Reform of Global Sustainable Development Institutions

Publication: Conference Paper
Citation: Müller-Kraenner, Sascha 2012: Reform of Global Sustainable Development Institutions. Conference on Green Development and Governance Innovation: Prospects on the Rio+20 Summit. Briefing Paper. Shanghai: Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

The current institutional framework for sustainable development needs to be reformed, strengthened, better coordinated, and made more coherent. In a briefing paper for the conference "Green Development and Governance Innovation: Prospects on the Rio+20" on 17 and 18 April 2012 in Shanghai, Sascha Müller-Kraenner, Partner of Ecologic Institute, points out the urgency of such reforms.

From 17th to 18th April 2012, the conference "Green Development and Governance Innovation: Prospects on the Rio+20" took place in Shanghai. Organisers are the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Shanghai and the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). On the 18th April, Sascha Müller-Kraenner gave a presentation on the reform of global sustainable development institutions. The briefing paper [pdf, 3 MB, English] is available for download.

The current institutional framework for sustainable development needs to be reformed, strengthened, better coordinated, and made more coherent

Language: English
Authorship: Sascha Müller-Kraenner
Funding: Friedrich Ebert Foundation, China (FES), China

Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), China
Published by: Friedrich Ebert Foundation, China (FES), China
Year: 2012
Dimension: 8 pp.
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Introduction and Summary
1. From Stockholm to Rio and Rio+20
2. The Rio+20 Agenda
3. Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development
4. Financing Options for Sustainable Development Institutions
5. A New World of Cooperation
Bibliography
Keywords: Events

Governance

international environmental governance, sustainable development, institutional reform, environmental regimes, UNEP, CSD, UNFCC

international

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