Environmental Negotiator Handbook

Author : Aleksandr Sergeevich Timoshenko
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041120168

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Environmental Negotiator Handbook by Aleksandr Sergeevich Timoshenko Pdf

Protection of the human environment and sustainable development of the world increasingly manifest themselves through negotiation and enforcement of internationally agreed legal rules and standards. International environmental negotiation has become a common format to design norms that affect national and international legal orders and influence the behavior of various stakeholders. Accordingly, international environmental negotiations attract multiple players: from sovereign States to environmental NGOs, to the business community and civil society. The growing complexity of international environmental negotiations demands, in order to make the process effective, a comprehensive and adequate preparation of all actors. The Environmental Negotiator Handbook is designed as a single volume tool that equips participants of international environmental negotiations with a structured description and analysis of the negotiating process. All stages of the development of international environmental agreements are carefully followed, researched, commented on and illustrated with multiple documentary examples. The book traces the process from the pre negotiation stage to actual implementation of the agreed regime. The book also includes a large collection of essential international texts to be at hand for representatives at international environmental negotiations. This volume is aimed at a wide range of readers, including government officials, staff of relevant intergovernmental organizations and secretariats, non governmental organizations, practicing lawyers and academic scholars. The book is based on thirty years of the author?s career in international environmental law.

Author : Aleksandr S. Timošenko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:314261457

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Environmental Negotiator Handbook by Aleksandr S. Timošenko Pdf

Author : New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law Staff,University of Auckland, Faculty of Law Staff,Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Dispute resolution (Law)
ISBN : 9820404754

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Multilateral Environmental Agreement by New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law Staff,University of Auckland, Faculty of Law Staff,Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme Staff Pdf

"It is well recognized that many countries are unable to effectively engage in international negotiations due to a lack of expertise and resources. Tailored specifically to the Pacific, the Handbook is a practical introduction to negotiating or working on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). It elaborates the conceptual framework and procedural machinery of negotiations including the elements and principles of MEAs as well as the 'rules of the game' (from the basics of treaty law to rules of procedure and finance). A typical day of negotiations provides a real life perspective. The Handbook includes information on agencies active in the Pacific region, a bibliography of useful literature and a comprehensive glossary of terms. It is part of a UNEP lead ACP-MEAs Capacity Building Programme, written in collaboration with NZCEL and SPREP. This Handbook makes a pivotal contribution to more effective preparation, participation and representation in international negotiations"--http://www.nzcel.auckland.ac.nz/en/nzcel/about-nzcel/publications/multilateral-environmental-agreement-negotiators-handbook-pacific-region-2013.html

Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9280728075

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Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements by United Nations Environment Programme Pdf

A tool to help negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements to prepare strategies and to participate more effectively in the negotiations and focus on environmental issues, their creation of binding international law, and their inclusion.

Author : Dale Gorczynski
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351090537

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Insider's Guide to Environmental Negotiation by Dale Gorczynski Pdf

A one-of-a-kind book that provides winning strategies from both corporate and environmentalist points of view Insider's Guide to Environmental Negotiation reflects the author's more than 10 years of experience in environmental negotiation and reveals secrets previously known only to insiders familiar with what is needed to win in this volatile arena. The author has been personally involved in all of today's significant issues, including hazardous waste, environmental health, subsidence and flooding, air quality, and water and wastewater. The book provides critical insight into the negotiation process, both formal and informal, private and public. It also offers valuable tips on techniques, such as using the media to your best advantage and developing effective strategies. This practical, easy-to-read book is invaluable for industry personnel, environmental groups, expert witnesses, government officials, lawyers, lobbyists, consultants, politicians, and anyone else involved in the difficult art of environmental negotiation.

Author : Jeffrey G. Miller,Thomas R. Colosi
Publisher : Oryx/Greenwood
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0911937285

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Fundamentals of Negotiation by Jeffrey G. Miller,Thomas R. Colosi Pdf

Fundamentals of Negotiation outlines the techniques of negotiating in the environmental field and shows you how to manage the negotiating process to your best advantage.

Author : D. Marc Kilgour,Colin Eden
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789048190973

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Handbook of Group Decision and Negotiation by D. Marc Kilgour,Colin Eden Pdf

Publication of the Handbook of Group Decision and Negotiation marks a milestone in the evolution of the group decision and negotiation (GDN) eld. On this occasion, editors Colin Eden and Marc Kilgour asked me to write a brief history of the eld to provide background and context for the volume. They said that I am in a good position to do so: Actively involved in creating the GDN Section and serving as its chair; founding and leading the GDN journal, Group Decision and Negotiation as editor-in-chief, and the book series, “Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation” as editor; and serving as general chair of the GDN annual meetings. I accepted their invitation to write a brief history. In 1989 what is now the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) established its Section on Group Decision and Negotiation. The journal Group Decision and Negotiation was founded in 1992, published by Springer in cooperation with INFORMS and the GDN Section. In 2003, as an ext- sion of the journal, the Springer book series, “Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation” was inaugurated.

Author : Lawrence Susskind,William Moomaw,Kevin Gallagher
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780787966591

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Transboundary Environmental Negotiation by Lawrence Susskind,William Moomaw,Kevin Gallagher Pdf

Transboundary Environmental Negotiation is an important collection of articles generated by faculty and graduate students at MIT, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. The contributors emphasize the ways in which global environmental treaty-making can be improved. They highlight new environmental problems that pose difficult global negotiation challenges and suggest new strategies for involving a range of nongovernmental actors in ways that can overcome the obstacles to transboundary environmentalism.

Author : Gunnar Sjöstedt,Ariel Macaspac Penetrante
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136252280

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Climate Change Negotiations by Gunnar Sjöstedt,Ariel Macaspac Penetrante Pdf

As the Kyoto Protocol limps along without the participation of the US and Australia, on-going climate negotiations are plagued by competing national and business interests that are creating stumbling blocks to success. Climate Change Negotiations: A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating Multilateral Cooperation asks how these persistent obstacles can be down-scaled, approaching them from five professional perspectives: a top policy-maker, a senior negotiator, a leading scientist, an international lawyer, and a sociologist who is observing the process. The authors identify the major problems, including great power strategies (the EU, the US and Russia), leadership, the role of NGOs, capacity and knowledge-building, airline industry emissions, insurance and risk transfer instruments, problems of cost benefit analysis, the IPCC in the post-Kyoto situation, and verification and institutional design. A new key concept is introduced: strategic facilitation. 'Strategic facilitation' has a long time frame, a forward-looking orientation and aims to support the overall negotiation process rather than individual actors. This book is aimed at academics, university students and practitioners who are directly or indirectly engaged in the international climate negotiation as policy makers, diplomats or experts.

Author : Mara Olekalns,Wendi L. Adair
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781781005903

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Handbook of Research on Negotiation by Mara Olekalns,Wendi L. Adair Pdf

This Handbook combines a review of negotiation research with state-of-the-art commentary on the future of negotiation theory and research. Leading international scholars give insight into both the factors known to shape negotiation and the questions that we need to answer as we strive to deepen our understanding of the negotiation process. This Handbook provides analyses of the negotiation process from four distinct perspectives: negotiators' cognition and emotion, social processes and social inferences, communication processes, and complex negotiations, covering trade, peace, environment, and crisis negotiations. Providing an introduction to key topics in negotiation, written by leading researchers in the field, the book will prove insightful for undergraduate students. It also incorporates an excellent summary of past research as well as highlights new directions negotiation research might take which will be valuable for postgraduate students and academics wishing to expand their knowledge on the subject.

Author : P. D. V. Marsh
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0566080214

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Contract Negotiation Handbook by P. D. V. Marsh Pdf

Every organization enters into agreements for purchase and supply of goods and services, and most managers have some involvement in negotiating. The Contract Negotiation Handbook explains how the need to negotiate arises and how to form a negotiating plan. It sets out a structured approach to negotiation through all its various stages - preparing to negotiate, the opening of negotiations and how these develop at the negotiating table, and the closing and recording of the bargain. The use and misuse of certain tactics in negotiation are also covered.This classic text has now been thoroughly updated and revised.

Author : Carl Bruch,United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 9280727036

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Manual on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements by Carl Bruch,United Nations Environment Programme Pdf

This Manual expands upon Guidelines on Compliance with and Enforcement of MultilateralEnvironmental Agreements (MEAs). Many States participated in the developmentand negotiation of the Guidelines, which were adopted by the UNEP GoverningCouncil in 2002. While this Manual is not a negotiated document, it also is the result ofa collaborative process involving a wide range of numerous individuals around the world.These people assisted in drafting case studies and other contributions, reviewing the text,and suggesting substantive and formatting changes.

Author : Tuomas Kuokkanen,Ed Couzens,Tuula Honkonen,Melissa Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317530244

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International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy by Tuomas Kuokkanen,Ed Couzens,Tuula Honkonen,Melissa Lewis Pdf

Bringing together contributions from diplomats, UN agency officials, lawyers and academics, this book provides insight into the evolution of international environmental law, diplomacy and negotiating techniques. Based on first-hand experiences and extensive research, the chapters offer a blend of practice and theory, history and analysis, presenting a range of historical episodes and nuances and drawing lessons for future improvements to the processes of law-making and diplomacy. The book represents a synthesis of the most important messages to emerge from the annual course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, delivered to diplomats and negotiators from around the world for the last decade by the University of Eastern Finland and the United Nations Environment Programme. The book will be of interest as a guide for negotiators and as a supplementary textbook and a reference volume for a wide range of students of law and environmental issues.

Author : Christopher W. Moore,Peter J. Woodrow
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780470573440

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Handbook of Global and Multicultural Negotiation by Christopher W. Moore,Peter J. Woodrow Pdf

Praise for Handbook of Global and Multicultural Negotiation "In today's globalized world, few competencies are as essential as the ability to negotiate across cultures. In this insightful and practical book, Chris Moore and Peter Woodrow draw on their extensive global experience to help us understand the intricacies of seeking to reach intercultural agreements and show us how to get to a wise yes. I recommend it highly!" William Ury coauthor, Getting to Yes, and author, The Power of a Positive No "Rich in the experience of the authors and the lessons they share, we learn that culture is more than our clothing, rituals, and food. It is the way we arrange time, space, language, manners, and meaning. This book teaches us to understand our own culture so we are open to the other and gives us practical strategies to coordinate our cultural approaches to negotiations and reach sustainable agreements." Meg Taylor compliance advisor/ombudsman of the World Bank Group and former ambassador of Papua New Guinea to the United States of America and Mexico "In a globalized multicultural world, everyone from the president of the United States to the leaders of the Taliban, from the CEO of Mittal Steel to the steelworkers in South Africa, needs to read this book. Chris Moore and Peter Woodrow have used their global experience and invented the definitive tool for communication in the twenty-first century!" Vasu Gounden founder and executive director, ACCORD, South Africa "Filled with practical advice and informed by sound research, the Handbook of Global and Multicultural Negotiation brings into one location an extraordinary and comprehensive set of resources for navigating conflict and negotiation in our multicultural world. More important, the authors speak from decades of experience, providing the best book on the topic to date a gift to scholars and practitioners alike." John Paul Lederach Professor of International Peacebuilding, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame

Author : Mohammad Ayub Khan,Noam Ebner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030002770

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The Palgrave Handbook of Cross-Cultural Business Negotiation by Mohammad Ayub Khan,Noam Ebner Pdf

Global business management issues and concerns are complex, diverse, changing, and often intractable. Industry actors and policy makers alike rely upon partnerships and alliances for developing and growing sustainable business organizations and ventures. As a result, global business leaders must be well-versed in managing and leading multidimensional human relationships and business networks – requiring skill and expertise in conducting the negotiation processes that these entail. After laying out a foundation justifying the importance of studying negotiation in a global context, this book will detail conventional and contemporary theories regarding international engagement, culture, cultural difference, and cross-cultural interaction, with particular focus on their influence on negotiation. Building on these elements, the book will provide a broad array of country-specific chapters, each describing and analyzing the negotiation culture of businesspeople in a different country around the world. Finally, the book will look ahead, with an eye towards identifying and anticipating new trends and developments in the field of global negotiation. This text will appeal to scholars and researchers in international business, cross-cultural studies, and conflict management who seek to understand the challenges of intercultural communication and negotiation. It will provide trainers and consultants with the insights they need to prepare their clients for intercultural negotiation. Finally, the text will appeal to businesspeople who find themselves heading out to engage with counterparts in another country, or operating in other multinational environments on a regular basis.