Environmental governance and new ICTs : the impact of new information and communication technologies on global environmental governance
Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The doctoral dissertation deals with the impact of the use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) on global environmental governance. The objective of the research is to analyze the influence of these technologies on the legitimacy of global governance tools and on the competences of global non-state actors –as part of global civil society– involved in processes of environmental politics. After defining the context in which new ICTs emerge, the thesis develops two case studies. The first one analyzes the resolution and recommendation process of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). It illustrates that the use of new ICT improves the participation and the creation of consensus around certain values, and shows therefore that the use of new ICTs has a positive impact on the legitimacy of this global governance mechanism. The second case study examines the use of new ICTs by IUCN and demonstrates that it has no substantial impact on the internal capacities of the organization. However, it has a positive yet limited impact on the external competences of IUCN, since it improves the organization’s capacity to communicate only with its traditional audience.
Author: Jérôme Duberry
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, United Nations Development Programme, Environmental Defense Fund, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, European Commission, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced Research Projects Agency
OpenAlex ID: W2229029975