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Hakone Vision on Governance for Sustainability

Earth System Governance Project

The Earth System Governance Hakone Vision Factory addressed the key issues required for a fundamental transformation of global sustainability governance in the 21st century.

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Assessing the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development

Andrea Brock and Ruben Zondervan

Policy Brief and Hakone Vision for Rio+20 

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Research gaps in the institutional design of global democracy

Jo Leinen and Andreas Bummel

Means and tools of participation and appropriate institutions of global democracy need to be conceptualized.

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This website on International Environmental Governance and the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development is the core element of an initiative by the Earth System Governance Project on these topics and aims at contributing to the process leading to the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). [further reading] [join the discussion]

Earth System Governance Project

The Earth System Governance Project is the largest social science research network in the area of governance and global environmental change. See www.earthsystemgovernance.org for information about the project and the concept of 'earth system governance'.

Policy Assessment on the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development

The Earth System Governance Project has been mandated to compile a fast-track policy-relevant assessment of the state of research on the institutional framework for sustainable development. This assessment shall provide the lead input of the scientific community to the international policy process leading to the “Rio+20” Conference. [about the process] [list of authors]

Policy Brief

Transforming Governance and Institutions for a Planet under Pressure

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