ABSTRACT
In the environmental realm, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14000 series of environmental management standards adopted by the ISO is illustrative of a hybrid private-public regime. This chapter examines the implications of the ISO 14000 standards for the developing world, particularly with respect to developing country participation in their establishment and the environmental goals of clean production and technology transfer that were outlined in Agenda 21. The trend toward increased private sector participation in the development of certain elements of global environmental governance has important implications for developing countries. The fact that much of global environmental governance has been based on formal state-based regimes such as international treaties—which themselves are based on one state–one vote structures—has given developing countries at least some say in how international environmental issues are dealt with in the global arena.
