Roads from Rio

Pamela Chasek is a Professor of Political Science and director of the International Studies program at Manhattan College in New York.Lynn Wagner is the Manager/Editor of knowledge management projects for IISD Reporting Services.

• Part1: Evolution of Process 2. Raising the Tempo: The Escalating Pace and Intensity of Environmental Negotiations 3. Earth Negotiations on a Comfy Couch: Building Negotiator Trust through Innovative Processes 4. Informing Policy: Science and Knowledge in Global Environmental Agreements Part 2: Evolution of Actors 5. Global Alliances to Strange Bedfellows: The Ebb and Flow of Negotiating Coalitions 6. Singing the Unsung: Secretariats Global Environmental Politics 7. Witness, Architect, Detractor: The Evolving Role of NGOs in International Environmental Negotiations Part 3: Evolution of Issues 8. What’s in a Name? 9. Trade and Environment: Old Wine in New Bottles? 10. Climate Change Bandwagoning: Climate Change Impacts on Global Environmental Governance 11. Implementation Challenges and Compliance in MEA Negotiations

"The Roads from Rio provides insight into 20 years of multilateral environmental negotiations (1992–2012), by critically analyzing and discussing a cross-selection of MEAs and International Environmental Processes over the years. Compiled by academics reporting from the front line, The Roads from Rio offers a comprehensive analysis of, and insight into the dynamic and complex world of 20 years of climate negotiations. In managing global environmental problems in current fragmented climate governance system, The Roads from Rio reveals the prominent role of multilateral negotiations in this process." – Dr Suzanne Verhoog, University of Amsterdam"Remarkably accessible despite its three-page dictionary of acronyms, the volume is well suited to introduce future academics and practitioners to this complex landscape. There are few up-to-date accounts of these complex processes that can match its balance of comprehensiveness and accessibility." – Noelle E. Selin – Review of Policy Research