Transforming governance and institutions for global sustainability: key insights from the Earth System Governance Project

被引:118
作者
Biermann, Frank [1 ,2 ]
Abbott, Kenneth [3 ]
Andresen, Steinar
Backstrand, Karin [2 ]
Bernstein, Steven [4 ]
Betsill, Michele M. [5 ]
Bulkeley, Harriet [6 ]
Cashore, Benjamin [7 ]
Clapp, Jennifer [8 ]
Folke, Carl [9 ,10 ]
Gupta, Aarti [11 ]
Gupta, Joyeeta [1 ,12 ]
Haas, Peter M. [13 ]
Jordan, Andrew [14 ]
Kanie, Norichika [15 ]
Kluvankova-Oravska, Tatiana [16 ]
Lebel, Louis [17 ]
Liverman, Diana [18 ,19 ]
Meadowcroft, James [20 ]
Mitchell, Ronald B. [21 ]
Newell, Peter [22 ]
Oberthur, Sebastian [23 ]
Olsson, Lennart [2 ]
Pattberg, Philipp [1 ]
Sanchez-Rodriguez, Roberto [24 ,25 ]
Schroeder, Heike [14 ]
Underdal, Arild [26 ]
Vieira, Susana Camargo [27 ]
Vogel, Coleen
Young, Oran R. [28 ]
Brock, Andrea [1 ]
Zondervan, Ruben [2 ]
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Lund Univ, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
[3] Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[4] Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
[5] Colorado State Univ, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[6] Univ Durham, Durham DH1 3HP, England
[7] Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[8] Univ Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
[9] Stockholm Univ, Stockholm Resilience Ctr, Stockholm, Sweden
[10] Royal Swedish Acad Sci, Beijer Inst, Stockholm, Sweden
[11] Univ Wageningen & Res Ctr, NL-6700 HB Wageningen, Netherlands
[12] UNESCO IHE Inst Water Educ, Delft, Netherlands
[13] Univ Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
[14] Univ E Anglia, Tyndall Ctr, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England
[15] Tokyo Inst Technol, Tokyo, Japan
[16] Slovak Acad Sci, CETIP, Kosice, Slovakia
[17] Chiang Mai Univ, Chiang Mai, Thailand
[18] Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[19] Univ Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, England
[20] Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
[21] Univ Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
[22] Univ Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RH, E Sussex, England
[23] Vrije Univ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
[24] Colegio Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico
[25] Univ Calif Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
[26] Univ Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
[27] Univ Itauna, Itauna, Brazil
[28] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE; INFORMATION DISCLOSURE; ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE; REGIME COMPLEX; CLIMATE-CHANGE; DECENTRALIZATION; ACCOUNTABILITY; TRANSPARENCY; LEGITIMACY; FRAMEWORK;
D O I
10.1016/j.cosust.2012.01.014
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The current institutional framework for sustainable development is by far not strong enough to bring about the swift transformative progress that is needed. This article contends that incrementalism-the main approach since the 1972 Stockholm Conference-will not suffice to bring about societal change at the level and speed needed to mitigate and adapt to earth system transformation. Instead, the article argues that transformative structural change in global governance is needed, and that the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro must turn into a major stepping stone for a much stronger institutional framework for sustainable development. The article details core areas where urgent action is required. The article is based on an extensive social science assessment conducted by 32 members of the lead faculty, scientific steering committee, and other affiliates of the Earth System Governance Project. This Project is a ten-year research initiative under the auspices of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), which is sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the United Nations University (UNU).
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