'Given increasing evidence of environmental degradation, the system
needs reform urgently. However, it should be noted that the system
needs reform not because it has “failed,” but because it has outgrown its
own original design.

This book seeks to identify a number of practical steps that can foster
a more efficient and effective environmental regime, making better use
of the resources available and designed in a way that will be more helpful
to the implementation of international environmental agreements
for developing as well as developed countries.'