This paper explains why the approach taken so far to mitigate global climate change has failed. The central reason is an inability to enforce targets and timetables. Current proposals recommending even stricter emission limits will not help unless they are able to address the enforcement...

Pt. 1. Needs for global environmental governance -- Pt. 2. A new approach for a global environmental governance : human rights and the environment -- Pt. 3. Environmental governance -- Pt. 4. Global environmental governance

Taking a critical perspective and providing a comprehensive framework on globalization and governance, this book examines what institutional mechanisms and arrangements will enable people to achieve sustainable environmental governance