Stockholm and the rise of global environmental governance : the human environment / Sverker Sörlin, Eric Paglia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sörlin, Sverker, author.

Paglia, Eric, 1970- author.

Series:

Studies in environment and history.

Studies in environment and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Sweden--Stockholm.

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--International cooperation.

Environmental responsibility--Sweden--Stockholm.

Environmental responsibility.

Environmental responsibility--International cooperation.

Environmentalism--Sweden--Stockholm.

Environmentalism.

Environmentalism--International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

This unique history examines global environmental governance through the lens of Stockholm, which has played an outsized role in shaping its development. Fifty years before Greta Thunberg started her School Strike for Climate, Swedish diplomats initiated the seminal 1972 U.N. Conference on the Human Environment that propelled Stockholm to the forefront of international environmental affairs. Stockholm has since become a hub for scientific and political approaches to managing the environmental and climate crisis. Utilizing archival materials and oral histories, Sörlin and Paglia recount how, over seventy years, Stockholm-based actors helped construct the architecture of environmental governance through convening decisive meetings, developing scientific concepts and establishing influential institutions at the intersection of science and politics. Focusing on this specific yet crucial location, the authors provide a broad overview of global events and detailed account of Stockholm's extraordinary impact. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Contents:

The Stockholm story - a progressive counter-narrative

Sweden and nature - the model country paradox

Stockholm - a climate science node

The Swedish UN initiative

Twelve days in Stockholm, June

Enter the earth system

Planetary boundaries and big tent science

"Listen to the scientists" - yes, but what is the message?

Conclusion - An environmentalism of the rich?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Dec 2024).

ISBN:

9781009187749

1009187740

9781009187763

1009187767

9781009177825

1009177826

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access