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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Global environmental governance [Texte électronique] / James Gustave Speth, Peter M. Haas
Publication : Washington : Island Press, cop. 2006
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages)
Collection : Foundations of contemporary environmental studies
Note(s) : The authors tell the story of how the community of nations, nongovernmental organizations,
scientists, and multinational corporations have created an unprecedented set of laws
and institutions intended to help solve large-scale environmental problems.
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Speth, James Gustave (1942-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Politique de l'environnement
Mondialisation -- Environnement
Développement durable
Indice(s) Dewey :
363.705 26 (23e éd.) = Problèmes environnementaux - Action internationale
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781597266055
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43657863r
Notice n° :
FRBNF43657863
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Chapter I--Introduction: Toward planetary stewardship. Stewardship assignments: a
thought experiment -- The real world: only one earth. Chapter II--global-scale environmental
challenges. The globalization of environmental threats -- Ten major global environmental
challenges -- Acid rain and regional air pollution -- Ozone depletion -- Climate disruption
-- Deforestation -- Land degradation and shortages -- Marine fisheries decline --
Toxic pollutants -- Loss of biological diversity -- Excess nitrogen -- Some connections
among the issues -- Underlying drivers of deterioration. Chapter III--From Stockholm
to Johannesburg: first attempt at global environmental governance. The Stockholm Conference:
setting out -- Stockholm to Rio: across new frontiers -- The earth summit: a peak
on the journey -- Rio to Johannesburg: a zigzag trail -- The Johannesburg summit:
too steep an incline -- Concluding observations. Chapter IV--Environmental accord:
treaties and international environmental law. International law and collective action:
the basics-- The ozone layer protection regime: the little engine that could -- Problem
identification, fact finding, and agenda setting -- Negotiation, bargaining, and agreement
on actions to be taken -- Formal adoption -- Implementation, monitoring, assessment,
and strengthening -- Treaty regimes and the other major global environmental threats
-- Will climate protection be the next success? Chapter V--Key actors, expanding roles:
the United Nations, international organizations, and civil society. The United Nations
system -- Development assistance and the environment -- The World Trade Organization,
environment, trade, and globalization -- Civil society and governance without governments.
Chapter VI--Paths to the future: a second attempt at global environmental governance?.
Reformist visions: how to make the system work better -- Cooperative environment --
Capacity -- Concern -- Reformist visions: major innovations -- A world.
environment organization -- Opening the system to the public -- Global issue networks
-- Alternative visions: how to change the system -- Addressing the underlying drivers:
beyond dealing with symptoms -- Natural capitalism: beyond blinkered capitalism --
Ecological economics: beyond neoclassical economics -- Local control: beyond corporate
globalization -- Bottom-up change: beyond global governance.