Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance

Aligning global governance to the challenges of sustainability is one of the most urgent environmental issues to be addressed. This book is a timely and up-to-date compilation of the main pieces of the global environmental governance puzzle. The book is comprised of 101 entries, each defining a central concept in global environmental governance, presenting its historical evolution, introducing related debates and including key bibliographical references and further reading. The entries combine analytical rigour with empirical description. The book: offers cutting edge analysis of the state of global environmental governance, raises an up-to-date debate on global governance for sustainable development, gives an in-depth exploration of current international architecture of global environmental governance, examines the interaction between environmental politics and other fields of governance such as trade, development and security, elaborates a critical review of the recent literature in global environmental governance. This unique work synthesizes writing from an internationally diverse range of well-known experts in the field of global environmental governance. Innovative thinking and high-profile expertise come together to create a volume that is accessible to students, scholars and practitioners alike. Adaptation Eric E. Massey Aid Åsa Persson Antarctic Treaty Regime Alan D. Hemmings Arctic Council Olav Schram Stokke Assessments Joyeeta Gupta Audits Olivier Boiral and Iñaki Heras-Saizarbitoria Biodiversity Regime G. Kristin Rosendal Boundary Organizations Maria Carmen Lemos and Christine Kirchhoff Business and Corporations Doris Fuchs and Bastian Knebel Carrying Capacities Paradigm Nathan F. Sayre and Adam Romero CITES Daniel Compagnon Climate Change Regime Harro van Asselt Commission on Sustainable Development Lynn M. Wagner Common but Differentiated Responsibility Steve Vanderheiden Common Heritage of Mankind Scott J. Shackelford Compliance and Implementation Sandrine Maljean-Dubois Conservation and Preservation Jean-Frédéric Morin and Amandine Orisini Corporate Social Responsibility Jennifer Clapp and Ian H. Rowlands Critical Political Economy Peter Newell Deep Ecology Andrew Dobson Desertification Convention Steffen Bauer Disasters Raymond Murphy Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Carrie Menkel-Meadow Dumping Josué Mathieu Ecocentrism Sheryl D. Breen Ecofeminism Charlotte Bretherton Ecological Modernization Maarten Hajer Ecosystem Services (Payments for) S