Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The multilateral process for sustainable development: Past, present and future* -- 2. What did the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) accomplish?Suggestions for an outcome assessment -- Part 1: Institutions and the development of the process -- 3. The road to Rio: Early efforts on environment and development -- 4. The negotiating system of environment and development: A ten-year review* -- 5. A commission will lead them? The UN commission on sustainable development and UNCED follow-up -- 6. A tale of three cities: Developing countries in global environmental negotiations -- 7. Friends and foes: Industrialised countries in multilateral environmental negotiations -- 8. Three decades of NGO activism in international environmental negotiations: Who influences ngos? -- 9. Street-wise provocations: The global justice movement's take on sustainable development -- 10. Partnerships for sustainable development: The role of type ii agreements -- Part 3: Process functions/cross-cutting themes -- 11. Knowledge processes indecision-making on sustainability: Challenges for the future -- 12. Financing for sustainable development -- 13. Capacity development for the environment: North and South -- 14. Making the link: Synergies in international regime governance -- Conclusion -- 15. An evolving sustainable development regime -- Abbreviations -- About the contributors -- Index -- Back cover.