Institutional interaction in global environmental governance : synergy and conflict among international and EU policies / edited by Sebastian Oberthür and Thomas Gehring ; with a foreword by Oran R. Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oberthür, Sebastian.

Gehring, Thomas, 1957-

Series:

Global environmental accords

Global environmental accord

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--International cooperation.

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--European Union countries.

European Union countries.

Environmental law, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 405 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Annotation This systematic investigation of the interaction among international and European institutions provides both a theoretical framework for analysis and the first broad overview of this largely uncharted field of research. By offering detailed case studies and a systematic analysis of results, the book examines the effects of institutional interaction on environmental governance and explores the ways in which international and European Union policies can either reinforce or undercut one another. After a conceptual overview in which Oberthür and Gehring identify three causal mechanisms by which institutional interaction can affect environmental governance, ten case studies apply this theoretical approach. Six cases use an international institution as their starting point and four begin with a European Union legal instrument. The international regimes examined include the widely known Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and World Trade Organization and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The EU instruments analyzed include lesser-known directives on the protection of habitats, the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment, and air quality. The studies show that although conflict and interference among different regimes and institutions do take place, synergistic interactions are common. The findings on the importance of, and mechanisms behind, these outcomes offer valuable insights for both scholars and policymakers. Contributors:Beatrice Chaytor, Clare Coffey, Andrew Farmer, Thomas Gehring, John Lanchbery, Sebastian Oberthür, Alice Palmer, G. Kristin Rosendal, Jon Birger Skjærseth, Olav Schram Stokke, Ingmar von Homeyer, Jacob Werksman, Jørgen Wettestad.

Contents:

2 Conceptual Foundations of Institutional Interaction / Sebastian Oberthur, Thomas Gehring 19

3 The Climate Change Regime: Interactions with ICAO, IMO, and the EU Burden-Sharing Agreement / Sebastian Oberthur 53

4 The Convention on Biological Diversity: Tensions with the WTO TRIPS Agreement over Access to Genetic Resources and the Sharing of Benefits / G. Kristin Rosendal 79

5 Protecting the Northeast Atlantic: One Problem, Three Institutions / Jon Birger Skjaerseth 103

6 Institutional Interplay and Responsible Fisheries: Combating Subsidies, Developing Precaution / Olav Schram Stokke, Clare Coffey 127

7 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Responding to Calls for Action from Other Nature Conservation Regimes / John Lanchbery 157

8 Interactions between the World Trade Organization and International Environmental Regimes / Alice Palmer, Beatrice Chaytor, Jacob Werksman 181

9 Interactions of EU Legal Instruments Establishing Broad Principles of Environmental Management: The Water Framework Directive and the IPPC Directive / Andrew Farmer 205

10 The EU Habitats Directive: Enhancing Synergy with Pan-European Nature Conservation and with the EU Structural Funds / Clare Coffey 233

11 The EU Deliberate Release Directive: Environmental Precaution versus Trade and Product Regulation / Ingmar von Homeyer 259

12 The EU Air Quality Framework Directive: Shaped and Saved by Interaction? / Jorgen Wettestad 285

13 Comparative Empirical Analysis and Ideal Types of Institutional Interaction / Thomas Gehring, Sebastian Oberthur 307

Appendix Overview of Identified Cases of Institutional Interaction 373.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262280945

0262280949

1423769813

9781423769811

9780262651103

0262651106

9780262051156

026205115X

OCLC:

68213322

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