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Overview
International environmental governance increasingly involves complex synergies between networks of actors across levels in international politics. Nation states are becoming dependent upon multilateral institutions, organized science, NGOs and social movements, and business and industry for formulating their views and for conducting policy. It is the emerging forces emanating from this multiplicity of actors that facilitate institutional synergisms in environmental governance. This book describes these various channels of multilateral environmental governance and examines the key actors and the functions they perform.Synopsis
Twelve Japanese and American specialists in environmental law, environmental studies, and political science contribute 12 chapters examining issues involved in international environmental governance reform. Coverage includes existing multilateral environmental institutions and coordination structures; financial issues of multilaterals; structural and functional elements affecting the success or failure of goal achievement; the linkage between global, regional, national, and local arenas; emerging forces in the interface between science and policy; relations between non- governmental organizations, or civil society organizations, and the environmental governance structure; the interface between business/industry and government; and institutional design and reform for sustainable development. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR