Improving global environmental governance [electronic resource] : best practices for architecture and agency / [edited by] Norichika Kanie, Steinar Andresen, Peter M. Haas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : actor configurations and global environmental governance / Peter M. Haas, Steinar Andresen and Norichika Kanie -- 2. Agenda setting at sea and in the air / Stacy D. VanDeveer -- 3. Lessons learned in multilateral environmental negotiations / Pamela S. Chasek -- 4. Actor configurations and compliance tasks in international environmental governance / Olav Schram Stokke -- 5. The mismatch of implementation networks in international environmental regimes: lessons from different agreements / Josâe Antãonio Puppim de Oliveira -- 6. Resilience and biodiversity governance: the processes of actor configurations which support and limit resilience / Casey Stevens -- 7. Governance components in private regulation: implications for legitimacy, authority and effectiveness / Graeme Auld, Benjamin Cashore and Stefan Renckens -- 8. Actor configurations in the climate regime : the states call the shots / Steinar Andresen, Norichika Kanie and Peter M. Haas -- 9. Conclusion : lessons from pluralistic green governance / Norichika Kanie, Peter M. Haas and Steinar Andresen.

"By addressing key questions in this important area, the book provides new perspectives in the nexus between agency and architecture in environmental governance in the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.