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New Alliances in Global Environmental Governance : How Intergovernmental Treaty Secretariats Interact with Non-State Actors

Hickmann, Thomas LU orcid and Elsässer, Joshua (2020) In International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 20(2). p.459-481
Abstract
The past few years have witnessed a growing interest among scholars and policy-makers in the interplay of international bureaucracies with civil society organizations, non-profit entities, and the private sector. Authors concerned with global environmental politics have made considerable progress in capturing this phenomenon. Nevertheless, we still lack in-depth empirical knowledge on the precise nature of such institutional interlinkages across governance levels and scales. Building upon the concept of orchestration, this article focuses on the relationship between specific types of international bureaucracies and actors other than the nation-state. In particular, we investigate how the secretariats of the three Rio Conventions reach out... (More)
The past few years have witnessed a growing interest among scholars and policy-makers in the interplay of international bureaucracies with civil society organizations, non-profit entities, and the private sector. Authors concerned with global environmental politics have made considerable progress in capturing this phenomenon. Nevertheless, we still lack in-depth empirical knowledge on the precise nature of such institutional interlinkages across governance levels and scales. Building upon the concept of orchestration, this article focuses on the relationship between specific types of international bureaucracies and actors other than the nation-state. In particular, we investigate how the secretariats of the three Rio Conventions reach out to non-state actors in order to exert influence on the outcome of international environmental negotiations. Our analysis demonstrates that the three intergovernmental treaty secretariats utilize various styles of orchestration in their relation to non-state actors and seek to push the global responses to the respective transboundary environmental problems forward. This article points to a recent trend towards a direct collaboration between these secretariats and non-state actors which gives rise to the idea that new alliances between these actors are emerging in global environmental governance. (Less)
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Global environmental governance, Institutional interplay, Intergovernmental treaty secretariats, Orchestration, Rio Conventions, non-state actors
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International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
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20
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2
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23 pages
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Springer
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  • scopus:85087669540
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1573-1553
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10.1007/s10784-020-09493-5
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English
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  author       = {{Hickmann, Thomas and Elsässer, Joshua}},
  issn         = {{1573-1553}},
  keywords     = {{Global environmental governance; Institutional interplay; Intergovernmental treaty secretariats; Orchestration; Rio Conventions; non-state actors}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{459--481}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics}},
  title        = {{New Alliances in Global Environmental Governance : How Intergovernmental Treaty Secretariats Interact with Non-State Actors}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10784-020-09493-5}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s10784-020-09493-5}},
  volume       = {{20}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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