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Stockholm and the Rise of Global Environmental Governance provides a comprehensive historical analysis of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, Sweden. This landmark event fundamentally shaped international environmental policy and established frameworks for global cooperation on environmental issues.
Through detailed scholarship, Sverker Srlin and Eric Paglia explore how Stockholm became the catalyst for creating the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and influenced subsequent environmental treaties and agreements worldwide. The book contextualizes the conference within broader historical, political, and scientific developments of the Cold War era, demonstrating how environmental concerns transcended ideological boundaries.
Drawing on archival research and primary sources, the authors examine the participants, debates, and outcomes that defined modern environmental governance. This work is essential for understanding how nations came to coordinate efforts on transnational environmental challenges and the intellectual foundations of contemporary sustainability movements.
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