Governing for Sustainable Development

Meri Juntti, PhD, SFHEA, is an Associate Professor of Environmental Governance in the School of Law and Social Sciences at Middlesex University, UK. She has co-designed and presently leads an MA Programme (MA Global Governance and Sustainable Development), co-leads the Sustainable Development Research Cluster and chairs the University’s Sustainability Steering Group. She has undertaken a number of externally funded research projects in the field of environmental governance and has published several single and co-authored publications in this area. Dr Juntti holds an honorary position at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL and is a Trustee of the London Development Trust.

"Both governance and sustainable development are complex and often poorly understood concepts. However, both are essential to understanding how we can hope to address the current planetary crisis. Juntti’s book is an invaluable aid to this task: unpicking these multi-faceted and contested concepts and then applying them to the pressing issues of climate change and global food security. In doing so, complex questions and arguments around sustainable governance are presented here in an accessible, though authoritative manner with the judicious use of effective learning tools to aid the reader, be they a student or a concerned citizen."- Peter Hough, Professor ar Middlesex University"Drawing on years of excellent scholarship and empirical experience ‘on the ground’, Meri Jutti’s Governing for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Principles for the 21st Century makes an essential reading for undergraduate, postgraduate students and scholars on governance and sustainability. With an excellent combination of breadth and depth, using contemporary examples, Jutti is dextrally illustrates the complexity of current governance global challenges. She does so using an accessible language and approach that will make this a key reference in higher education. "- Julia Martin-Ortega, Professor and Associate Director of Sustainabilty Research Institute at University of Leeds“Understanding and acting on the many-dimensioned challenges - environmental, social, cultural, political, economic, institutional – we face can feel like a daunting task, especially in the context of multiple crises. Meri Juntti has given us an important and accessible guide to navigating these difficult paths. By examining challenges, debates and principles for analysing governance, she points the way towards improved governance for sustainable development through better analysis and action.”- John Turnpenny, Associate Professor, School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies, University of East Anglia

• 1: IntroductionPart I: Setting the Scene – Governing in The Age of Crises2: The 21st Century Governance Context3: Sustainable Development as Transformation4: Governance and PowerPart II: Understanding Global Governance Issues and Solutions5: Governing the Climate Crisis6: Governing for Food SecurityPart III: Lessons For Good Governance for Sustainable Development7: Identifying Good Governance for Sustainable Development8: Conclusions