Improving global environmental governance [electronic resource] : best practices for architecture and agency / [edited by] Norichika Kanie, Steinar Andresen, Peter M. Haas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : actor configurations and global environmental governance / Peter M. Haas, Steinar Andresen and Norichika Kanie -- 2. Agenda setting at sea and in the air / Stacy D. VanDeveer -- 3. Lessons learned in multilateral environmental negotiations / Pamela S. Chasek -- 4. Actor configurations and compliance tasks in international environmental governance / Olav Schram Stokke -- 5. The mismatch of implementation networks in international environmental regimes: lessons from different agreements / Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira -- 6. Resilience and biodiversity governance: the processes of actor configurations which support and limit resilience / Casey Stevens -- 7. Governance components in private regulation: implications for legitimacy, authority and effectiveness / Graeme Auld, Benjamin Cashore and Stefan Renckens -- 8. Actor configurations in the climate regime : the states call the shots / Steinar Andresen, Norichika Kanie and Peter M. Haas -- 9. Conclusion : lessons from pluralistic green governance / Norichika Kanie, Peter M. Haas and Steinar Andresen.