
State of the World 2014
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Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.'s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments' progress has been lackluster. That's not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action-on climate, species loss, inequity, and other sustainability crises-is being driven by local, people's, women's, and grassroots movements around the world, often in opposition to the agendas pursued by governments and big corporations. These diverse efforts are the subject of the latest volume in the Worldwatch Institute's highly regarded State of the World series. The 2014 edition, marking the Institute's 40th anniversary, examines both barriers to responsible political and economic governance as well as gridlock-shattering new ideas. The authors analyze a variety of trends and proposals, including regional and local climate initiatives, the rise of benefit corporations and worker-owned firms, the need for energy democracy, the Internet's impact on sustainability, and the importance of eco-literacy. A consistent thread throughout the book is that informed and engaged citizens are key to better governance. The book is a clear-eyed yet ultimately optimistic assessment of citizens' ability to govern for sustainability. By highlighting both obstacles and opportunities, State of the World 2014 shows how to effect change within and beyond the halls of government. This volume will be especially useful for policymakers, environmental nonprofits, students of environmental studies, sustainability, or economics-and citizens looking to jumpstart significant change around the world.
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Founded in 1974 by farmer and economist Lester Brown, Worldwatch was the first independent research institute devoted to the analysis of global environmental concerns. Worldwatch quickly became recognized by opinion leaders around the world for its accessible, fact-based analysis of critical global issues. Now under the leadership of population expert and author Robert Engelman, Worldwatch develops innovative solutions to intractable problems, emphasizing a blend of government leadership, private sector enterprise, and citizen action that can make a sustainable future a reality.
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Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword
David W. Orr
INTRODUCTION
1. Failing Governance, Unsustainable Planet
Michael Renner and Tom Prugh
2. Understanding Governance
D. Conor Seyle and Matthew Wilburn King
POLITICAL GOVERNANCE
3. Governance, Sustainability, and Evolution
John M. Gowdy
4. Ecoliteracy: Knowledge Is Not Enough
Monty Hempel
5. Digitization and Sustainability
Richard Worthington
6. Living in the Anthropocene: Business as Usual, or Compassionate Retreat?
Peter G. Brown and Jeremy J. Schmidt
7. Governing People as Members of the Earth Community
Cormac Cullinan
8. Listening to the Voices of Young and Future Generations
Antoine Ebel and Tatiana Rinke
9. Advancing Ecological Stewardship Via the Commons and Human Rights
David Bollier and Burns Weston
10. Looking Backward (Not Forward) to Environmental Justice
Aaron Sachs
11. The Too-Polite Revolution: Understanding the Failure to Pass U.S. Climate Legislation
Petra Bartosiewicz and Marissa Miley
12. China's Environmental Governance Challenge
Sam Geall and Isabel Hilton
13. Assessing the Outcomes of Rio+20
Maria Ivanova
14. How Local Governments Have Become a Factor in Global Sustainability
Monika Zimmermann
ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
15. Scrutinizing the Corporate Role in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Lou Pingeot
16. Making Finance Serve the Real Economy
Thomas I. Palley
17. Climate Governance and the Resource Curse
Evan Musolino and Katie Auth
18. The Political-Economic Foundations of a Sustainable System
Gar Alperovitz
19. The Rise of Triple-Bottom-Line Businesses
Colleen Cordes
20. Working Toward Energy Democracy
Sean Sweeney
21. Take the Wheel and Steer! Trade Unions and the Just Transition
Judith Gouverneur and Nina Netzer
CONCLUSION
22. A Call to Engagement
Tom Prugh and Michael Renner
Notes
Index.
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