Institutional Failures of the Global Environmental Governance

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

42 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

01/15/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Ecology & environment

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Summary :

Abstract.
Introduction.
Necessity of global environmental governance.
1. The environment: A global common.
2. Rapid environmental awareness: Stockholm to Rio.
Environmental governance within the United Nations.
1. The UNEP: A mission beyond its bounds.
2. Lack of coordination between UN agencies.
Lack of implementation from financial organizations.
1. The World Bank.
2. The International Monetary Fund.
Conflict between trade and environment.
1. Relationship between the MEAs and the WTO.
2. Case Study: Climate change versus trade measures.
Behind the institutions: The member states.
1. Divisions among Northern countries: The case of the United States.
2. Northern dominance of governance.
3. What about the Southern hemisphere?
Conclusion.
References.

Abstract

Despite a great awareness of environmental questions from developed and developing countries, there is a degradation of environmental issues and an appearance of new environmental problems. This aggravation of environmental matters is due to the inefficient state of the global environmental governance. This situation where the actual global environmental governance is unable to address environmental issues is due to many factors. The fragmented governance within the United Nations, the lack of involvement from financial institutions, the proliferation of environmental agreements often in conflict with trade measures are various problems troubling the good functioning of the global environmental governance. Moreover, divisions among Northern countries and the persistent gap between developed and developing countries are also to take into account to comprehend the institutional failures of the current global environmental governance.The management of our planet and its resources relies on combined efforts and collective action. The increase of environmental issues worldwide has made this necessity even more urgent. Unfortunately for our planet, collective efforts are either weak or uncoordinated. It is what we call ineffective global environmental governance.
According to Adil Najam, "global environmental governance (GEG) is understood as the sum of organizations, policy instruments, financing mechanisms, rules, procedures and norms that regulate the processes of global environmental protection" (Najam 2006).