By David Banisar, Article 19, Lalanath de Silva and Carole Excell, TheAccess Initiative, World Resources Institute In the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the international community recognized that sustainable development depends upon...
By Konrad Otto-Zimmermann This paper argues that the conceptualisation of international environmental governance must be broadened. Currently discussions all-too-often revolve around reform of the UN system, which does not encompass a broader perspective on...
By Tom Jacob This paper makes the case that the traditional model of environmental governance is one dominated by regulatory control at the level of the nation state. The increasingly complex nature and global...
By Frans Verhagen This think-piece proposes that the present unjust, unsustainable, and, therefore, unstable international monetary system, which presently functions without a standard, be transformed into one that has carbon-based standard. Such a carbon-based...
By Frank Biermann This paper makes the case for the establishment of a World Environment Organisation. It traces the development of the debate for a WEO over the past 40 years, and outlines the...
By Peter Bates PhD and Gisbert Glaser PhD This paper argues that policy-setting and implementation should be based on the best available knowledge. There should thus be an intimate connection between the scientific and...
By ICE Coaltion This paper makes the case for the establishment of an International Court for the Environment (ICE). It argues that a Court is necessary for two main reasons – firstly to play...
By Kirk Herbertson, World Resources Institute This paper outlines the need for reform of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) as part of a broader package of sustainable development governance reforms. It argues that the...
By Dr Maria Ivanova, University of Massachusets This paper addresses the need for reform of the environmental pillar of sustainable development at the global level, and responds to the recent developments from the UNEP...
By Jan-Gustav Strandeneas, Stakeholder Forum This paper outlines the history of global governance for sustainable development, charting some of the significant milestones and also identifying the challenges to progress and reform. It outlines some...
