1. Global Environmental Governance and International Organizations: Setting the Stage Frank Biermann, Bernd Siebenhuner, and Anna Schreyogg
Part1: Intergovernmental Organizations
2. The Impact of International Organizations on the Environment: An Empirical Analysis Axel Dreher and Magdalena Ramada y Galan Sarasola 3. Setting Standards for Responsible Banking: Examining the Role of the International Finance Corporation in the Emergence of the Equator Principles Christopher Wright
4. OECD Peer Reviews and Policy Convergence: Diffusing Policies or Discourses? Markku Lehtonen
5. Socialisation, the World Bank Group and Global Environmental Governance Susan Park
6. The European Union and the ‘External’ Dimension of Sustainable Development. Ambitious Promises but Disappointing Outcomes? Camilla Adelle and Andrew Jordan
Part2: International Environmental Programmes and Secretariats
7. The Role of the United Nations Environment Programme in the Coordination of Multilateral Environmental Agreements Steinar Andresen and Kristin Rosendal
8. UNEP as Anchor Organization for the Global Environment Maria Ivanova
9. Treaty Secretariats in Global Environmental Governance Steffen Bauer, Per-Olof Busch, and Bernd Siebenhuner
Part3: New Private-Public Hybrid Organizations
10. International Organizations Inc. Patterns of Environmental Partnerships Liliana B. Andonova
11. Private Governance Organizations in Global Environmental Politics: Exploring their Influences Philipp Pattberg
12. Agility and Resilience: Adaptive Capacity in Friends of the Earth International and Greenpeace Vanessa Timmer
13. International Organizations in Global Environmental Governance: Epilogue Bernd Siebenhuner and Frank Biermann