1st Edition

World in Transition 2 New Structures for Global Environmental Policy

232 Pages
by Routledge

International institutions and structures are crucial to the management of the global environment. The present arrangements are failing to cope adequately with the scale of the task and the demands placed on them, and alternatives are urgently needed. In this second volume of World in Transition, experts in the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WGBU) analyze the problems and set out... Read more
Summary for Policymakers * Who is Steering Spaceship Earth? * The Situation: Global Environmental Trends * Institutional Deficits and Remedies * Institutional Interplay * Global Environmental Policy: Assessment, Organization and Funding * Earth Alliance: Approaches and a Vision for Restructuring * References * Glossary * The German Advisory Council on Climate Change * Index

Biography

Wgbu, German Advisory Council On Global Change