Until the end of May 2012, the International Affairs Special Issue: ‘Rio+20 and the global environment: reflections on theory and practice’ is available online for free. The issue, guest edited by Bernice Lee and Robert Falkner, highlights the work of respected academics and researchers in preparation for Rio+20. The full articles are available by clicking on the [...]

On April 23rd, 2012, the Stockholm+40 conference held a panel session with distinguished members of the international environmental governance community who had each been involved in one of the four major environmental conference held between 1972 and 2012.. Dubbed the “Generation Panel,” the event provided a unique, intergenerational perspective on the state of the global [...]

Launch, a sustainability non-profit, has partnered with NASA, Nike, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to put on a fourth iteration of its collaborative conferences. LAUNCH: Beyond Waste is a competition for green entrepreneurs, innovators, and companies to present their novel technologies, business models, financial systems, and waste transformation [...]

In his Council on Foreign Relations blog, The Internationalist, political scientist Stewart M. Patrick questions the prospects of success at the upcoming climate negotiations at Rio+20 this June. While Patrick is quick to assert that there is hope for progress on a global agreement to combat climate change and promote sustainable development, he sees a [...]

The Governance and Sustainability Issue Brief Series, produced by the Center for Governance and Sustainability at the University of Massachusetts Boston, is a peer-reviewed policy paper series. The issue briefs provide analytical input for contemporary political discussions on institutional reform for environmental governance and sustainable development. An Editorial Board comprised of academics and policymakers provides guidance for topics, [...]

Eighteen African states, the UN, representatives from the private sector, and other groups have agreed on a set of priority actions to better manage electronic waste, or e-waste, in Africa. The Pan African Forum on E-waste, held at the Nairobi headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on March 16th, 2012, was the first [...]