We promote and further the progress of rational environmental governance that advances sustainable development, environmental and human rights, peace, equity and justice.
We promote institutions, policies, rules, and practices that mediate how the international community, nation-states, corporations, and citizens interact with the environment at different levels – global, national, and local while acknowledging that effective environmental governance means the participation and cooperation of all actors – governments, NGOs, the private sector, civil society and community groups, ordinary citizens – in collaborative efforts towards sustainable development and environmental improvement.
We further aim that citizens and civil society organizations are adequately involved in identifying, creating, and monitoring environment and sustainable development policies and processes thus giving them a voice in articulating the environmental problems and policies that affect them, as well as a role in managing natural public goods and the environmental commons. In other words, the diverse stakeholders who are affected by environment and sustainable development policies and impacts should be able to participate in designing, implementing, and monitoring them.