strategy
Greening international institutions
Synonyms:
Instituting environmentally sound world agenciesDeveloping social integrity of global institutions
Creating global green standards for institutions
Implementation:
In focusing their efforts on the structural causes of poverty, unemployment and social disintegration, environment and development NGOs are increasingly turning their attention to the need for procedural and institutional reform of international institutions: the UN General Assembly, specialized UN agencies and the new Commission for Sustainable Development, UNCTAD, UNCTC, GATT, NAFTA, the IMF and the World Bank, particularly the effects of the World Bank/IMF Structural Adjustment Programmes and the implications of GATT's Uruguay Round. They are pressing for substantive policy initiatives which reflect a philosophy of sustainability, greater accountability for major economic institutions, the need for debt reduction and a code of conduct for transnational corporation.
Broader:
GreeningDevelopingInstituting Narrower:
Greening the GATTGreening development aidReforming the United NationsReforming International Monetary Fund Facilitated by:
Reforming budgetary practicesRevitalizing international institutionsDeveloping international environmental lawProtesting environmentally unsound policies of development banksProtesting lack of integration of environmental and economic issues Problems:
Bureaucratic resistance to self-reviewInadequate models of socio-economic development
Loss of credibility in international institutions
Shallow ecology policy
Values:
IntegrityUnsociableNonglobalized References:
Brenton, Tony: The Greening of Machiavelli: the evolution of international environmental politicsPearce, David: Blueprint 2: greening the world economyWerksmann, Jacob: Greening International InstitutionsGriesgraber, Jo Marie: Rethinking Bretton Woods: towards equitable, sustainable and participatory development Subjects:
Society → SocialCommerce → Agencies, dealers
Environment → Environment
International Relations → Planetary initiatives
Development → Development
Type Classification:
B: Basic universal strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
