International Organizations and Environmental Protection

Conservation and Globalization in the Twentieth Century
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78920-090-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 360 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

Reihe: Environment in History: International Perspectives

Pollution, resource depletion, habitat management, and climate change are all issues that necessarily transcend national boundaries. Accordingly, they and other environmental concerns have been a particular focus for international organizations from before the First World War to the present day. This volume is the first to comprehensively explore the environmental activities of professional communities, NGOs, regional bodies, the United Nations, and other international organizations during the twentieth century. It follows their efforts to shape debates about environmental degradation, develop binding intergovernmental commitments, and—following the seminal 1972 Conference on the Human Environment—implement and enforce actual international policies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaiser, Wolfram

Meyer, Jan-Henrik

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Recht, Kultur, Umwelt etc.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutzorganisationen, Naturschützer
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction: International Organizations and Environmental Protection in the Global Twentieth Century

Wolfram Kaiser and Jan-Henrik Meyer

Chapter 1. From Nature to Environment: International Organisations and Environmental Protection before Stockholm

Jan-Henrik Meyer

Chapter 2. Environmental Problem-solvers? Scientists and the Stockholm Conference

Enora Javaudin

Chapter 3. Developing World Environmental Cooperation: The Founex Seminar and the Stockholm Conference

Michael W. Manulak

Chapter 4. Only One Earth: The Holy See and Ecology

Luigi Piccioni

Chapter 5. Sometimes it’s the Economy, Stupid! International Organizations, Steel and the Environment

Wolfram Kaiser

Chapter 6. Making the Polluter Pay: How the European Communities Established Environmental Protection

Jan-Henrik Meyer

Chapter 7. (Re-) Thinking Environment and Economy: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and Sustainable Development

Iris Borowy

Chapter 8. Towards ‘Sustainable’ Development: The United Nations, INGOs, and the Crafting of the World Conservation Strategy

Stephen Macekura

Chapter 9. Protecting the Southern Ocean Ecosystem: The Environmental Protection Agenda of Antarctic Diplomacy and Science

Alessandro Antonello

Chapter 10. Controlling the Agenda: Science, Policy and the Making of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

David G. Hirst

Conclusion: Setting Agendas, Building Institutions, and Shaping Binding International Commitments

Wolfram Kaiser and Jan-Henrik Meyer

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kaiser, Wolfram
Wolfram Kaiser is Professor of European Studies at the University of Portsmouth and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. His recent publications include Writing the Rules for Europe: Experts, Cartels, and International Organizations (2014, with J. Schot).

Meyer, Jan-Henrik
Jan-Henrik Meyer is Associate Professor and Principal Investigator at the University of Copenhagen for the research project “History of Nuclear Energy and Society” (HoNESt). He has been an Associate Professor at NTNU Trondheim, a Rachel Carson Fellow at LMU Munich and a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Portsmouth.

Wolfram Kaiser is Professor of European Studies at the University of Portsmouth and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. His recent publications include Writing the Rules for Europe: Experts, Cartels, and International Organizations (2014, with J. Schot).