This seminar will provide a comprehensive insight into environmental governance theory and practice. It offers a timely opportunity to examine the latest international perspectives and is a follow up to the British Council seminar, “Global Approaches to Environmental Democracy”, which took place a few months before WSSD in May 2002.
Main topics include:
- defining and exploring environmental governance
- economic and political incentives and barriers
- practical application of environmental governance
- environmental citizenship and participation
- climate change and climate justice
During the seminar plenty of time will be given for dialogue and exploration of 'real life situations'. For that purpose all participants will get the opportunity to raise their own environmental governance concerns. Sessions will provide a forum to exchange ideas and discuss with experts from around the world the principles and practices of environmental democracy in diverse areas. Everyone attending the seminar should therefore come prepared for a lively programme of presentations and dialogue and for the development of action plans.
The seminar is aimed at policy makers in government, non-governmental organisations and business; local, national and international agencies and other bodies implementing or influencing issues of environmental information, participation, climate change and environmental justice. It will be also be of interest to those working in development, poverty alleviation, law, media and non-governmental organisations with an environmental democracy remit or project.
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