International organizations in global environmental governance [electronic resource] / edited by Frank Biermann, Bernd Siebenhüner and Anna Schreyögg.

Provides a comparative study of the role of international organizations in environmental governance and features case studies on the World Bank; OECD; the UN Environment Programme and secretariats to environmental treaties; and hybrid organizations.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Biermann, Frank, 1967-, Siebenhüner, Bernd, Schreyögg, Anna
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.
Series:Routledge research in environmental politics ; 17.
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Table of Contents:
  • Global environmental governance and international organizations : setting the stage / Frank Biermann, Bernd Siebenhünter and Anna Schreyögg
  • The impact of international organizations on the environment : an empirical analysis / Axel Dreher and Magdalena Ramada y Galán Sarasola
  • Setting standards for responsible banking : examining the role of the International Finance Corporation in the emergence of the equator principles / Christopher Wright
  • OECD peer reviews and policy convergence : diffusing policies or discourses? / Markku Lehtonen
  • Socialization, the World Bank Group and global environmental governance / Susan Park
  • The European Union and the 'external' dimension of sustainable development : ambitious promises but disappointing outcomes? / Camilla Adelle and Andrew Jordan
  • The role of the United Nations Environment Programme in the coordination of multilateral environmental agreements / Steinar Andresen and Kristin Rosendal
  • UNEP as anchor organization for the global environment / Maria Ivanova
  • Treaty secretariats in global environmental governance / Steffen Bauer, Per-Olof Busch and Bernd Siebenhünter
  • International organizations as entrepreneurs of environmental partnerships / Liliana B. Andonova
  • Private governance organizations in global environmental politics : exploring their influences / Philipp Pattberg
  • Agility and resilience : adaptive capacity in Friends of the Earth International and Greenpeace / Vanessa Timmer
  • International organizations in global environmental governance : epilogue / Bernd Siebenhünter and Frank Biermann.