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An unfinished foundation : the United Nations and global environmental governance
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conca, Ken, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental justice--International cooperation.
- Environmental justice.
- Human rights--International cooperation.
- Human rights.
- Sustainability--International cooperation.
- Sustainability.
- United Nations--Environmental policy.
- United Nations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume examines the origins, effectiveness, and limitations of the United Nations system's approach to global environmental governance. It traces the history of the UN's approach, maps its increasingly apparent limits, and suggests needed reforms to use conflict sensitivity, peacebuilding, accountability mechanisms, and rights-based approaches as tools in the UN's environmental work.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 30, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-023289-7
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