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DOI10.1007/s10784-004-3095-6
ISSN1567-9764, 1573-1553
Reforming International Environmental Governance.
Prof. Sebastian Oberth?r
发表日期2004
出版者Kluwer Academic Publishers (Kluwer Academic Publishers), Netherlands
出版年2004
语种英语
概述An Institutionalist Critique of the Proposal for a World Environment OrganisationIn this article Sebastian Oberthür and Thomas Gehring argue that a World Environment Organisation (WEO) does not promise to enhance international environmental governance. The authors claim that the establishment of an international organisation alone in a policy field currently populated by regimes cannot be expected to significantly improve environmental governance because there is no qualitative difference between these two forms of governance institutions. This article does not address in detail or extend upon recent proposals for giving more importance to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) or for upgrading it to a special UN organisation.
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An Institutionalist Critique of the Proposal for a World Environment Organisation

In this article Sebastian Oberth?r and Thomas Gehring argue that a World Environment Organisation (WEO) does not promise to enhance international environmental governance. The authors claim that the establishment of an international organisation alone in a policy field currently populated by regimes cannot be expected to significantly improve environmental governance because there is no qualitative difference between these two forms of governance institutions. This article?does not address in detail or extend upon recent proposals for giving more importance to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) or for upgrading it to a special UN organisation.

Furthermore, they submit that significant improvement of international environmental governance through institutional re-arrangement must rely on a modification of decision-making procedures and/or a change of institutional boundaries.

The authors develop three principal models of a possible WEO:?

  • A WEO formally providing an umbrella for existing regimes without modifying issue-areas and decision-making procedures would be largely irrelevant.?
  • A WEO integrating decision-making processes of existing regimes so as to form comprehensive 'world environment rounds' of intergovernmental bargaining would be largely dysfunctional and prone to a host of negative side-effects.
  • A 'supranational' WEO including large-scale use of majority decision-making and far-reaching enforcement mechanisms across a range of environmental issues might considerably enhance international environmental governance, but it appears to be grossly utopian.

In conclusion, a WEO cannot be at the same time realistic, significant and beneficial for international environmental governance. Available political resources should be invested in advancing existing and emerging sectoral environmental regimes rather than in establishing a WEO.

The article is available for download at Springer at the price of 34.95??

目录Table of Contents: 1. Introduction2. The Distinction between Regimes and Organisations - Fiction rather than Reality3. The Decision-Making Capacity of International Institutions 3.1 The Design of Decision-Making Processes 3.2? The Delimitation of Problem Areas4. Options for a World Environment Organisation: Three Models 4.1 UN Model: An Umbrella Organsation 4.2 WTO Model: Creating Comprehensive World Environment Rounds 4.3 EU Model: Delegating Extensive Competencies to a WEO5. Conclusion
标签Article ; Global Environment ; Governance
关键词co-operation theory global international environmental governance multilateral agreements regime WEO UNEO World Environment Organisation
URLhttps://www.ecologic.eu/1343
来源智库Ecologic Institute (Germany)
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