Simultaneous turbulence in biophysical systems and world politics creates challenges for both the study and practice of global environmental politics (GEP). One way to further advance GEP scholarship on institutions that must be designed to fit political and socio-economic dimensions as well as biophysical dynamics of different environmental issues is through the integration with systems-oriented analysis. This chapter argues that the Human-Environmental-Technical (HTE) framework based on its focus on non-material institutional and knowledge components together with the material human, technical, and environmental components can be used to advance both theory and practice of environmental institution-building in support of sustainability. The HTE framework can be applied to different environmental issues involving flows of materials through societies and the environment as well as place-based cases of natural resources management. Its use also offers researchers an opportunity to explore important issues of power and equity related to environmental institution-building and sustainability transitions.
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