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Contents
Foreword by Klaus Töpfer
Preface
1 The Debate on a World Environment Organization: An Introduction
Steffen Bauer and Frank Biermann
Part I: Assessing the Need for Reform
2 The United Nations' Record on Environmental Governance: An Assessment
Lorraine Elliott
3 Global Environmental Governance: Challenges for the South from a Theoretical Perspective
Joyeeta Gupta
Part II: The Case for a World Environment Organization
4 Toward a World Environment Organization: Reflections upon a Vital Debate
Steve Charnovitz
5 The Rationale for a World Environment Organization
Frank Biermann
6 Generating Effective Global Environmental Governance: The North's Need for a World Environment Organization
John Kirton
Part III: The Case against a World Environment Organization
7 Clustering International Environmental Agreements as an Alternative to a World Environment Organization
Konrad von Moltke
8 Reforming International Environmental Governance: An Institutional Perspective on Proposals for a World Environment Organization
Sebastian Oberthür and Thomas Gehring
9 Neither Necessary, Nor Sufficient: Why Organizational Tinkering Will Not Improve Environmental Governance
Adil Najam
10 Conclusion
Frank Biermann and Steffen Bauer
About the Authors
Index