However, we understand and very much identify with the
needs to contextualize environmental governance within the framework
of sustainable development. We believe that global environmental
governance is a key component of sustainable development
governance, but the latter is larger than the former. Our focus is on the
former within the context of the latter. Similarly, we are convinced that
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the efficacy of global environmental governance will ultimately depend
on implementation at global and domestic levels. National implementation
is the ultimate key, both to the efficacy of the GEG system and to
meaningful environmental improvements. However, for the purpose of
this study, we will focus principally on the global and institutional
aspects of GEG reform, including efforts to create the support for
domestic implementation, but not including the considerable challenges
of domestic implementation. That is a very important issue—
one worthy of serious study—but lies beyond the scope and mandate
of this current research.