Sustainability cannot be achieved without good governance. The Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 stated that governance and sustainable development are intimately tied together and the future role and architecture of institutions, from local to international levels, will be crucial determinants to whether future policies and programmes for sustainable development will succeed.

PrefaceIntroductionUlrich Petschow, Institute for Ecological Economic Research (IÖW), Germany, James N. Rosenau, The George Washington University, USA, and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Bundestag Environment Committee, GermanyPart I. Governance and global sustainability: setting the stage1. Globalisation and governance: sustainability between fragmentation and integrationJames N. Rosenau, The George Washington University, USA2. Governance and sustainability in a dynamic worldUlrich Petschow, Institute for Ecological Economic Research (IÖW), Germany3. Globalisation means new challenges for sustainabilityErnst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Bundestag Environment Committee, Germany4. Developing a global partnership for development: critical issues and proposals for trade and financeMartin Khor, Director, Third World NetworkPart II. Cross-cutting issues5. The role of social learning on the road to sustainabilityBernd Siebenhüner, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany6. What role for politics in the governance of complex innovation systems? New concepts, requirements and processes of an interactive technology policy for sustainabilityK. Matthias Weber, ARC Systems Research, Austria7. Gender mainstreaming: pathway to democratisation?Claudia von Braunmühl8. Governance and participatory approaches in EuropeAngela Liberatore, European Commission, Directorate General for Research, Belgium9. Partnerships and networks in global environmental governance: moving to the next stageJan Martin Witte and Thorsten Benner, Global Public Policy Institute, Charlotte Streck, Global Public Policy Institute and Climate Focus BVPart III. Actors in global governance and their changing roles10. The role of the nation-state in environmental protection: the challenge of globalisationMartin Jänicke, German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU); Freie Universität Berlin11. Governance and integrated product policyFrieder Rubik, Institute for Ecological Economic Research (IÖW), Germany12. The role of voluntary initiatives in sustainable corporate governanceJens Clausen, Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability, Germany, Kathrin Ankele and Ulrich Petschow, Institute for Ecological Economic Research (IÖW), Germany13. Good company citizenship: does governance change the role of companies in society?Mark Wade, Shell International Ltd14. The UN Global Compact and Global Reporting Initiative: where principles meet performanceCornelis T. van der Lugt, UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE), France15. Global governance: challenges for civil society and democracyNicola Bullard, Focus on the Global South16. Civil society plus global governance: what can we expect?Dieter Rucht, Social Science Research Centre (WZB), Germany