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This policy brief proposes a phased reform of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as one means of enhancing international environmental governance. The first phase would provide universal membership to UNEP's Governing Council, and in the second phase it would be upgraded into a specialised agency. If implemented, this reform could...

国際的な環境ガバナンスの強化に向けて、本ポリシー・ブリーフでは、国連環境計画（UNEP）管理理事会への普遍加盟方式の導入を足掛かりに専門機関への昇格を目指す段階的なUNEP改革を提案しています。また、同改革により、環境政策の有効性・正当性・影響力が高まる可能性も示唆しています。 Remarks: English version: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=3498

This proposal has been developed in response to the call by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) for stakeholders’ input to a compilation document to serve as the basis for preparation of the zero draft of the outcome document of the United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD: Rio+20). The views...

This paper aims to contribute to the debate on strengthening international environmental governance (IEG) architecture towards more effectively promoting environmental sustainability. To this end, the paper will analyse two broad reform options: 1) introducing universal membership of UNEP’s Governing Council, and 2) elevating the status of UNEP to...

This study shows that some Japanese local governments, at both the prefecture and city levels, have engaged in international cooperation with local governments in developing countries in Asia to improve environmental management and explains their motivations to do so even if international cooperation is not usually considered part of local...