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Accountability in Global Environmental Governance

 – Overview – 

This project is led by Teresa Kramarz, associate professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and Professor Susan Park (University of Sydney). The system of global environmental governance (GEG) has been characterized by fragmentation and duplication of efforts, dispersed political authority and weak regulatory influence. This project seeks to develop an accountability lens in GEG, and assess the potential for greater accountability in the system.

 AGEG Task Force 

Our research network on Accountability in Global Environmental Governance was established in 2014, and has been running workshops as well as panels, roundtables and semi plenary sessions at the International Studies Association and the Earth Systems Governance conferences. The research network is one of the main task forces of the Earth Systems Governance project.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the AGEG Task Force. Please contact Teresa or Susan for more information: teresa.kramarz@utoronto.ca; susan.park@sydney.edu.au

 

What does being a member of the AGEG Task Force mean?

  • There are no costs involved, being a member means you participate in Task Force activities
  • Participation can be virtual, the AGEG website (and email updates) will provide you with information and access to other scholars working in this area as well as relevant news on upcoming events, workshops, and roundtables
  • Participation can be face-to-face: the AGEG task force provides a hub for members who want to engage with each other by developing joint activities and sharing relevant news (eg using AGEG to send out expressions of interest for roundtables, panels and workshops that you want to run, facilitating collaborations, etc.).
  • The Task Force is also a place to advertise the work you have published in this area. Please do send us any work you have published on accountability and global environmental governance and we will amplify it through our network.

Park, Susan and Teresa Kramarz (2019). “Global Environmental Governance and the Accountability Trap.” Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Kramarz, Teresa and Susan Park (2019), “Identifying Multiple Accountabilities in Global Environmental Governance,” in Global Environmental Governance and the Accountability Trap, edited by Susan Park and Teresa Kramarz, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Park, Susan and Teresa Kramarz. (2019) “Does Accountability Matter for Global Environmental Governance?”in Global Environmental Governance and the Accountability Trap, edited by Susan Park and Teresa Kramarz, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Kramarz, Teresa and Susan Park (2017).  “Accountability and Environmental Politics,” Review of Policy Research 34 (1).

Kramarz, Teresa and Susan Park (2017).  “The Politics of Environmental Accountability.” Review of Policy Research, 34 (1).

Kramarz, Teresa and Susan Park (2016). “Accountability in Global Environmental Governance:  A Meaningful Tool for Action?” Global Environmental Politics, 16 (2).

Park, Susan and Teresa Kramarz (2016). “Accountability in Global Environmental Governance,” Global Environmental Politics 16 (2).

Aarti Gupta, Bunlong Leng, David Schlosberg, Jessie Connell, John Dryzek, Jonathan Kuyper, Judith van Leeuwen, Karin Bäckstrand, Michelle Scobie, Nick Enfield, Oscar Widerberg, Pichamon (May) Yeophantong, Robert MacNeil, Ruben Zondervan, Sokphea Young, Susan Park, Teresa Kramar. (2015). AGEG Workshop Report #3, University of Sydney, 18-19 December 2015.