Environmental and Sustainability Governance

IEF President Arthur Dahl has just had a chapter entitled "Towards Effective Multilevel Environmental and Sustainability Governance for Shared Ecological Risks" published in a new book edited by Richard Falk and Augusto Lopez-Claros, Global Governance and International Cooperation: Managing Global Catastrophic Risks in the 21st Century published by Routledge in March 2024 and available in open access to read online or download as a pdf.

Arthur's chapter 19, pp. 317-331, can also be downloaded from the IEF website. It looks at The Environment As a Source of Global Catastrophic Risks, explains Global Environmental Risks, considers Principles of Governance and Multilevel Governance, expands on Environmental Governance Functions including Improving Science Advice, Global Environmental Legislation, Polynodal Governance Implementation, an International Court for the Environment, and Learning and Adaptability. In then reviews National Governance, Local Governance, Human Resources, Information Resources such as Positive Scenarios, and Indicators and Other Measures of Risk Governance Performance such as Alternative Accounts.

This chapter, and the book as a whole, will be a useful reference for many IEF activities.

Richard Falk and Augusto Lopez-Claros, editors, Global Governance and International Cooperation: Managing Global Catastrophic Risks in the 21st Century published by Routledge in March 2024

Abstract of the book:
The Global Governance Forum and the Global Challenges Foundation collaborate in this collection in their concern that the UN Charter and the contemporary infrastructure for international cooperation are no longer fit for purpose and lack the instruments, resources and legitimacy to address the catastrophic risks threatening our future.

Twenty-eight contributors offer thoughtful proposals for reforming existing international institutions and creating new ones to build a more peaceful, prosperous and just world, covering themes such as the management of weapons of mass destruction, collective security arrangements, justice and equity in economics, human rights, migration and refugees, climate mitigation, and food security, all bearing on the health of both people and planet.

The vital project of this century is building institutions that will underpin global governance in coming decades, requiring imagination, persistence, empathy, and confidence that we will find a path to enhanced mechanisms of binding international law and the resources to make that happen. The volume is essential reading for scholars and researchers on international politics and public policy and indispensable for diplomats and government agencies.

The full contents of the book are as follows:
Introduction:
Managing Global Catastrophic Risks in the 21st Century: A Global Governance Perspective
by Augusto Lopez-Claros

Part I: Governance for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction

Chapter 1: Nuclear One-Worldisms, Planetary Vulnerability and Whole Earth Security
by Daniel Deudney

Chapter 2: Psychological and Societal Sources of Nuclear Peace
by Jeffrey W. Knopf

Chapter 3: Lessons from Existing WMD Multilateral Programmes and Platforms
by Richard Lennane

Chapter 4: Towards a Global Nuclear Ban Treaty: ICAN's Anti-Nuclear Triad
by John Miller

Chapter 5: Weapons, War and Military Spending: Disarmament Is Fundamental for Human Security and Sustainable Development
by Jody Williams

Chapter 6: The International Implications of Japan's Non-nuclear Policy
by Fumihiko Yoshida

Chapter 7: Rethinking the Geopolitics of a Collective System for Armament Regulation
by Binxin Zhang

Part II: Governance for Peace and Security

Chapter 8: Enhancing Global Governance
by Richard Falk

Chapter 9: Revitalising UN Collective Security: A Modest Proposal
by Ian Johnstone

Chapter 10: Global Governance and Human Security
by Mary Kaldor

Chapter 11: Three Aspects of Radical Inclusion Necessary for a Workable New System for the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes
by Cecelia Lynch

Chapter 12: Infrastructures for Peace: A New Layer of Peace and Security Governance?
by Darynell Rodríguez Torres

Chapter 13: ‘Organic Evolution’ in the United Nations: Retrospect and Prospect
by Guy Fiti Sinclair

Chapter 14: Towards Global Parliament: An Affirming Reassessment after 22 Years
by Andrew Strauss, Richard Falk

Chapter 15: Global Governance for Civilisational Crises
by Sundeep Waslekar, Ilmas Futehally

Chapter 16: The International Court of Justice and Its Role in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the 21st Century: From Quick Wins to Tectonic Shifts
by Philippa Webb

Chapter 17: Prospects for Operationalizing UN Charter Article 26
by Andy Weber, Christine Parthemore

Chapter 18: Finessing R2P, an International Peace Force to Protect Heritage and Humans
by Thomas G. Weiss

Part III: Governance for Climate and People

Chapter 19: Towards Effective Multilevel Environmental and Sustainability Governance for Shared Ecological Risks
by Arthur Lyon Dahl

Chapter 20: Global Food Systems in Crisis: A Human Rights Approach
by Hilal Elver

Chapter 21: Transformative Shifts for a New Global Environmental Governance
by María Fernanda Espinosa

Chapter 22: The International Criminal Court: Origins, Challenges and Desirable Reforms to Strengthen It
by Richard J. Goldstone

Chapter 23: State Interests and the Global Response to Forced Displacement: How Can We Move Forward?
by Brian Gorlick

Chapter 24: Carbon, Confusion and Conflict: Global Governance Implications of the Net-Zero Energy Transition
by Joshua Lincoln

Chapter 25: Combatting Corruption to Advance Good Governance: Exploring Options for an International Anti-Corruption Court
by Augusto Lopez-Claros, Ian J. Lynch

Chapter 26: Global Health Governance: Lessons from the Pandemic
by Thidar Pyone, Soumya Swaminathan

Chapter 27: What Do Extreme Poverty and Inequality Mean for Global Political Stability?
by Asif M. Islam, Ani Rudra Silwal, Federica Saliola