Global Environmental Governance tells the story of how the community of nations, nongovernmental organizations, scientists, and multinational corporations have in recent decades created an unprecedented set of laws and institutions intended to help solve large-scale environmental problems.

Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Nature Rules -- 2 Mapping and Developing Consensus for Global Environmental Governance -- 3 Legislation by Consensus -- 4 Reconciling Diversity and Consensus in Democratic Governance -- 5 Environmental Justice and the Globalization...

"Rapid and transformational actions are evermore urgently needed to achieve a just, resilient, and ecologically sustainable global society, as envisioned and supported by the Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, dynamic governance approaches are vital for addressing changing and uncertain...

Despite sporadic news coverage of extreme weather events, high-level climate change diplomacy, special UN days of celebration, and popular media references to impending ecological collapse, most students are not exposed to the detailed presentation and analysis of the international relations and...

This article provides a focused review of the current literature on global environmental governance. In the first part, we differentiate between three usages of the term quot;global environmental governance,quot; which we describe as analytical, programmatic, and critical. In the second part, we...

In order to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts, a diversified taxation scheme is proposed. To find a fair and just distribution of the burden of climate change, a taxation mix of (1) consumption tax, (2) progressive tax and (3) inheritance tax is recommended. Consumption...