Multilevel governance of global environmental change : perspectives from science, sociology and the law / edited by Gerd Winter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Winter, Gerd.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Physical Description:

xxii, 630 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

This collection is the outcome of an interdisciplinary research project involving scholars in the fields of international and comparative environmental law, the sociology and politics of global governance, and the scientific study of global climate change. Earth system analysis as developed by the natural sciences is transferred to the analysis of institutions of global environmental change. Rather than one overarching supranational organisation, a system of 'multilevel' institutions is advocated. The book examines the proper role of industrial self-regulation, of horizontal transfer of national policies, of regional integration, and of improved coordination between international environmental organisations, as well as basic principles for sustainable use of resources. Addressing both academics and politicians, this book will stimulate the debate about the means of improving global governance.

Contents:

Part I Earth system analysis 35

2 Dimensions and mechanisms of global climate change / Peter Lemke 37

3 Global climate change: what can we learn from the past? / Stefan Rahmstorf 67

Part II Society and institutions of global environmental change 77

4 The social embeddedness of global environmental governance / Karl-Werner Brand, Fritz Reusswig 79

5 Globalising a green civil society: in search of conceptual clarity / Asher Alkoby 106

Part III Self-regulation of industry and the law 147

6 Private authority, global governance, and the law / Martin Herberg 149

7 Responsibility of transnational corporations in international environmental law: three perspectives / Andre Nollkaemper 179

8 Transboundary corporate responsibility in environmental matters: fragments and foundations for a future framework / Jonas Ebbesson 200

Part IV The potential of the state 225

9 The diffusion of environmental policy innovations / Kerstin Tews 227

10 Process-related measures and global environmental governance / Christian Tietje 254

11 The impact of the USA on regime formation and implementation / Thomas Giegerich 275

12 Transnational bureaucracy networks: a resource of global environmental governance? / Michael Warning 305

Part V The potential of world regions 331

13 The EU: a regional model? / Ludwig Kramer 333

14 Transition and governance: the case of post-communist states / Stephen Stec, Alexios Antypas, Tamara Steger 358

Part VI Formation and implementation of international regimes 385

15 Multilateral environmental agreements and the compliance continuum / Jutta Brunnee 387

16 On clustering international environmental agreements / Konrad von Moltke 409

17 Institutions, knowledge, and change: findings from the quantitative study of environmental regimes / Helmut Breitmeier 430

Part VII Improving the instruments of global governance 453

18 Regulatory competition and developing countries and the challenge for compliance push and pull measures / Joyeeta Gupta 455

19 Policy instrument innovation in the European Union: a realistic model for international environmental governance? / Andrew Jordan, Rudiger K. W. Wurzel, Anthony R. Zito 470

20 Financial instruments and cooperation in implementing international agreements for the global environment / Charlotte Streck 493

Part VIII Fundamental concepts of institutionalising common concern 517

21 Global environmental change and the nation state: sovereignty bounded? / Peter H. Sand 519

22 Whose environment? Concepts of commonality in international environmental law / Michael Bothe 539

23 Globalising environmental liability: the interplay of national and international law / A. E. Boyle 559

24 The legal nature of environmental principles in international, EU, and exemplary national law / Gerd Winter 587.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521852617

OCLC:

61109470

Publisher Number:

9780521852616