Miljø og udvikling hænger uløseligt sammen, og eksempelvis har flere u-lande nu fået nationale miljølove. Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier kortlægger i ny rapport resultater og udfordringer på miljøfronten og giver et overblik over forholdet mellem miljøregulering og udviklingssamarbejde.
Despite their generally low ecological footprint, many people in developing countries suffer from environmental problems caused by a combination of low levels of investment in human wellbeing, environmentally harmful production practices, and poor and often discretional environmental governance, writes Danish Institute for International Studies on their webpage.
Environmental governance may be understood as ‘the establishment, the reaffirmation or change of institutions (policies, laws, procedures, practices and organisations) to resolve conflicts – overt or latent – between actors over environmental resources’. Environmental governance takes place at many levels of society through statutory as well as through customary institutions and with the involvement of a wide range of actors.
As societies change and new economic actors as well as new ways of using natural resources develop, the need for the establishment of a statutory framework for environmental governance is accentuated.
In 1987, when the Brundtland Commission’s report Our Common Future was published, only nine out of 103 developing countries counted on national environmental legislation. In 2008, this number had grown to 86. In addition, also a framework for international environmental governance has been developed.
The present report provides an overview of these achievements and examines the extent to which development cooperation has contributed. Moreover, based on case studies from Kenya, Nicaragua, Niger and Vietnam, the report summarises the challenges ahead for environmental governance and development cooperation.
The report will be presented at a ReCOM Results Meeting on Aid and Our Changing Environment, to be held in Stockholm, 4 June 2013.
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