State of the World 2014 Governing for Sustainability.

• Corporate Authors: Worldwatch Institute (Author), SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014.
• Series: State of the World
• Subjects: Environment.; Political science.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Political Science.

Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.’s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments’ progress has been lackluster. That’s not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from...