1st Edition

Improving Global Environmental Governance Best Practices for Architecture and Agency

Edited By Norichika Kanie, Steinar Andresen, Peter M. Haas Copyright 2014
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The experience of environmental governance is approached in Improving Global Environmental Governance from the unique perspective of actor configuration and embedded networks of actors, which are areas of emerging importance. The chapters look at existing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and the broader constellation of partially networked institutions to better understand the... Read more

Preface  Introduction: Pluralistic Actor Configurations and International Environmental Governance: Best and Worst Practices for Improving Environmental Governance Peter M. Haas, Steinar Andresen and Norichika Kanie  1. Agenda Setting at Sea and in the Air  Stacy D. VanDeveer  2. Lessons Learned in Multilateral Environmental Negotiations  Pamela S. Chasek  3. Actor Configurations and Compliance Tasks in International Environmental Governance  Olav Schram Stokke  4. The Mismatch of Implementation Networks in International Environmental Regimes: Lessons from Different Agreements Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira  5. Resilience and Biodiversity Governance: The processes of actor configurations which support and limit resilience Casey Stevens  6. Governance Components in Private Regulation: Implications for Legitimacy, Authority and Effectiveness Graeme Auld, Benjamin Cashore and Stefan Renckens  7. Actor configurations in the climate regime: The states call the shots Steinar Andresen, Norichika Kanie and Peter M. Haas Conclusion: Lessons from Pluralistic Green Governance  Norichika Kanie, Peter M. Haas, Steinar Andresen  Annex Masahiko Iguchi

Biography

Norichika Kanie is Associate Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan and a Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies.

Steinar Andresen is Research Professor at Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

Peter M. Haas is Professor of Political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA