Resumo:Trata da governança possível tendo como instrumento os princípios da Convenção sobre o acesso à informação, participação do público no processo de tomada de decisão e acesso à justiça em matéria de ambiente, da Comissão Econômica para a Europa, das Nações Unidas.

Sumário:The Aarhus Convention environmental governance as global administrative law -- A European standard in environmental governance -- Development and implementation of an NGO-Driven Convention -- Development of the Aarhus Convention -- Implementation in domestic administrative law -- The central role of NGOs in its development and implementation -- A regional European Convention with robust US credentials -- Regional convention -- European Convention -- A convention in line with US federal administrative law -- Towards a benchmark global (environmental) governance? -- Theoretical aspects of 'globalizing' domestic administrative law norms -- The global aspirations of the Aarhus convention -- A convention with global ambitions -- Normative arguments for a 'globalization' of the Aarhus principles -- The current rules and practices in states and international organizations -- The task force and guidelines -- Obstacles to a "globalization' of the Aarhus principles -- Aarhus goes too far -- Aarhus does not go far enough -- Conclusion and prospects for the global ambitions of the Aarhus convention.