On April 23rd, 2012, the Ecologic Institute announced a project due for completion on April 30th concerning global environmental governance. Entitled, “Rio+20: Financing International Environmental Governance,” the report examines how the current system of international environmental governance (IEG) is funded. Prof. Maria Ivanova of UMass Boston and the Center for Governance and Sustainability is a [...]

The United Nations Environment Programme held the 12th Special Session of its Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) from 20-22 February 2012. Approximately 900 delegates from 150 countries, including environment ministers, diplomats, representatives of international organizations, major groups and stakeholders, attended the conference in the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The Governing Council reviewed important and emerging policy issues [...]

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) organized the 13th Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF-13) at its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya on 18-19 February 2012. The Global Forum is an annual event organized right before the UNEP Governing Council, to provide an opportunity for civil society and other groups to exchange ideas and get [...]

Pakistan Attorney General, Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq called for the “enhancement of the rule of justice, law and governance for environmental sustainability to address the challenges of 21st century” at the first PrepCom meeting of the World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 12-13 October, 2011.   Citing Pakistan’s existing environmental [...]

On 1 September 2011, UNEP organized a global consultation on the theme “Engaging with Major Groups and Stakeholders on Rio 2012: The Role of Civil Society in Shaping the Sustainable Development Agenda for the 21st Century“. The meeting attracted around 200 participants from across the globe and took place in Bonn in Germany, with administrative and financial [...]

The Global Environmental Governance Project of the Center for Governance and Sustainability at the University of Massachusetts Boston has embarked upon a joint initiative with the Federal Office for the Environment of Switzerland and the World Trade Institute at the University of Berne to host a workshop on International Environmental Governance: Grounding Policy Reform in Rigorous [...]