State of global environmental governance 2021
Negotiating global agreements on climate action, biodiversity restoration, plastic pollution control, and other environmental crises is not easy at the best of times-and 2021 was far from that. Shifting
Global Environmental Agreements
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Talking in riddles
A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot free
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Modified treaty
The Biosafety Protocol has finally been adopted in the hope that it will bring some transparency into the trade in genetically modified products. But some say it is weak and watered down to suit US interests
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WEAK LINKS IN THE CHAIN
The protocol and its limitations
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Heading for showdown
Even as the US accuses the EU of rewriting prior agreements, the later agrees on a common approach to limiting flexible mechanisms for controlling green house gas emissions
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Global Environmental Negotiations 1: green politics
Green Politics , the first in a series of publications on global environmental negotiations (GEN) provides a close analysis of important environment-related conventions and institutions from their origins, and demystifies the global politics behind 'saving the environment'. The book presents a first-ever comprehensive Southern perspective of the impact of global environmental governance on the real lives of real people.
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Lifting the veil
Ford and General Motors were behind the onslaught on the US administration asking that India and China also undertake reduction commitments
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Forest matters
There is an urgent need for a global environmental watchdog alerting the global civil society to the designs of our governments
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Woody Warfare
World forestry talks end without a consensus on a global convention on forests
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Hot and anxious
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