Environmental Regimes
Regimes, a conceptual lens
We examine the connections and contradictions in current environmental regime-making. Environmental regimes refers to the formal and informal rules, norms, principles, institutional architectures, technologies and networks that emerge and evolve to govern multi-scalar environmental and sustainability challenges
We develop concepts and methods to examine how regimes affect effective and equitable environmental sustainability outcomes. In doing so we contribute to identifying and understanding the transformative potential of regimes in environmental sustainability governance.
Questions we ask
How are environmental regimes and world orders being reshaped in the face of such instability?
What does this mean for environmental governance, including for dimensions of effectiveness, equity, transparency, and anticipation?
And in what ways can environmental regimes be transformed to be strengthened on these dimensions?
