Global Environmental Problems And International Environmental Agreements

Author : Steinar Andresen,Elin Lerum Boasson,Geir Hønneland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136591907

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International Environmental Agreements by Steinar Andresen,Elin Lerum Boasson,Geir Hønneland Pdf

International environmental agreements provide a practical basis for countries to address environmental issues on a global scale. This book explores the workings and outcomes of these agreements, and analyses key questions of why some problems are dealt with successfully and others ignored. By examining fundamental policies and issues in environmental protection this text gives an easily comprehensible introduction to international environmental agreements, and discusses problems in three areas: air, water and on land. It traces the history of agreements in broad thematic areas related to long-distance air pollution, ozone-depleting and greenhouse gases, ocean management, biological diversity, agricultural plant diversity and forest stewardship. Drawing on experts in their respective fields, this book provides an insightful evaluation of the successes and failures, and analysis of the reasons for this. Concluding with an insightful examination of research to show how performance of agreements can be improved in the future, this volume is a vital contribution to our understanding of the politics associated with establishing international environmental consensus. International Environmental Agreements will be of interest to scholars, students and researchers in global environmental politics, international relations and political science. Steinar Andresen is Senior Research Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway, and formerly professor at the Dept. of Political Science, University of Oslo. Elin Lerum Boasson is Research Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway. Geir Hønneland is Research Director at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and adjunct professor at the University of Tromsø.

Author : Mark Imber,John Vogler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134827794

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The Environment and International Relations by Mark Imber,John Vogler Pdf

Environmental issues and questions of global change are now firmly established on the international political agenda. This book provides a wide-ranging survey of the current treatment of environmental issues in international relations. This book begins by looking at the relevance of the different theoretical approaches current in international relations to the study of the environment. It analyzses a wide range of approaches from the debate between neo-realism and liberal institutionalism to the significant connections between gender and global environmental change. The book goes on to consider a range of key international processes, discussing the monitoring and implementation of environmental agreements, the place of ideology in negotiations and the role of international organisations.

Author : Denise DeGarmo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135468002

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International Environmental Treaties and State Behavior by Denise DeGarmo Pdf

Despite the growing recognition of the importance of environmental issues for nation-state security, current research on international environmental security is insufficient. Although scholars in the field of International Relations believe that there is an appropriate role for international relations theory in analyzing global environmental concerns, the existing literature is predominantly descriptive or prescriptive rather than analytical. This study attempts to remedy this problem by conducting an empirical analysis of nation-state behavior in the international environmental realm.

Author : M. Betsill,K. Hochstetler,D. Stevis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137338976

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Advances in International Environmental Politics by M. Betsill,K. Hochstetler,D. Stevis Pdf

This book provides authoritative and up-to-date research for anyone interested in the study of international environmental politics. It demonstrates how the field of international environmental politics has evolved and identifies key questions, topics and approaches to guide future research.

Author : Timothy M. Swanson,Sam Johnston
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015043041436

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Global Environmental Problems and International Environmental Agreements by Timothy M. Swanson,Sam Johnston Pdf

This book presents an examination of both the problem and the process underlying international environmental lawmaking: the recognition of international interdependence, the negotiation of international agreements and the evolution of international resource management. It examines the general problem of global resource management by means of general principles and case studies and by looking at how and why specific negotiations and agreements have failed to achieve their targets.

Author : Amitrajeet A Batabyal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351784689

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The Economics of International Environmental Agreements by Amitrajeet A Batabyal Pdf

This title was first published in 2000: Conflicts between developed and developing countries over global environmental problems, and the fact that the co-operation required to solve environmental collective action problems is typically elusive in the world of international relations, suggests a research agenda regarding how one might hop to bring about co-operation in an inherently non-co-operative international setting. In particular, what can economic theory tell us about the design of international environmental agreements (IEAs) that will protect the world's fragile environmental resources? This book collects work on IEAs which demonstrates the value of rigorous microeconomic and econometric modelling in comprehending the many and varied facets of the design and implementation in IEAs.

Author : H. Jeong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230503359

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Global Environmental Policies by H. Jeong Pdf

The worst chemical disaster ever could be happening right now. In India and Bangladesh between forty and eighty million people are at risk of consuming too much arsenic from well water that might have already caused one hundred thousand cancer cases and thousands of deaths. Many millions elsewhere in South-East Asia and South America may soon suffer a similar fate. Venomous Earth is the story of this tragedy: the geology, the biology, the politics and the history. It starts in Ancient Greece, touches down in today's North America and takes in William Morris, alchemy, farming, medicine, mining and a cosmetic that killed two popes.

Author : Tuomas Kuokkanen,Ed Couzens,Tuula Honkonen,Melissa Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 : David G. Victor,Kal Raustiala,Eugene B. Skolnikoff
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262720280

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The Implementation and Effectiveness of International Environmental Commitments by David G. Victor,Kal Raustiala,Eugene B. Skolnikoff Pdf

Because environmental problems do not respect borders, their solutions often require international cooperation and agreements. The contributors to this book examine how international environmental agreements are put into practice. Their main concern is effectiveness -- the degree to which such agreements lead to changes in behavior that help to solve environmental problems. Their focus is on implementation -- the process that turns commitments into action, at both domestic and international levels. Implementation is the key to effectiveness because these agreements aim to constrain not just governments but a wide array of actors, including individuals, firms, and agencies whose behavior does not change simply because governments have made international commitments. The book is divided into two parts. Part I looks at international systems for implementation review, through which parties share information, review performance, handle noncompliance, and adjust commitments. Part II looks at implementation at the national level, with particular attention to participation by governmental and nongovernmental actors and to problems in states with economies in transition. The book includes fourteen case studies that cover eight major areas of international environmental regulation: conservation and preservation of fauna and flora, stratospheric ozone depletion, pollution in the Baltic Sea, pollution in the North Sea, trade in hazardous chemicals and pesticides, air pollution in Europe, whaling, and marine dumping of nuclear waste. ContributorsSteinar Andresen, Juan Carlos di Primio, Owen Greene, Ronnie Hjorth, Vladimir Kotov, John Lanchbery, Elena Nikitina, Kal Raustiala, Alexei Roginko, Jon Birger Skj�rseth, Eugene B. Skolnikoff, Olav Schram Stokke, David G. Victor, J�rgen Wettestad.Copublished with theInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Author : Lawrence E. Susskind,Saleem H. Ali
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190297626

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Environmental Diplomacy by Lawrence E. Susskind,Saleem H. Ali Pdf

International environmental agreements have increased exponentially within the last five decades. However, decisions on policies to address key issues such as biodiversity loss, climate change, ozone depletion, hazardous waste transport and numerous other planetary challenges require individual countries to adhere to international norms. What have been the successes and failures in the environmental treaty-making arena? How has the role of civil society and scientific consensus contributed to this maturing process? Why have some treaties been more enforceable than others and which theories of international relations can further inform efforts in this regard? Addressing these questions with renewed emphasis on close case analysis makes this volume a timely and thorough postscript to the Rio-Plus 20 summit's celebrated invocation document, The Future We Want, towards sustainable development. Environmental Diplomacy: Negotiating More Effective Global Agreements provides an accessible narrative on understanding the geopolitics of negotiating international environmental agreements and clear guidance on improving the current system. In this book, authors Lawrence Susskind and Saleem Ali expertly observe international environmental negotiations to effectively inform the reader on the geopolitics of protecting our planet. This second edition offers an additional perspective from the Global South as well as providing a broader analysis of the role of science in environmental treaty-making. It provides a unique contribution as a panoramic analysis of the process of environmental treaty-making.

Author : Carsten Schmidt
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Environmental economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822029707536

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Designing International Environmental Agreements by Carsten Schmidt Pdf

It is not always easy to be famous. And for a famous, beautiful princesslike Diana, life was certainly very difficult at times. She was just twentyyears old when she married Prince Charles, and from that moment millions ofpeople around the world watched every move she made. And so did thephotographers, who followed her everywhere - even on that terrible night inParis when Diana's young life ended.

Author : Joseph F. C. DiMento
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780292782266

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The Global Environment and International Law by Joseph F. C. DiMento Pdf

2004 — A Choice Outstanding Academic Book International law has become the key arena for protecting the global environment. Since the 1970s, literally hundreds of international treaties, protocols, conventions, and rules under customary law have been enacted to deal with such problems as global warming, biodiversity loss, and toxic pollution. Proponents of the legal approach to environmental protection have already achieved significant successes in such areas as saving endangered species, reducing pollution, and cleaning up whole regions, but skeptics point to ongoing environmental degradation to argue that international law is an ineffective tool for protecting the global environment. In this book, Joseph DiMento reviews the record of international efforts to use law to make our planet more livable. He looks at how law has been used successfully—often in highly innovative ways—to influence the environmental actions of governments, multinational corporations, and individuals. And he also assesses the failures of international law in order to make policy recommendations that could increase the effectiveness of environmental law. He concludes that a "supranational model" is not the preferred way to influence the actions of sovereign nations and that international environmental law has been and must continue to be a laboratory to test approaches to lawmaking and implementation for the global community.

Author : Elizabeth R. DeSombre
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317372400

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Global Environmental Institutions by Elizabeth R. DeSombre Pdf

Global Environmental Institutions continues to provide the most accessible and succinct overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment. Fully updated throughout to reflect the latest environmental issues, the second edition includes substantial new material on developments in international agreements and how institutional mechanisms have evolved in the past 10 years, including the creation of the new Sustainable Development Goals, the Minamata Convention on Mercury, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This second edition maintains the clear structure of the first edition, examining: • the underlying causes of global environmental problems • the creation of global environmental institutions • the effectiveness of action undertaken by these institutions. Providing an overview of the United Nations Environment Programme and the other entities within the UN that play important roles in global environmental governance, it also examines institutions clustered by issue area, introducing institutions that focus on protecting endangered species and biodiversity, govern the ocean environment (focusing on the atmosphere), and regulate the transboundary movement of hazardous substances. Concluding with an updated chapter on emerging issues and future directions drawing on the latest scholarship in the field, and written by an acknowledged expert in the field, Global Environmental Institutions is essential reading for students of environmental politics and international organizations.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Environmental law, International
ISBN : UIUC:30112033996015

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International Environment by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : Niko Urho,Maria Ivanova,Anna Dubrova,Natalia Escobar-Pemberthy
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789289360807

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International Environmental Governance by Niko Urho,Maria Ivanova,Anna Dubrova,Natalia Escobar-Pemberthy Pdf

A plethora of environmental problems are ravaging the planet and its inhabitants. How well do existing structures convene governments to address these challenges? What is the role of science and civil society in this context? And, does international cooperation properly support countries with limited capacities? This report seeks to respond to these questions, based on an analysis of actions taken to renew international environmental governance to fulfill commitments made at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012. This report outlines possibilities to strengthen the UN Environment Programme and to enhance synergies among global environmental conventions to ensure that international environmental governance continues evolving and improving to secure human well-being and planetary health.