Stockholm and the Rise of Global Environmental Governance

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-009-17780-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 738 g

Reihe: Studies in Environment and History

This unique history examines global environmental governance through the lens of Stockholm, which has played an outsized role in shaping its development. Fifty years before Greta Thunberg started her School Strike for Climate, Swedish diplomats initiated the seminal 1972 U.N. Conference on the Human Environment that propelled Stockholm to the forefront of international environmental affairs. Stockholm has since become a hub for scientific and political approaches to managing the environmental and climate crisis. Utilizing archival materials and oral histories, Sörlin and Paglia recount how, over seventy years, Stockholm-based actors helped construct the architecture of environmental governance through convening decisive meetings, developing scientific concepts and establishing influential institutions at the intersection of science and politics. Focusing on this specific yet crucial location, the authors provide a broad overview of global events and detailed account of Stockholm's extraordinary impact. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sörlin, Sverker

Paglia, Eric

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. The Stockholm story – a progressive counter-narrative; 2. Sweden and Nature – the Model Country Paradox; 3. Stockholm – a Climate Science Node; 4. The Swedish UN Initiative; 5. Twelve Days in Stockholm, June 1972; 6. Enter the Earth System; 7. Planetary Boundaries and Big Tent Science; 8. 'Listen to the Scientists' – yes, but what is the message?; 9. Conclusion – An Environmentalism of the Rich?; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Paglia, Eric
Eric Paglia is an environmental historian researching global environmental governance, the 1972 Stockholm Conference, the Anthropocene and the Arctic.

Sörlin, Sverker
Sverker Sörlin is a public intellectual, policy advisor, and a leading name in environmental history. He is a recipient of the August Prize for Non-fiction.