Global Environmental Institutions

Elizabeth R. DeSombre (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

198 Seiten

2024 | 3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-45687-4 (ISBN)

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Global Environmental Institutions provides the most accessible and succinct overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment describing their creation and operation, decision-making processes, interactions with other institutions, and impact.

Global Environmental Institutions provides the most accessible and succinct overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment, describing their creation and operation, decision-making processes, interactions with other institutions, and impact. Fully updated throughout, this third edition maintains the clear structure of previous editions, examining the

underlying causes of global environmental problems
creation of global environmental institutions
effectiveness of action undertaken by these institutions

Providing an overview of the United Nations Environment Programme alongside other entities that play important roles in global environmental governance, this book examines institutions by issue area and introduces organizations with a specific focus on protecting endangered species and biodiversity, the atmosphere, the ocean environment, and regulating the transboundary movement of hazardous substances. Drawing on the latest scholarship, and written by an acknowledged expert in the field, this study is essential reading for students of environmental politics and international organizations.

Elizabeth R. DeSombre holds an endowed chair in environmental studies at Wellesley College, where she teaches courses in ES and political science, primarily focusing on international environmental politics. She has published eight books, most of which focus on international environmental politics.

Acknowledgments

List of boxes

List of figure

List of table

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introducing Global Environmental Institutions
UN Environmental Machinery
Species and Biodiversity Conservation
Ocean Commons
Atmospheric Commons
Transboundary Movement of Hazards
Emerging Issues and Future Directions

Annotated Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.04.2024
Reihe/Serie	Global Institutions
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	1-032-45687-6 / 1032456876
ISBN-13	978-1-032-45687-4 / 9781032456874
Zustand	Neuware