebenhüner,Anna Schreyögg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134031337

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International Organizations in Global Environmental Governance by Frank Biermann,Bernd Siebenhüner,Anna Schreyögg Pdf

This book provides a comparative study of the role of international organizations in environmental governance. Whilst a growing body of literature considers global governance in a number of policy areas, this volume delivers one of the first comprehensive accounts of international organizations in relation to environmental policy. Providing the reader with key insights within this area of global governance, the book focuses on policies developing in relation to climate change, biodiversity and international environmental funding. Presenting a compelling and up-to-date account of developments within this burgeoning policy area, the volume: • includes a range of case studies including the World Bank, UNEP and the OECD • presents quantitative and qualitative research that advances understanding of international organizations in the field of international relations • delivers contributions from a range of internationally renowned academics and specialists within the field International Organizations in Global Environmental Governance will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations theory, international economics, environmental policy, organizational theory and environmental studies.

Author : W. Bradnee Chambers,Jessica F. Green
Publisher : United Nations University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789280811117

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Reforming International Environmental Governance by W. Bradnee Chambers,Jessica F. Green Pdf

The World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 underscored the need to reform the current institutional framework for environmental governance. Chambers and Green, both affiliated with the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies in Japan, gather contributors to take up the question left unanswered at Johannesbur

Author : Robert L. Hicks,Bradley C. Parks,J. Timmons Roberts,Michael J. Tierney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199582792

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Greening Aid? by Robert L. Hicks,Bradley C. Parks,J. Timmons Roberts,Michael J. Tierney Pdf

For more than three decades, the impact of aid on the global environment has been the subject of vigorous protest and debate. With billions spent on environmental aid each year, this groundbreaking text seeks to understand why aid is given, how effective it is, and whether aid is actually going to the places with the greatest environmental need.

Author : Robert Falkner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108833011

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Environmentalism and Global International Society by Robert Falkner Pdf

Explains how environmentalism became a fundamental norm in international relations and explores the impact of the greening of international society.

Author : Erik Hysing,Jan Olsson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319567235

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Green Inside Activism for Sustainable Development by Erik Hysing,Jan Olsson Pdf

This book considers how public sector institutions can be transformed to better support sustainable development by exploring the concept of green inside activism and its importance for institutional change. The phenomenon of inside activism has been shown to be crucial for green policy change and this book focuses on public officials as green inside activists, committed to green values and engaged in social movement, acting strategically from inside public administration to change public policy and institutions in line with such value commitment. The book theorizes how green inside activism can contribute to a more sustainable development through institutional change. This theorizing builds on and relates to highly relevant theoretical arguments in the existing literature. The authors also consider the legitimacy of inside activism and how it can be reconciled with democratic ideals. This innovative work will appeal to students and scholars of public policy, political science and environmental politics.

Author : Robert Pollin
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262028233

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Greening the Global Economy by Robert Pollin Pdf

A program for building a global clean energy economy while expanding job opportunities and economic well-being. In order to control climate change, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that greenhouse gas emissions will need to fall by about forty percent by 2030. Achieving the target goals will be highly challenging. Yet in Greening the Global Economy, economist Robert Pollin shows that they are attainable through steady, large-scale investments—totaling about 1.5 percent of global GDP on an annual basis—in both energy efficiency and clean renewable energy sources. Not only that: Pollin argues that with the right investments, these efforts will expand employment and drive economic growth. Drawing on years of research, Pollin explores all aspects of the problem: how much energy will be needed in a range of industrialized and developing economies; what efficiency targets should be; and what kinds of industrial policy will maximize investment and support private and public partnerships in green growth so that a clean energy transformation can unfold without broad subsidies. All too frequently, inaction on climate change is blamed on its potential harm to the economy. Pollin shows greening the economy is not only possible but necessary: global economic growth depends on it.

Author : Gabriela Kutting
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791484869

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Globalization and the Environment by Gabriela Kutting Pdf

Examines how globalization and the environment are connected issues.

Author : David L. Markell,John H. Knox
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804746044

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Greening NAFTA by David L. Markell,John H. Knox Pdf

A portrait of the CEC notes its establishment as the first international organization created to address "trade and the environment" issues, discussing such topics as the unprecedented resources and opportunities available within North America and what the agency can teach mainstream society about environmental protection and economic integration. (Politics & Government)