Non-State Actor Access and Influence in International Legal and Policy Negotiations

Abstract

This article analyzes the importance of increasing civil society actor access to and influence in international legal and policy negotiations, drawing from academic scholarship on governance, conservation and environmental sustainability, natural resource management, observations of civil society actors, and the authors’ experiences as participants in international environmental negotiations.

Keywords: Climate Change, Non-State Actor, environmental justice, UNFCCC, United Nations, Public Participation, Sustainable Development, Poverty, Environmental Movements, Collaborative Community-based Natural Resource Management, civil society, good governance, conservation, NGOs, Seattle, Copenhagen

JEL Classification: D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, E2, F01, H1, H2, H4, H41, H54, H56, H60, H7, H8, I1, I3, J1, J7, K32, K3