The European Union in global environmental governance: Leadership in the making?

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-413

  Vogler, John ^a   Stephan, Hannes R ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actorness; Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD); Europe as a global actor; Global environmental governance (GEG); Leadership; UNEP; United Nations reform

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; EUROPEAN UNION; LEADERSHIP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 36549069361     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-007-9051-5     Document Type: Article

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