Explores the growing role of global civil society and local environmental activism in the management and protection of the environment worldwide.

Why have national governments created different international rules and institutions to address global environmental issues? Alexander Ovodenko argues that this

Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment's sixth Global Environment Outlook calls on decision makers to take

Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems.