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34 produkter
Coalitions in the Climate Change Negotiations
Av Carola Klöck, Paula Castro m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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This edited volume provides both a broad overview of cooperation patterns in the UNFCCC climate change negotiations and an in-depth analysis of specific coalitions and their relations. Over the course of three parts, this book maps out and takes stock of patterns of cooperation in the climate …
Coalitions in the Climate Change Negotiations
Av Carola Klöck, Paula Castro m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
695 kr
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This edited volume provides both a broad overview of cooperation patterns in the UNFCCC climate change negotiations and an in-depth analysis of specific coalitions and their relations. Over the course of three parts, this book maps out and takes stock of patterns of cooperation in the climate …
Hard Choices, Soft Law
Voluntary Standards in Global Trade, Environment and Social Governance
Av John J. Kirton, Michael J. Trebilcock
Inbunden, 2004
2525 kr
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An important read for academics and policy-makers alike, Hard Choices, Soft Law asserts that voluntary standards, or 'soft' law, are an important supplement to international law in a number of areas. This key work firstly outlines the approach taken to combining soft and hard law and trade, …
Governing Global Biodiversity
The Evolution and Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Inbunden, 2002
2315 kr
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Predictions about the success of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are pessimistic. It has now become commonplace to bemoan the scope, ambition, and deeply political nature of a convention that addresses issues ranging from ecosystems protection to the exploitation of genetic resources, …
World Environment Organization
Solution or Threat for Effective International Environmental Governance?
Av Frank Biermann, Steffen Bauer
Inbunden, 2005
2525 kr
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In recent years, the debate on the establishment of a new international agency on environmental protection - a 'World Environment Organization' - has gained substantial momentum. Several countries, including France and Germany, as well as a number of leading experts and senior international civil …
Bilateral Ecopolitics
Continuity and Change in Canadian-American Environmental Relations
Av Philippe Le Prestre, Peter Stoett
Inbunden, 2006
1530 kr
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The context in which environmental policy decision-making occurs has changed, resulting from widening environmental problems, increased demands from groups and citizens, continuing pressure on the continent's resources and normative shifts. The complexity of current issues is related to an even …
Governing Global Desertification
Linking Environmental Degradation, Poverty and Participation
Av Pierre Marc Johnson, Karel Mayrand
Inbunden, 2006
2525 kr
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Desertification affects 70 per cent of the world's arable lands in more than 100 countries. Inextricably linked to poverty, it is estimated that the livelihood of 250 million people are directly affected while another billion living in rural drylands are threatened by this phenomenon. This volume …
Legitimacy of International Regimes
Inbunden, 2008
2525 kr
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How legitimate are outcomes, outputs and impacts of global environmental regimes? Can non-state actors contribute to improve the output- and input-oriented legitimacy of global environmental governance? Helmut Breitmeier responds to these questions, balancing the volume with both theoretical and …
Governing Agrobiodiversity
Plant Genetics and Developing Countries
Inbunden, 2008
2600 kr
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Plant genetic diversity is crucial to the breeding of food crops and is therefore a central precondition for food security. Diverse genetic resources provide the genetic traits required to deal with crop pests and diseases, as well as changing climate conditions. Plant genetic diversity is also …
Social Construction of Climate Change
Power, Knowledge, Norms, Discourses
Inbunden, 2007
2525 kr
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Individuals, international organizations and states are calling for the world to confront climate change. Efforts such as the Kyoto Protocol have produced intractable disputes and are deemed inadequate. This volume adopts two constructivist perspectives - norm-centred and discourse - to explore the …
Innovation in Global Health Governance
Critical Cases
Inbunden, 2009
2600 kr
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Analyzing twenty-first century innovations in global health governance, this volume addresses questions of pandemics, essential medicines and disease eradication through detailed case studies of critical and rapidly spreading infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and SARS and 'lifestyle' illnesses …
Governing Global Health
Challenge, Response, Innovation
Inbunden, 2007
2600 kr
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Recently global health issues have leapt to the forefront of the international agenda and are now an everyday concern around the world. The war for global health is clearly being lost on many fronts and the massive body count is mounting fast. Re-emerging diseases such as polio and tuberculosis, …
Environmental Skepticism
Ecology, Power and Public Life
Inbunden, 2009
2525 kr
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'Environmental skepticism' describes the viewpoint that major environmental problems are either unreal or unimportant. In other words, environmental skepticism holds that environmental problems, especially global ones, are inauthentic. Peter Jacques describes, both empirically and historically, how …
Global Governance of Climate Change
G7, G20, and UN Leadership
Av John J. Kirton, Ella Kokotsis
Inbunden, 2015
2759 kr
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Climate change control has risen to the top of the international agenda. Failed efforts, centred in the United Nations, to allocate responsibility have resulted in a challenge now reaching crisis stage. John J. Kirton and Ella Kokotsis analyse the generation and effectiveness of four decades of …
Transatlantic Environment and Energy Politics
Comparative and International Perspectives
Av Henrik Selin, Miranda A. Schreurs
Inbunden, 2009
2525 kr
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Environmental and energy policies have become increasingly significant in European and North American politics. This fascinating book uses a wide range of case studies that embrace climate change, product standards, chemical regulations, renewable energy policies, food safety and …
Global Energy Governance in a Multipolar World
Av ies Lesage, Thijs Van de Graaf
Inbunden, 2010
2525 kr
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Multipolar governance permits a number of important states to have significantly more economic and political clout than others, but among them there is hardly any hierarchy. The new energy challenge, with its intricate socio-economic, ecological and international-political considerations, is a …
Global Governance of Climate Change
G7, G20, and UN Leadership
Av John J. Kirton, Ella Kokotsis
Häftad, 2017
651 kr
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Climate change control has risen to the top of the international agenda. Failed efforts, centred in the United Nations, to allocate responsibility have resulted in a challenge now reaching crisis stage. John J. Kirton and Ella Kokotsis analyse the generation and effectiveness of four decades of …
Global Governance of Genetic Resources
Institutional Change and Structural Constraints
Häftad, 2021
695 kr
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Multi-institutional governance architectures are increasingly common in world politics, yet how do they evolve over time? This book develops a fresh conceptual approach by distinguishing two main types of institutional change and by proposing the strategic context within which governments make …
Governing Global Biodiversity
The Evolution and Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Häftad, 2017
689 kr
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Predictions about the success of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are pessimistic. It has now become commonplace to bemoan the scope, ambition, and deeply political nature of a convention that addresses issues ranging from ecosystems protection to the exploitation of genetic resources, …
Legitimacy of International Regimes
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
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How legitimate are outcomes, outputs and impacts of global environmental regimes? Can non-state actors contribute to improve the output- and input-oriented legitimacy of global environmental governance? Helmut Breitmeier responds to these questions, balancing the volume with both theoretical and …
Africa's Health Challenges
Sovereignty, Mobility of People and Healthcare Governance
Av Andrew F. Cooper, Hany Besada m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
882 kr
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This volume addresses the ideational and policy-oriented challenges of Africa’s health governance due to voluntary and involuntary cross-border migration of people and diseases in a growing 'mobile Africa'. The collected set of specialized contributions in this volume examines how national and …
Renewable Energy Policy Convergence in the EU
The Evolution of Feed-in Tariffs in Germany, Spain and France
Av David Jacobs
Häftad, 2017
856 kr
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This book examines the coordination of renewable energy policies in the European Union using an innovative theoretical approach to explain national policy making. David Jacobs asks, why are national support instruments for electricity from renewable energy sources converging, even though the …
Hard Choices, Soft Law
Voluntary Standards in Global Trade, Environment and Social Governance
Av John J. Kirton, Michael J. Trebilcock
Häftad, 2016
782 kr
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An important read for academics and policy-makers alike, Hard Choices, Soft Law asserts that voluntary standards, or 'soft' law, are an important supplement to international law in a number of areas. This key work firstly outlines the approach taken to combining soft and hard law and trade, …
Governing Global Desertification
Linking Environmental Degradation, Poverty and Participation
Av Pierre Marc Johnson, Karel Mayrand
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
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Desertification affects 70 per cent of the world's arable lands in more than 100 countries. Inextricably linked to poverty, it is estimated that the livelihood of 250 million people are directly affected while another billion living in rural drylands are threatened by this phenomenon. This volume …
EU as International Environmental Negotiator
Av Tom Delreux
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
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Delreux examines how the EU functions when it participates in international environmental negotiations. In particular, this book looks at the internal EU decision-making process with regard to international negotiations that lead to multilateral environmental agreements. By studying eight such …
Corporate Responses to EU Emissions Trading
Resistance, Innovation or Responsibility?
Av Jon Birger Skjærseth, Per Ove Eikeland
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
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The European Union (EU) aims to put Europe on track toward a low-carbon economy. In this striking challenge, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has been singled out as the Union’s key climate policy instrument, ultimately aimed as a model for a global carbon market. The learning effect of the …
Global Governance of Genetic Resources
Institutional Change and Structural Constraints
Inbunden, 2017
2307 kr
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Multi-institutional governance architectures are increasingly common in world politics, yet how do they evolve over time? This book develops a fresh conceptual approach by distinguishing two main types of institutional change and by proposing the strategic context within which governments make …
Transatlantic Environment and Energy Politics
Comparative and International Perspectives
Av Henrik Selin, Miranda A. Schreurs
Häftad, 2019
827 kr
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Environmental and energy policies have become increasingly significant in European and North American politics. This fascinating book uses a wide range of case studies that embrace climate change, product standards, chemical regulations, renewable energy policies, food safety and …
World Environment Organization
Solution or Threat for Effective International Environmental Governance?
Av Frank Biermann, Steffen Bauer
Häftad, 2019
798 kr
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In recent years, the debate on the establishment of a new international agency on environmental protection - a 'World Environment Organization' - has gained substantial momentum. Several countries, including France and Germany, as well as a number of leading experts and senior international civil …
EU as International Environmental Negotiator
Av Tom Delreux
Inbunden, 2011
2525 kr
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Delreux examines how the EU functions when it participates in international environmental negotiations. In particular, this book looks at the internal EU decision-making process with regard to international negotiations that lead to multilateral environmental agreements. By studying eight such …
