Questions on this topic
● Can states effectively cooperate to mitigate global environmental problems?
● What were the outcomes of the Rio+20 conference held in 2012?
● Were states able to establish the means to address critical environmental
issues?
● What are the constraints to effective global environmental governance?
● Can International Organisations improve cooperation on environmental issues?
● The can International Organisations work with the private sector (Tesla, Uber,
Apple) to further progress on environmental issues?
Base Readings on this topic :
● Hawkins, D. G., Lake, D. A., Nielson, D. L., & Tierney, M. J. (Eds.). (2006).
Delegation and agency in international organizations. Cambridge University
Press, pp. 1-40.
● Barnett, M. N., & Finnemore, M. (1999). The politics, power, and pathologies of
international organizations. International organization, 53(4), 699-732.
● Halle, M. (2012). Life after Rio: a commentary by Mark Halle. IISD,(June).
Accessed 11/01/2017 at http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2012/com_life_after_rio.pdf
● Haas, P. M. (2002). UN conferences and constructivist governance of the
environment. Global governance, 8(1), 73-91.
● Death, Carl, 2010 “ Governing Sustainable Development; Partnerships, protests
and power at the World Summit” Chp 4 “Negotiating sustainable development”,
Routelege, Abingdon & New York, pp 60-89.
● Volger, John.2007 “The international politics of sustainable development”
Chapter 26 in Atkinson, Giles.Dietz, Simon and Neumayer,Eric Eds. “Handbook
of Sustainable Development” Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham UK and
Northhampton, MA, USA. pp 430-445
● Clapp. Jennifer,2000 “The Distancing of Waste: Overconsumption in a Global
Economy”, in Porter, Gareth. Brown, Janet W. and Chasek, Pamela S. 2000.
Global Environmental Politics, Westview Press, Boulder Co. Chp7, pp 156-176
● Meadowcroft, James, 2009, “What about the Politics? Sustainable
Development, transition management, and long term energy transitions” Policy
Sci, (2009) 42:323-340.