Global governance for sustainable energy: The contribution of a global public goods approach

2012 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia I. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen ◽  
Nigel Jollands ◽  
Lawrence Staudt
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Global Public Goods

scholarly journals The Case for ‘Human Diplomacy’

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 670-680
Author(s):  
Javier Solana
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Shared Governance ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Global Public Goods

Summary Apocalyptic predictions on the world’s future after COVID-19 are unfounded. Structures of global governance can be reinforced through greater subsidiarity; that is, by enhancing the participation of local authorities, by the involvement of civil society and the private sector and by regionalising initiatives, where appropriate. Furthermore, globalisation’s scope should be extended to comprise the shared governance of all global public goods and elements affecting human security. This essay outlines how this transformation could work for the four policy areas of global trade, food security, public health and climate change.

The Protection of General Interests in Contemporary International Law

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Massimo Iovane ◽  
Fulvio M. Palombino ◽  
Daniele Amoroso ◽  
Giovanni Zarra
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
International Law ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
International Community ◽  
Global Public Goods ◽  
Global Commons ◽  
Fundamental Values

This introductory chapter expounds on the characterization of the notions of global public goods (GPGs), global commons, and fundamental values (the objects of this book) as conceptual tools geared towards the protection of the general interests of the international community, with a view to providing a unifying perspective to read the contributions collected in this volume. In addition, this chapter explains why the notion of global governance is equally essential for the purposes of this inquiry.

scholarly journals The Belt and Road Initiative and Global Governance in Transition

2017 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 175-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang Chun
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Global Public Goods ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Common Destiny ◽  
The Belt And Road

As protectionism and isolationism rise against globalization, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) provides strong momentum for advancing the transformation of global governance. First, the BRI strengthens the awareness of building a community of common destiny for mankind and promotes the evolution of epistemology in global governance. Second, it offers more sustainable global public goods, thus improving ethical standards for global governance. Third, the BRI combines the top-down and bottom-up approaches to encourage voluntary actions in global governance. Fourth, the BRI draws on China’s own experience in integrating reform, development and stability, which helps balance the economic, social, ecological, and security dimensions of global governance, so as to foster common development among countries and regions along the routes and ultimately create a new equilibrium between South-South and North-South cooperation. Promoted through consultation to meet the interests of all, the BRI will make both tangible and intangible contributions to the transition of global governance by delivering public goods and enhancing the notion of compatible justice in a deglobalized world.

On the Essence and Tipology of International Public Goods

2005 ◽  
pp. 131-141
Author(s):  
V. Mortikov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Global Public Goods ◽  
Club Goods ◽  
Basic Properties ◽  
International Public Goods ◽  
Regional Public Goods ◽  
Joint Products

The basic properties of international public goods are analyzed in the paper. Special attention is paid to the typology of international public goods: pure and impure, excludable and nonexcludable, club goods, regional public goods, joint products. The author argues that social construction of international public good depends on many factors, for example, government economic policy. Aggregation technologies in the supply of global public goods are examined.

The Decay of Consent: International Law in an Age of Global Public Goods

2014 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico Krisch
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Community ◽  
Global Public Goods ◽  
Community Values ◽  
International Legal Order ◽  
The Face ◽  
Common Policies ◽  
The Cost

The consensual structure of the international legal order, with its strong emphasis on the sovereign equality of states, has always been somewhat precarious. In different waves over the centuries, it has been attacked for its incongruence with the realities of inequality in international politics, for its tension with ideals of democracy and human rights, and for standing in the way of more effective problem solving in the international community. While surprisingly resilient in the face of such challenges, the consensual structure has seen renewed attacks in recent years. In the 1990s, those attacks were mainly “moral” in character. They were related to the liberal turn in international law, and some of them, under the banner of human rights, aimed at weakening principles of nonintervention and immunity. Others, starting from the idea of an emerging “international community,” questioned the prevailing contractual models of international law and emphasized the rise of norms and processes reflecting community values rather than individual state interests. Since the beginning of the new millennium, the focus has shifted, and attacks are more often framed in terms of effectiveness or global public goods. Classical international law is regarded as increasingly incapable of providing much-needed solutions for the challenges of a globalized world; as countries become ever more interdependent and vulnerable to global challenges, an order that safeguards states’ freedoms at the cost of common policies is often seen as anachronistic. According to this view, what is needed—and what we are likely to see—is a turn to nonconsensual lawmaking mechanisms, especially through powerful international institutions with majoritarian voting rules.

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