Multilevel Governance of Global Environmental Change: Perspectives from Science, Sociology and the Law

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511720888

Originally published in 2006, 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.

Review of the hardback:'… chapters are comprehensive, even impressive … this readable collection contributes importantly to the interdisciplinary understanding of institutions on various levels of governance.'

Pekka Jokinen - University of Tampere, Finland

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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PREFACE
pp vii-viii
- By Gerd Winter, Professor of Public Law and Sociology of Law, University of Bremen
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Contents
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List of figures
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List of tables
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Notes on contributors
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List of abbreviations
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-34
- By Gerd Winter, Professor of Public Law and Sociology of Law, University of Bremen
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PART I - Earth system analysis
pp 35-36
- By Gerd Winter, Professor of Public Law and Sociology of Law, University of Bremen
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2 - Dimensions and mechanisms of global climate change
pp 37-66
- By Peter Lemke, Professor of Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the University of Bremen
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3 - Global climate change: what can we learn from the past?
pp 67-76
- By Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Ocean, Potsdam University and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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PART II - Society and institutions of global; environmental change
pp 77-78
- By Gerd Winter, Professor of Public Law and Sociology of Law, University of Bremen
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4 - The social embeddedness of global environmental governance
pp 79-105
- By Karl-Werner Brand, Professor of Sociology, Technical University of Munich; Director, Munich Institute of Social and Sustainability Research (MPS), Fritz Reusswig, Senior Research Fellow, Social Science Department of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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5 - Globalising a green civil society: in search of conceptual clarity
pp 106-146
- By Asher Alkoby, Doctoral candidate, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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PART III - Self-regulation of industry and the law
pp 147-148
- By Gerd Winter, Professor of Public Law and Sociology of Law, University of Bremen
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6 - Private authority, global governance, and the law
pp 149-178
The case of environmental self-regulation in multinational enterprises
- By Martin Herberg, Junior Research Fellow, Collaborative Research Center 597 ‘Transformations of the State’ at Bremen University
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7 - Responsibility of transnational corporations in international environmental law: three perspectives
pp 179-199
- By André Nollkaemper, Professor of Public International Law and Director of the Amsterdam Center of International Law, University of Amsterdam
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8 - Transboundary corporate responsibility in environmental matters: fragments and foundations for a future framework
pp 200-224
- By Jonas Ebbesson, Professor of Environmental Law and Director of Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre, Stockholm University
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PART IV - The potential of the state
pp 225-226
- By Gerd Winter, Professor of Public Law and Sociology of Law, University of Bremen
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9 - The diffusion of environmental policy innovations
pp 227-253
- By Kerstin Tews, Research Fellow and coordinator of the working group on Pioneer Policy and Diffusion of Environmental Policy Innovations, Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Universität Berlin
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10 - Process-related measures and global environmental governance
pp 254-274
- By Christian Tietje, Professor, Public Law, European Law, and International Economic Law; Director, Institute for Economic Law and the Transnational Economic Law Research Center (TELC), Faculty of Law of University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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11 - The impact of the USA on regime formation and implementation
pp 275-304
- By Thomas Giegerich, Professor of Public Law, European Community Law, and Public International Law, University of Bremen; Director, Bremen Institute of Transnational Constitutional Law
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12 - Transnational bureaucracy networks: a resource of global environmental governance?
pp 305-330
The case of chemical safety
- By Michael Warning, Junior Research Fellow, Collaborative Research Centre 597 ‘Transformations of the State’ at the University of Bremen
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PART V - The potential of world regions
pp 331-332
- By Gerd Winter, Professor of Public Law and Sociology of Law, University of Bremen
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13 - The EU: a regional model?
pp 333-357
- By Ludwig Krämer, Honorary Professor for European Environmental Law, University of Bremen; Lecturer, College of Europe, in Bruges
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14 - Transition and governance: the case of post-communist states
pp 358-384
- By Stephen Stec, Visiting Professor, Central European University, Budapest; Associate Scholar, Leiden University; Senior Legal Specialist, Regional Environmental Center, Alexios Antypas, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Central European University (CEU); Director, CEU, Center for Environmental Policy and Law, Tamara Steger, Visiting Professor, Central European University (CEU), Budapest; Programs Director, CEU, Center for Environmental Policy and Law
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PART VI - Formation and implementation of international regimes
pp 385-386
- By Gerd Winter, Professor of Public Law and Sociology of Law, University of Bremen
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15 - Multilateral environmental agreements and the compliance continuum
pp 387-408
- By Jutta Brunnée, Professor of Law and Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law, Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto
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16 - On clustering international environmental agreements
pp 409-429
- By Konrad Von Moltke, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Sustainable Development (Winnipeg, Canada)
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17 - Institutions, knowledge, and change: findings from the quantitative study of environmental regimes
pp 430-452
- By Helmut Breitmeier, Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Political Science (Darmstadt University of Technology)
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