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.
Arvustused
This fascinating book is one of those rare collections that have a shared and unified purpose. Collectively, the authors cover a diverse set of topics, draw on myriad original sources (including interviews as well as archival research), tell interesting and new stories, and make a variety of novel arguments. · Bob H. Reinhardt, Executive Director, Willamette Heritage Center
This book is exceptionally helpful for understanding the interplay between emerging environmental concerns and international politics during the last century. It illuminates the crucial role played by international organisations in developing environmental policies, and in particular it traces the political resolve and intellectual effort behind the concept of sustainable development. · Sara Lorenzini, University of Trento
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 its 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
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).
