scholarly journals Using economics in conservation practice: Insights from a global environmental organization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Springer ◽  
Jessica Musengezi ◽  
Eric O. Hunter ◽  
Charlotte Kaiser ◽  
Priya Shyamsundar
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Practice ◽  
Environmental Organization ◽  
Global Environmental

A UN Specialized Agency for the Environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Said Mahmoudi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Institutional Arrangement ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Environmental Organization ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Stockholm Conference

The issue, international organization for the protection of the environment perhaps more than those in any other area of international law, is characterized by the contestation of the policies and aspirations of developing and industrialized countries. The discussions which preceded the 1972 Stockholm Conference concerned partly the type of international institutional arrangement required for addressing the environmental problems. As regards the institutional reforms with respect to international environmental governance (IEG), the main question is whether to focus on the existing global institution, i.e. UNEP, or to create a new functional international organization. After almost five decades of existence, turning UNEP into a ‘specialized agency’ within the UN system is a reasonable move. It would meet the long-felt need to elevate its status and equip it with the necessary competence and financial stability for the demanding task it should have as an efficient global environmental organization.

scholarly journals Agency Problems and the Allocation of International Environmental Grants: The Return to Rio

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-146
Author(s):  
Roger D. Congleton
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Agency Problems ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
International Agency ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Environmental Organization ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Environmental Agency

Abstract This paper analyzes and estimates the extent to which international agency problems are present in international organizations. The paper focuses on a single environmental organization, GEF, although the analysis is general and applies to other agencies as well. Indeed, it can be argued that agency problems tend to be smaller for environmental organizations than for other international agencies. To analyze the extent of international agency costs, a model of the funding choices of sponsors and of the subsequent policy choices of an international environmental agency is developed. The funding and policy implications of the model are estimated using data from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). The results suggest that there is a significant agency problem in GEF as it is presently organized.

Globalisation of Environmental Law

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-290
Author(s):  
Hans-Joachim Koch ◽  
Christin Mielke
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Creative Development ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Environmental Organization ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Global Environmental

AbstractExigent global environmental threats require concerted global answers and impose great challenges to the international community. Since the 1972 Stockholm UN-Conference, a dynamic and creative development of international environmental law has brought about many important achievements. However, major shortcomings remain to be tackled, and a further globalization of the environmental law with massive impacts on the European and national legal orders is imperative. The European Union can play a leading role in the swift and effective implementation of international law. Today, many EU environmental acts are, in fact, already implementing international stipulations. For an effective future development of international environmental law, a special UN environmental organization appears urgently needed.

What Could a World Environmental Organization Do?

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Whalley
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
New World ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Environmental Externalities ◽  
Environmental Organization ◽  
Global Environmental

This article evaluates the case for a new World Environmental Organization. It suggests that the main purpose of such an institution could be to accomplish the internalization of global environmental externalities which, for a variety of reasons, has not been achieved to any significant degree in recent decades. This stands in contrast to recent proposals that call for a mere strengthening of existing global arrangements. The benefits of this approach, as well as some of its problems, such as ambiguous property rights, are discussed.

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