This unique dictionary and introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation of over 5000 terms, organizations and acronyms, drawn from hundreds of official sources. There is an introductory essay that frames the major issues in GEG and outlines the pitfalls of talking past one another when discussing the most critical of issues facing the planet. The result is a practical tool that should find a central place on the desk of anyone involved in environmental management, development or sustainability issues anywhere in the world, including the United Nations, government policy makers, NGOs and other stakeholder groups, the business community, and students and professionals. This fully revised and updated edition contains over 500 new entries and acronyms on global environmental governance as well as a new introductory section on global water governance, one of the most pressing environmental issues in our era of climate change, growing populations and food shortages.
Introduction; Part I: Global Environmental Governance: An Essay; Part II: A Dictionary of Selected Terms, Concepts, Jargon, Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in Global Environmental Governance; Sources Used to Develop the Dictionary and List of Acronyms; Dictionary; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Bibliography.