Johannesburg plus 20: From intergovernmental environmental policy to earth system governance

Politics and the Life Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 72-77

  Biermann, Frank ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

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References (22)

1. Immanuel Kant, "Zum ewigen Frieden. Ein philosophischer Entwurf," in Wilhelm Weischedel, Schriften zur Anthropologie, Geschichtsphilosophie, Politik und Pädagogik. (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1983), p. 224 (B 61/A 60), author's simplified translation.
2. Shardul Agrawala, "Context and Early Origins of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," Climatic Change vol. 39 (1998): 605-20; Shardul Agrawala, "Structural and Process History of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," Climatic Change vol. 39 (1998): 621-42; Bernd Siebenhüner, How do Scientific Assessments Learn? A Comparative Study of the IPCC and LRTAP. Environmental and Natural Resources Program Discussion Paper 2002-05, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2002.
3. Shardul Agrawala, "Context and Early Origins of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," Climatic Change vol. 39 (1998): 605-20; Shardul Agrawala, "Structural and Process History of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," Climatic Change vol. 39 (1998): 621-42; Bernd Siebenhüner, How do Scientific Assessments Learn? A Comparative Study of the IPCC and LRTAP. Environmental and Natural Resources Program Discussion Paper 2002-05, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2002.
4. Shardul Agrawala, "Context and Early Origins of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," Climatic Change vol. 39 (1998): 605-20; Shardul Agrawala, "Structural and Process History of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," Climatic Change vol. 39 (1998): 621-42; Bernd Siebenhüner, How do Scientific Assessments Learn? A Comparative Study of the IPCC and LRTAP. Environmental and Natural Resources Program Discussion Paper 2002-05, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2002.
5. For example, Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain, Global Warming in an Unequal World: A Case of Environmental Colonialism (New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment, 1991).
6. For more detail, see Frank Biermann, "Big Science, Small Impacts - In the South? The Influence of Global Environmental Assessments on Expert Communities in India," Global Environmental Change. Human and Policy Dimensions vol. 11 no. 4 (2001): 457-88; Frank Biermann, "Institutions for Scientific Advice: Global Environmental Assessments and their Influence in Developing Countries," Global Governance vol. 8 no. 2 (2002): 195-219.
7. For more detail, see Frank Biermann, "Big Science, Small Impacts - In the South? The Influence of Global Environmental Assessments on Expert Communities in India," Global Environmental Change. Human and Policy Dimensions vol. 11 no. 4 (2001): 457-88; Frank Biermann, "Institutions for Scientific Advice: Global Environmental Assessments and their Influence in Developing Countries," Global Governance vol. 8 no. 2 (2002): 195-219.
8. On different proposals for new international bodies for environmental protection, see Frank Biermann, "The Case for a World Environment Organization," Environment vol. 42 no. 9 (2000): 22-31; Frank Biermann, "Strengthening Green Global Governance in a Disparate World Society: Would a World Environment Organization Benefit the South?" International Environmental Agreements vol. 2, no. 4 (2002): 297-315; Steve Charnovitz, "A World Environment Organization," Columbia Journal of Environmental Law vol. 27 no. 2 (2002): 321-57; C. Ford Runge, "A Global Environment Organization (GEO) and the World Trading System," Journal of World Trade vol. 35 no. 4 (2001): 399-426; Daniel C. Esty and Maria Ivanova, Making environmental efforts work: The Case for a Global Environmental Organization. Working Paper 2/01, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, 2001. For an argument against a world environment organization see Calestous Juma, "Stunting Green Progress," Financial Times, 6 July 2000; Konrad von Moltke, "The Organization of the Impossible," Global Environmental Politics vol. 1 no. 1 (2001): 23-8.
