Within the past 25 years, climate change has evolved from an issue of interest primarily to
some natural scientists into one of the top priorities on the global policy agenda. Research in …

An implicit assumption of most policy analysts and some academics is that globalization
leads to a convergence of traditionally national policies governing environmental regulation …

Once the exclusive preserve of member states, international organizations have become
increasingly open in recent decades. Now virtually all international organizations at some …

A new model for effective global environmental governance in an era of human-caused
planetary transformation and disruption. Humans are no longer spectators who need to …

Global partnerships have transformed international institutions by creating platforms for
direct collaboration with NGOs, foundations, companies and local actors. They introduce a …

In December 2015, political leaders celebrated the Paris Agreement as a milestone in the
global fight against climate change. Three years later, Greta Thunberg's school strike …

Nongovernmental organizations are central to contemporary global governance, and their
numbers and influence have grown dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century …

Over the past 3 decades, the status of sea turtles and the need for their protection to aid
population recovery have increasingly captured the interest of government agencies, non …

The rise in the importance of nonstate actors in generating new norms in world politics has
been documented by scholars, but the literature has focused predominantly on nonsecurity …

This book argues that increasing engagement between international institutions and sectors
of civil society is producing a new form of global governance. The authors …