TY - JOUR
T1 - Global Environmental Governance: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
AU - Biermann, F.
AU - Pattberg, P.H.
N1 - doi:10.1146/annurev.environ.33.050707.085733
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This article provides a focused review of the current literature on global environmental governance. In the first part, we differentiate between three usages of the term "global environmental governance, " which we describe as analytical, programmatic, and critical. In the second part, we highlight three key characteristics of global environmental governance that make it different, in our view, from traditional international environmental politics: first, the emergence of new types of agency and of actors in addition to national governments, the traditional core actors in international environmental politics; second, the emergence of new mechanisms and institutions of global environmental governance that go beyond traditional forms of state-led, treaty-based regimes; and third, increasing segmentation and fragmentation of the overall governance system across levels and functional spheres. In the last section, we present an outlook on future study needs in this field. ©2008 by Annual Reviews.
AB - This article provides a focused review of the current literature on global environmental governance. In the first part, we differentiate between three usages of the term "global environmental governance, " which we describe as analytical, programmatic, and critical. In the second part, we highlight three key characteristics of global environmental governance that make it different, in our view, from traditional international environmental politics: first, the emergence of new types of agency and of actors in addition to national governments, the traditional core actors in international environmental politics; second, the emergence of new mechanisms and institutions of global environmental governance that go beyond traditional forms of state-led, treaty-based regimes; and third, increasing segmentation and fragmentation of the overall governance system across levels and functional spheres. In the last section, we present an outlook on future study needs in this field. ©2008 by Annual Reviews.
U2 - 10.1146/annurev.environ.33.050707.085733
DO - 10.1146/annurev.environ.33.050707.085733
M3 - Article
SN - 1543-5938
VL - 33
SP - 277
EP - 294
JO - Annual Review of Environment and Resources
JF - Annual Review of Environment and Resources
ER -