9. On different proposals for new international bodies for environmental protection, see Frank Biermann, "The Case for a World Environment Organization," Environment vol. 42 no. 9 (2000): 22-31; Frank Biermann, "Strengthening Green Global Governance in a Disparate World Society: Would a World Environment Organization Benefit the South?" International Environmental Agreements vol. 2, no. 4 (2002): 297-315; Steve Charnovitz, "A World Environment Organization," Columbia Journal of Environmental Law vol. 27 no. 2 (2002): 321-57; C. Ford Runge, "A Global Environment Organization (GEO) and the World Trading System," Journal of World Trade vol. 35 no. 4 (2001): 399-426; Daniel C. Esty and Maria Ivanova, Making environmental efforts work: The Case for a Global Environmental Organization. Working Paper 2/01, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, 2001. For an argument against a world environment organization see Calestous Juma, "Stunting Green Progress," Financial Times, 6 July 2000; Konrad von Moltke, "The Organization of the Impossible," Global Environmental Politics vol. 1 no. 1 (2001): 23-8.
10. On different proposals for new international bodies for environmental protection, see Frank Biermann, "The Case for a World Environment Organization," Environment vol. 42 no. 9 (2000): 22-31; Frank Biermann, "Strengthening Green Global Governance in a Disparate World Society: Would a World Environment Organization Benefit the South?" International Environmental Agreements vol. 2, no. 4 (2002): 297-315; Steve Charnovitz, "A World Environment Organization," Columbia Journal of Environmental Law vol. 27 no. 2 (2002): 321-57; C. Ford Runge, "A Global Environment Organization (GEO) and the World Trading System," Journal of World Trade vol. 35 no. 4 (2001): 399-426; Daniel C. Esty and Maria Ivanova, Making environmental efforts work: The Case for a Global Environmental Organization. Working Paper 2/01, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, 2001. For an argument against a world environment organization see Calestous Juma, "Stunting Green Progress," Financial Times, 6 July 2000; Konrad von Moltke, "The Organization of the Impossible," Global Environmental Politics vol. 1 no. 1 (2001): 23-8.
11. On different proposals for new international bodies for environmental protection, see Frank Biermann, "The Case for a World Environment Organization," Environment vol. 42 no. 9 (2000): 22-31; Frank Biermann, "Strengthening Green Global Governance in a Disparate World Society: Would a World Environment Organization Benefit the South?" International Environmental Agreements vol. 2, no. 4 (2002): 297-315; Steve Charnovitz, "A World Environment Organization," Columbia Journal of Environmental Law vol. 27 no. 2 (2002): 321-57; C. Ford Runge, "A Global Environment Organization (GEO) and the World Trading System," Journal of World Trade vol. 35 no. 4 (2001): 399-426; Daniel C. Esty and Maria Ivanova, Making environmental efforts work: The Case for a Global Environmental Organization. Working Paper 2/01, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, 2001. For an argument against a world environment organization see Calestous Juma, "Stunting Green Progress," Financial Times, 6 July 2000; Konrad von Moltke, "The Organization of the Impossible," Global Environmental Politics vol. 1 no. 1 (2001): 23-8.
12. On different proposals for new international bodies for environmental protection, see Frank Biermann, "The Case for a World Environment Organization," Environment vol. 42 no. 9 (2000): 22-31; Frank Biermann, "Strengthening Green Global Governance in a Disparate World Society: Would a World Environment Organization Benefit the South?" International Environmental Agreements vol. 2, no. 4 (2002): 297-315; Steve Charnovitz, "A World Environment Organization," Columbia Journal of Environmental Law vol. 27 no. 2 (2002): 321-57; C. Ford Runge, "A Global Environment Organization (GEO) and the World Trading System," Journal of World Trade vol. 35 no. 4 (2001): 399-426; Daniel C. Esty and Maria Ivanova, Making environmental efforts work: The Case for a Global Environmental Organization. Working Paper 2/01, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, 2001. For an argument against a world environment organization see Calestous Juma, "Stunting Green Progress," Financial Times, 6 July 2000; Konrad von Moltke, "The Organization of the Impossible," Global Environmental Politics vol. 1 no. 1 (2001): 23-8.
