TY - BOOK AU - Vig,Norman J. AU - Axelrod,Regina S. TI - The global environment: institutions, law, and policy SN - 1568023685 AV - K3585.4 .G58 1999 U1 - 341.762 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - CQ Press KW - Environmental law, International KW - Environmental policy KW - Germany KW - Environnement KW - Droit international KW - ram KW - Politique de l'environnement KW - Cooperation internationale N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction: Governing the International Environment / Norman J. Vig -- 2. Global Institutions and the Environment: An Evolutionary Perspective / Marvin S. Soroos -- 3. The Role of Environmental NGOs in International Regimes / John McCormick -- 4. The European Union as an Environmental Governance System / Regina S. Axelrod and Norman J. Vig -- 5. The Emerging Structure of International Environmental Law / Edith Brown Weiss -- 6. Environmental Protection in the Twenty-first Century: Sustainable Development and International Law / Philippe Sands -- 7. Compliance with International Environmental Agreements / Michael Faure and Jurgen Lefevere -- 8. Agenda 21: Myth or Reality? / Gary C. Bryner -- 9. Economic Integration and the Environment / Daniel C. Esty -- 10. The United Nations Climate Change Agreements / Michael R. Molitor -- 11. Lapsed Leadership: U.S. International Environmental Policy Since Rio / Robert L. Paarlberg; 12. The Dutch National Plan for Sustainable Society / Duncan Liefferink -- 13. Democracy and Nuclear Power in the Czech Republic / Regina S. Axelrod -- 14. The Three Gorges Dam and the Issue of Sustainable Development in China / Lawrence R. Sullivan -- 15. Mining, Environmental Protection, and Sustainable Development in Indonesia / Richard O. Miller ER -