Global environmental governance: the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

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Abstract: "This discussion paper is about the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - one of the multilateral agreements that came out of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. UNCCD is based on a conceptualization of international relations that transcends to a large extent the traditional notions of inter-governmental treaties. Such policy concepts are known under the framework of Global Governance as they allocate political action rather to the horizontal level - implying multi-actor-networks and the civil society - than to vertical or top-down processes. The paper first shows that - inspired by the Brundtland Report and the emerging process of globalization - Rio was the peak season for Global Governance concepts that found their way into treaties and triggered structural reform, thus shaping a different reality of multilateral cooperation. In a second step, the paper shows that the Convention to Combat Desertificati

Alternative title: Global Governance auf dem Umweltsektor: die UN-Konvention zur Bekämpfung der Desertifikation

Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main

Extent: Online-Ressource, 154 S.

Language: Englisch

Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion

Bibliographic citation: Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung ; Bd. 2004-001

Classification: Politik

Event: Veröffentlichung

(where): Berlin

(when): 2004

Creator: Rechkemmer, Andreas

Contributor: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-118063

Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.

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Rechkemmer, Andreas
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Time of origin

2004

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