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Copyright © GEG Project 2007 | A Joint Venture of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the College of William & Mary

“The current popularity of discussion about governance has its genesis in the fact that our traditional institutions have kept pace neither with the changing world around us nor with the expectations of citizens .. The project of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy seeks to make an important contribution to the discussion.”

– Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Executive Director, UNEP (1992-1997)

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Fostering the GEG Dialogue

History of Global Environmental Governance

The United Nations Environmental History Project seeks to fill the gap in the intellectual history of environmental governance by providing both grounded historical documentation and individual oral accounts of the ways in which ideas about environmental policy were formulated, debated, and/or distorted. Read More »

Current State of Global Environmental Governance

Retarding and reversing the damage that we are already inflicting on our environment requires an unprecedented and coordinated long-term effort involving ambitious, innovative, and flexible coalitions of state and non-state actors, especially non-governmental organizations that tap into the resources, knowledge, and activism of citizens.Read More »

The Future of Global Environmental Governance

The Global Environmental Governance (GEG) system suffers from structural shortcomings and has not addressed effectively the environmental problems that threaten our planet.

While the number of institutions, policies, and programs charged with stewardship of the global commons has risen dramatically over the last thirty years, the state of the global environment continues to show negative trends and increasing risks. The need for meaningful reform is critical and widely recognized. Read More »
Global Environmental Governance: Perspectives on the Current Debate

Contributors: Enrique Berruga, Frank Biermann, Mohamed El-Ashry, Christiana Figueres, Maria Ivanova, Norichika Kanie, Markus Knigge, Peter Maurer, Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf, and Jennifer Roy.

This book provides up-to-date information on the options and opportunities to strengthen global environmental governance (GEG) and explores fundamental questions such as:

» Can the current GEG system deal effectively with environmental problems?
» What are the pros and cons of having hundreds of Multilateral Environmental Agreements, each with their own Secretariat and Conference of the Parties?
» What can be learned from UNEPs history?
» How can the GEG system be improved?

Download PDF version or E-mail GEGbook@centerforunreform.org to order a hard copy.

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MY COMMENT (Willem)

This sounds like a fantastic initiative to me.  I wish my colleagues of Yale and the College of William & Mary a lot of success.