This book aims to make a contribution to the understanding of the current system of global environmental governance, its strengths and weaknesses, and the options and opportunities to achieve much needed reform.

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• Cover
• Contents, Preface and Contributors' Biographies
• Introduction Lydia Swart and Estelle Perry

• Recommendations from the High-level Panel on System-wide Coherence - Section C on Environment Introduction by Mohamed El-Ashry, Member of the Panel
• Informal Consultations on Environmental Activities - Co-Chair Summary Introduction by Enrique Berruga and Peter Maurer, Co-Chairs

• Moving Forward by Looking Back: Learning from UNEP's History Maria Ivanova
• The Architecture of Global Enviromental Governance: Pros and Cons of Multiplicity Maria Ivanova and Jennifer Roy
• Governance with Multilateral Environmental Agreements: A Healthy or Ill-Equipped Fragmentation? Norichika Kanie

• From Tons to Trends: Transformation of the Climate Regime Christiana Figueres
• Reforming Global Environmental Governance: from UNEP towards a World Environment Organization Frank Biermann
• A United Nations Environment Organization Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf and Markus Knigge

• Bibliography

• Appendix I, Environment Management Group
• Appendix II, Friends of the UNEO
• Appendix III, Paris Call for Action
• Appendix IV, Overview of Intergovernmental IEG Decisions
• Appendix V, Cartagena Decision
• Appendix VI, Bali Strategic Plan

• Acknowledgments