International organizations and environmental protection : conservation and globalization in the twentieth century / edited by Wolfram Kaiser and Jan-Henrik Meyer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pollution, resource depletion, habitat management, and climate change are all issues that necessarily transcend national boundaries. Accordingly, they and other environmental concerns have been a particular focus for international organizations from before the First World War to the present day. This volume is the first to comprehensively explore the environmental activities of professional communities, NGOs, regional bodies, the United Nations, and other international organizations during the twentieth century. It follows their efforts to shape debates about environmental degradation, develop binding intergovernmental commitments, and-following the seminal 1972 Conference on the Human Environment-implement and enforce actual international policies.

International organizations and environmental protection in the global twentieth century / Wolfram Kaiser and Jan-Henrik Meyer -- From nature to environment : international organisations and environmental protection before Stockholm / Jan-Henrik Meyer -- Environmental problem-solvers? scientists and the Stockholm conference / Enora Javaudin -- Developing world environmental cooperation : the Founex Seminar and the Stockholm Conference / Michael W. Manulak -- Only one earth : the Holy See and ecology / Luigi Piccioni -- Sometimes it's the economy, stupid! international organizations, steel and the environment / Wolfram Kaiser -- Making the polluter pay : how the European Communities established environmental protection / Jan-Henrik Meyer -- (Re- )thinking environment and economy : the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and sustainable development / Iris Borowy -- Towards 'sustainable' development : the United Nations, INGOs, and the crafting of the world conservation strategy / Stephen Macekura -- Protecting the southern ocean ecosystem : the environmental protection agenda of Antarctic diplomacy and science / Alessandro Antonello -- Controlling the agenda : science, policy and the making of the intergovernmental panel on climate change / David G. Hirst -- Conclusion: setting agendas, building institutions, and shaping binding international commitments / Wolfram Kaiser and Jan-Henrik Meyer.

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