13. On different proposals for new international bodies for environmental protection, see Frank Biermann, "The Case for a World Environment Organization," Environment vol. 42 no. 9 (2000): 22-31; Frank Biermann, "Strengthening Green Global Governance in a Disparate World Society: Would a World Environment Organization Benefit the South?" International Environmental Agreements vol. 2, no. 4 (2002): 297-315; Steve Charnovitz, "A World Environment Organization," Columbia Journal of Environmental Law vol. 27 no. 2 (2002): 321-57; C. Ford Runge, "A Global Environment Organization (GEO) and the World Trading System," Journal of World Trade vol. 35 no. 4 (2001): 399-426; Daniel C. Esty and Maria Ivanova, Making environmental efforts work: The Case for a Global Environmental Organization. Working Paper 2/01, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, 2001. For an argument against a world environment organization see Calestous Juma, "Stunting Green Progress," Financial Times, 6 July 2000; Konrad von Moltke, "The Organization of the Impossible," Global Environmental Politics vol. 1 no. 1 (2001): 23-8.
14. On different proposals for new international bodies for environmental protection, see Frank Biermann, "The Case for a World Environment Organization," Environment vol. 42 no. 9 (2000): 22-31; Frank Biermann, "Strengthening Green Global Governance in a Disparate World Society: Would a World Environment Organization Benefit the South?" International Environmental Agreements vol. 2, no. 4 (2002): 297-315; Steve Charnovitz, "A World Environment Organization," Columbia Journal of Environmental Law vol. 27 no. 2 (2002): 321-57; C. Ford Runge, "A Global Environment Organization (GEO) and the World Trading System," Journal of World Trade vol. 35 no. 4 (2001): 399-426; Daniel C. Esty and Maria Ivanova, Making environmental efforts work: The Case for a Global Environmental Organization. Working Paper 2/01, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, 2001. For an argument against a world environment organization see Calestous Juma, "Stunting Green Progress," Financial Times, 6 July 2000; Konrad von Moltke, "The Organization of the Impossible," Global Environmental Politics vol. 1 no. 1 (2001): 23-8.
15. The first article that, to my knowledge, mentioned the need for an intergovernmental body for the environment was authored by George F. Kennan, who called for an "International Environmental Authority." Kennan wanted to restrict this body to industrialized countries. See George F. Kennan, "To Prevent a World Wasteland: A Proposal," Foreign Affairs vol. 48 no. 3 (1970): 401-13. On other early proposals, see the comprehensive overview in Charnovitz, "A world environment organization."
16. The first article that, to my knowledge, mentioned the need for an intergovernmental body for the environment was authored by George F. Kennan, who called for an "International Environmental Authority." Kennan wanted to restrict this body to industrialized countries. See George F. Kennan, "To Prevent a World Wasteland: A Proposal," Foreign Affairs vol. 48 no. 3 (1970): 401-13. On other early proposals, see the comprehensive overview in Charnovitz, "A world environment organization."
17. German Advisory Council on Global Change, Charging the Use of Global Commons. Special Report. Berlin: German Advisory Council on Global Change, 2002. Available at www.wbgu.de
18. Jürgen Trittin, "Keynote address of the German Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Energy to the 2001 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change," in Frank Biermann, Rainer Brohm and Klaus Dingwerth, eds., Proceedings of the 2001 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Global Environmental Change and the Nation State. (Potsdam: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 2002). Available at www.glo-gov.org
19. On nongovernmental organizations, see for example Ken Conca, "Greening the United Nations: Environmental Organizations and the UN System," Third World Quarterly vol. 16 no. 3 (1995): 441-57; Paul Wapner, Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996).
20. On nongovernmental organizations, see for example Ken Conca, "Greening the United Nations: Environmental Organizations and the UN System," Third World Quarterly vol. 16 no. 3 (1995): 441-57; Paul Wapner, Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996).
21. See for example South Centre, For a Strong and Democratic United Nations: A South Perspective on UN Reform (Geneva: South Centre, 1996).
22. Commission on Global Governance, Our Global Neighborhood (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), p. 257.