GEG Today
There is wide consensus that the current system of environmental governance is inadequate. As environmental issues have come to the forefront of both political and everyday discussion, the number of organizations committed to addressing the environment has increased dramatically in recent years.
This surge in activism presents an interesting dilemma for the Global Environmental Governance (GEG) regime: how can the efforts of many organizations be coordinated to avoid detrimental overlap and wasted resources?
The GEG projects main analytical task is to unravel the complicated web of actors working within the current environmental governance system. To this end, the project has identified twelve environmental issue areas and over fifty international organizations working in some capacity on these issues.
Mapping out the current structure of the GEG system reveals interesting overlap and opportunities for cooperation. Armed with an understanding of the present system, the GEG project hopes to identify areas needing reform and those organizations that may serve as institutional models.
*Forthcoming: an interactive map of International Organizations
