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Brief 5: Enhancing Environmental Governance For Sustainable Development: Function-Oriented Options, John E. Scanlon
Brief 5: Enhancing Environmental Governance For Sustainable Development: Function-Oriented Options, John E. Scanlon
Governance and Sustainability Issue Brief Series
The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, is likely to determine the future direction of the institutional framework for sustainable development and for international environmental governance. As States move towards the ‘sharp end’ of their negotiations, it is important to analyse some of the risks and benefits of the identified options for the reform of international environmental governance and offer pragmatic ideas on how to make best use of existing resources and structures.