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The number of books and papers bearing the terms 'sustainable development' and 'governance' in their titles has grown exponentially in the last decade or so. The main purpose of this paper is to explore what meanings have been attached to these two essentially contested terms and to assess the extent to which the material on them constitutes an important, coherent, and cumulative body of scholarship. The first half explores the existing literatures on the two terms, and draws out some of the main similarities and differences. Drawing on papers that have been published in this journal over the last decade or so, the second half focuses on the attempts that have been made to build empirical and/or theoretical bridges between the two terms. The concluding section identifies a number of key themes and explores future research needs in what is evidently a vibrant and highly policy-relevant area of environmental social science research.

When Britain joined the European Union in 1973, virtually all aspects of its environmental policy were determined at the national level within Britain. Thirty years on, the policy and political landscape of environmental politics has changed beyond all recognition. Over recent years, EU environmental policy has emerged as one of the best known and most rapidly developing areas of EU activity. The purpose of this paper is to inform a much wider public debate about Britain's future role in the EU by examining what the EU has done for Britain in the environmental sphere, and in turn what Britain has done (and can do) for the EU. In so doing it presents an environmental case for Britain involving itself more fully and more proactively in the development of the EU. Drawing on the history of British-EU environmental affairs since 1973, it demonstrates that if Britain wants to maximise its control over international environmental affairs and master its own, domestic environmental destiny, it needs to operate within the central framework of the EU. Part Two explains the advantages of dealing with environmental problems at a European, as opposed to a national level. Part Three briefly explains the historical development of EU environmental policy and explains why the EU has developed an environmental policy when its original mission was to create a single market. Part Four explains the origins and continuing development of EU environmental policy, and Part Five briefly describes how EU environmental policies have affected Britain since 1973. Part Six assesses how successful EU environmental policy has been, and Part Seven discusses a number of new challenges that now need to be tackled if the EU is to build upon its pre-eminent position in domestic and international environmental affairs.

Considers the implications of the involvement of the Cabinet Office in the formulation of UK energy policy, highlighting its 2002 review of such policy & recommendations for realizing a "decarbonized" future via the implementation of increasingly strict standards for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. Factors at the national & international level that prompted Prime Minister Tony Blair to request this policy review from the Cabinet Office's Performance & Innovation Unit are identified, & the "radical" nature of its conclusions & recommendations is discussed. Aspects of the energy review that proved particularly difficult given the current UK political situation during the Labour Party's second term in office & the nation's history of dependence on highly carbonized fossil fuels are analyzed. Some unresolved problems are considered, & prospects for the emergence of a genuinely progressive environmental policy are evaluated. K. Hyatt Stewart