An unfinished foundation : the United Nations and global environmental governance / Ken Conca.
By: Conca, Ken [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190232894 (ebook); 9780190232856.Subject(s): United Nations -- Environmental policy | Environmental justice -- International cooperation | Human rights -- International cooperation | Sustainability -- International cooperationDDC classification: 363.7 Online resources: Available from Oxford Scholarship Online (access within UNU) Summary: This volume examines the origins, effectiveness, and limitations of the United Nations system's approach to global environmental governance. It traces the history of the UN's approach, maps its increasingly apparent limits, and suggests needed reforms to use conflict sensitivity, peacebuilding, accountability mechanisms, and rights-based approaches as tools in the UN's environmental work.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume examines the origins, effectiveness, and limitations of the United Nations system's approach to global environmental governance. It traces the history of the UN's approach, maps its increasingly apparent limits, and suggests needed reforms to use conflict sensitivity, peacebuilding, accountability mechanisms, and rights-based approaches as tools in the UN's environmental work.
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