The general purpose of this paper is to analyze how global governance works, who are its actors and the Security Council fits in description. methodology consisted a non extensive bibliographical review about understanding governance, it works does it; followed by normative roles United Nations found own UN Charter, brief analysis Council’s Russia’s actions two cases studies: Libyan interventio...

Introduction: presentation sequence / structure Preamble: meta-themes ("about" responding to the challenge) Part A: -Contemporary "myths" governing the relationships of governance and civil society? (Fig. 1) -Civilizing governance vs Governance of civilization? -Potential response conventionally presented : "Thinking" and "Doing" (Fig. 2) Part B: -Challenge of governance: metaphorical impoveris...

To complement this Special Feature on global water governance, we focused on a generic challenge at the global level, namely, the degree to which water issues need to be dealt with in a centralized, concentrated, and hierarchical manner. We examined water ecosystem services and their impact on human well-being, the role of policies, indirect and direct drivers in influencing these services, and...