1 Introduction 2005 is a landmark year for climate change and for development. Hyogo, 1
Kyoto2 and Gleneagles3 have given their names to major frameworks of action aimed at …

Multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) have become a vital part of the organizational landscape
for corporate social responsibility. Recent debates have explored whether these initiatives …

This book investigates how sustainability informs key principles and concepts of domestic
and international law. It calls for the recognition of ecological sustainability as a fundamental …

While speaking truth to power has long been a major theme in political science and policy
studies (Wildavsky 1979), commentators are increasingly skeptical about whether modelers …

In 2001, the four global change research programmes 'urgently'called for 'an ethical
framework for global stewardship and strategies for Earth System management'. Yet this …

Abstract The Earth System Science Partnership, which unites all major global change
research programmes, declared in 2001 an urgent need to develop “strategies for Earth …

In 2001, the Earth System Science Partnership declared an urgent need to develop
'strategies for Earth System management'. Yet what such strategies might be, how they could …

Global Environmental Governance examines ten major environmental threats-climate
disruption, biodiversity loss, acid rain, ozone depletion, deforestation, desertification …

Managing and communicating flood risks necessitates a strong understanding of how
people perceive risk. It has become critical to examine risk perception to implement effective …

Governance has become an iridescent concept in recent years. The term is widely used in
almost all social-science disciplines as well as in the political process. The intention of this …