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The Global Environment in the Twenty-first Century: Prospects for International Cooperation

Pamela S. Chasek (Editor)

United Nations University

2000

Table of Content

Contents (PDF)

List of tables and figures (PDF)

Note on measurements (PDF)

Introduction: The global environment at the dawn of a new millennium (PDF)
Pamela S. Chasek

States and sovereignty: (PDF)

  1. States and sovereignty: Introduction (PDF)
    Jeannie Sowers, Atul Kohli, and Georg Sùrensen

  2. States, markets, and energy use patterns in China and India (PDF)
    Holly Sims

  3. Sustainability, degradation, and livelihood in third world cities: Possibilities for state-society synergy (PDF)
    Peter Evans

  4. Global environment and the changing nature of states: The role of energy (PDF)
    José Goldemberg

Civil society: Defining a new partnership (PDF)

  1. (I)NGOs and global environmental governance: Introduction (PDF)
    Volker Rittberger

  2. The transnational politics of environmental NGOs: Governmental, economic, and social activism (PDF)
    Paul Wapner

  3. Energy development and environmental NGOs: The Asian perspective (PDF)
    Lin Gan

  4. Environmental NGOs in an emerging global civil society (PDF)
    Helmut Breitmeier and Volker Rittberger

Market forces and the environment (PDF)

  1. Market forces and environment: Introduction (PDF)
    Chung-in Moon

  2. Sustainable energy in a developing world: The role of knowledgeable markets. (PDF)
    Ken Wilkening, David Von Hippel, and Peter Hayes

  3. Coping with the global fresh water dilemma: The state, market forces, andglobal governance (PDF)
    Peter H. Gleick

  4. Market forces and food security: The case of developing Asia (PDF)
    Angelina Briones and Charmaine Ramos

Regional arrangements (PDF)

  1. Environmental governance ± the potential of regional institutions: Introduction (PDF)
    Muthiah Alagappa

  2. Energy and the environment in Asia-Pacific: Regional cooperation and market governance (PDF)
    Lyuba Zarsky

  3. Regional environmental cooperation and preventive environmental policy in Central and Eastern Europe (PDF)
    Egbert Tellegen

  4. African regional organizations and environmental security (PDF)
    Gregory W. Myers

International organizations and the environment (PDF)

  1. Intergovernmental organizations and the environment: Introduction (PDF)
    Michael W. Doyle and Rachel Massey

  2. The UN Environment Programme at a turning point: Options for change (PDF)
    David L. Downie and Marc A. Levy

  3. The UN Commission on Sustainable Development: The first five years. (PDF)
    Pamela S. Chasek

  4. The World Bank's environmental agenda. (PDF)
    Mikiyasu Nakayama

  5. Intergovernmental organizations and the environment: Looking towards the future. (PDF)
    Michael W. Doyle and Rachel Massey

Conclusion: The global environment in the twenty-first century: Prospects for international cooperation (PDF)
Pamela S. Chasek

Acronyms (PDF)

List of contributors (PDF)

Index (PDF)