Publications
Moving Forward By Looking Back: Learning from UNEP’s history
By Maria Ivanova | Read/Download
“Today’s reform architects again face the choices about UNEP’s form, function, and financing, just like the organization’s founding members did in 1972. As analysis of UNEP’s performance starkly illustrates, unless the key structural issues shackling UNEP are addressed, little progress in the UN’s environmental domain is likely.”
Designing the United Nations Environment Programme: A Story of Compromise and Confrontation
By Maria Ivanova | International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law, and Economics Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2007 | Read/Download
The role of the United Nations in global environmental governance was determined in 1972 when a new international body for the global environment was created as a programme within the United Nations rather than as an autonomous specialized agency. A set of political dynamics between developed and developing countries led to the decisions on the functions, form, financing, and location of the new intergovernmental organization the United Nations Environment Programme. This article traces the historical roots of these choices and exposes the motivations behind them.
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