Multilevel Governance of Global Environmental Change by Gerd ... - 9780521852616

Multilevel Governance of Global Environmental ChangePerspectives from Science, Sociology and the Law\nAuthor(s): Gerd Winter\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521852616, 978-0521852616\nSynopsis\nOriginally published in 2006, this collection is the outcome of an interdisciplinary research project involving scholars in the fields of international and comparative environmental law, the sociology and politics of global governance, and the scientific study of global climate change. Earth system analysis as developed by the natural sciences is transferred to the analysis of institutions of global environmental change. Rather than one overarching supranational organisation, a system of 'multilevel' institutions is advocated. The book examines the proper role of industrial self-regulation, of horizontal transfer of national policies, of regional integration, and of improved coordination between interna.