Stockholm and the Rise of Global Environmental Governance - The Human Environment

A unique history examining the evolution of global environmental governance through the lens of one city. It explores the impact of the seminal 1972 U.N. Conference on the Human Environment and the outsized role of Stockholm-based actors in generating knowledge and shaping institutions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

List of contents

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. The Stockholm story – a progressive counter-narrative; 2. Sweden and Nature – the Model Country Paradox; 3. Stockholm – a Climate Science Node; 4. The Swedish UN Initiative; 5. Twelve Days in Stockholm, June 1972; 6. Enter the Earth System; 7. Planetary Boundaries and Big Tent Science; 8. 'Listen to the Scientists' – yes, but what is the message?; 9. Conclusion – An Environmentalism of the Rich?; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Sverker Sörlin is a public intellectual, policy advisor, and a leading name in environmental history. He is a recipient of the August Prize for Non-fiction.Eric Paglia is an environmental historian researching global environmental governance, the 1972 Stockholm Conference, the Anthropocene and the Arctic.

Summary

A unique history examining the evolution of global environmental governance through the lens of one city. It explores the impact of the seminal 1972 U.N. Conference on the Human Environment and the outsized role of Stockholm-based actors in generating knowledge and shaping institutions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Foreword

A unique history of global environmental governance, viewed through the lens of Stockholm's outsized role in shaping its trajectory.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Paglia, Sverker (Kth Royal Institute of Technology Sorlin, Sverker Sörlin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2024
• EAN: 9781009177801
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0917780-1
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Studies in Environment and History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Stockholm, NATURE / Natural Resources, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Sweden, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Environmental Management, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism