eric: solutions: IGOs

inter-governmental organisiations More and more environmental issue areas are covered by a range of regimes and international organisations. According to many liberal theorists this can lead to all sorts of cooperative multi-lateral environmental agreements and the solution to many current environmental problems. Other perspectives on this suggest that national interests still prevent genuine agreement. Some say that trying to resolve environmental problems on an issue basis (rather than holistically) makes no sense when the real problem is the way human beings organise themselves economically, socially and politically at a global level.
Online resources United Nations Home Page Map of UN sites UNEP - Home (UN Environment Programme) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change   country index United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNDP Internet UN Economic and Social Development International Maritime Organizations IMF Site Map UNCTAD WWW English Homepage   related sites World Trade Organisation EU Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Dimensions (connected to Food and Agriculture Organisation) SD-Dimensions: Energy for Development The World Bank (Dream...) Directed learning Both the UNCTAD related sites page and the UN System Locator have useful links to other pages. Look in detail at the workings of at least two IGOs. Sample exam questions What evidence is there that the international response to environmental problems is adequate? or, To what extent does the range of International Organisations offer optimism with regard to the future of the environment?	"Structural adjustment lending by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund...strongly influences the policies of developing countries on key issues of sustainability." Gareth Porter and Janet Welsh-Brown     "Every human has a fundamental right to an environment of quality that permits a life of dignity and well being." United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
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