By Johannah Bernstein, International Environmental Lawyer International environmental governance (IEG) has been the subject of reform for the past two decades. Efforts have taken the form of high-level advisory groups, independent commissions, task forces,...
By Klauss Bosselmann, Peter Brown and Brendan Mackey In response to the agenda for Rio+20, we address here a major problem in sustainable development that brings together the issues of a green economy and...
By Jan-Gustav Strandaneas, Stakeholder Forum Establishing a new United Nations Council on Sustainable Development would be a momentous decision, and one that would signal to the world the critical urgency and the high priority...
By Dr. Maja Göpel, Director Future Justice, World Future Council Sustainable development enjoys widespread recognition as a policy goal which, if implemented, is capable of providing “healthy and fulfilling lives for the current generation,while...
By Mohammed T. El Ashry – Senior Fellow, UN Foundation This paper examines how despite all the highpowered gatherings, agreements and commitments, little progress has been achieved in improving the environment and in pursuing...
By Alejo Etchart, Environmental Consultant and Advisor to Stakeholder Forum This document analyses some implications of the GATT/WTO regime, as well as of the process of transformation from GATT to WTO, for the environmental...
By Horváth Luca Kornélia, Office for the Hungarian Parliamentary CommissionerThis study examines the possible ways of establishing a new United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Future Generations/Environment. At the same time ...
By Uchita de Zoysa SCP is assumed to become a discussion topic under a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. This is to frame the conceptual framework of SCP....
By Ingeborg Niestroy, Secretary General, European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC) The article captures the diffusion of Sustainable Development Councils (SDCs), providing analysis of different models regarding tasks and function, as well...
