The Environment in Global Sustainability Governance
Perceptions, Actors, Innovations
Edited by Lena Partzsch
Published
Nov 23, 2023Page count
372 pagesISBN
978-1529228007Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Nov 23, 2023Page count
372 pagesISBN
978-1529228021Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
The Environment in Global Sustainability Governance
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
With Agenda 2030, the UN adopted wide-ranging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that integrate development and environmental agendas. This book focuses on the political tensions between the environmental objectives and socio-economic aspects of sustainable development.
The collection provides an introduction to interlinkages, synergies and trade-offs between the ‘green’ and other goals, such as gender equality and economic growth. It also considers related goals on cities and partnerships as crucial for implementing environmentally sound sustainability. Identifying governance failures and responsibilities, it advocates for a shift towards cooperative economics and politics for the common good.
"This timely book vigorously tackles the central challenge of the SDGs: how to resolve the tension between development featuring economic growth and the limitations of the Earth's atmospheric, marine and terrestrial systems." Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara
“This volume reveals the international community’s ongoing struggle to reconcile environmental, social and economic goals through the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It is a must-read for anyone thinking about the challenge of reforming global sustainability governance beyond the SDGs.” Michele Betsill, University of Copenhagen
“The volume stands as a significant contribution to the expanding body of sustainability governance literature, providing readers with comprehensive insights into the intricacies of global sustainability efforts.” Global Policy Journal
Lena Partzsch is Professor of Comparative Politics with a focus on Environmental and Climate Politics at the Freie Universitaet Berlin.
1. Introduction: The Integration of Development and Environmental Agendas - Lena Partzsch
Part 1: The Green Goals
2. Governing the Climate Crisis: Three Challenges for SDG 13 - Jens Marquardt and Miranda Schreurs
3. Key Logics of International Forest Governance and SDG 15 - Daniela Kleinschmit, Mareike Blum, Maria Brockhaus, Mawa Karambiri, Markus Kröger, Sabaheta Ramcilovik-Suominen and Sabine Reinecke
4. Protecting Life Below Water: Competing Normative, Economic, and Epistemic Orders [SDG 14] - Alice B.M. Vadrot
5. Sustainable Development and Water: Cross-Sectoral, Transboundary and Multi-Level Governance Arrangements in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Switzerland - Manuel Fischer, Paul Cisneros, Julie Duval, Javier Gonzales-Iwanciw and Sofia Cordero
Part 2: The Goals with Environmental Trade-Offs and Synergies
6. Water for Life and Food: Synergies Between Sdgs 2 and 6 and Human Rights - Lyla Mehta, Claudia Ringler and Shiney Varghese
7. SDG 2 and the Dominance of Food Security in the Global Agri-Food Norm Cluster - Sandra Schwindenhammer and Lena Partzsch
8. Clean Energy Services: Universal Access as Enabler for Development? - Nopenyo Dabla and Andreas Goldthau
9. From Economic Growth to Socio-Ecological Transformation: Rethinking Visions of Economy and Work Under SDG 8 - Ekaterina Chertkovskaya
10. ‘We Do Not Want to be Mainstreamed into a Polluted Stream’: An Ecofeminist Critique of SDG 5 - Sherilyn Macgregor and Aino Ursula Mäki
11. Realising Sustainable Consumption and Production - Sylvia Lorek, Maurie Cohen and Eva Alfredsson
Part 3: The Goals Relevant for an Environmentally Sound Implementation
12. Cities and the Sdgs: A Spotlight on Urban Settlements - Anna Kosovac and Daniel Pejic
13. Partnerships for Sdgs: Facilitating a Biodiversity-Climate Nexus? - Montserrat Koloffon Rosas and Philipp Pattberg
14. Synthesis: The Environment In Global Sustainability Governance - Lena Partzsch
