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Credibility dilemmas under the Paris agreement: explaining fossil fuel subsidy reform references in INDCs Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Christian Elliott, Steven Bernstein, Matthew Hoffmann
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The “top-down” Kyoto Protocol? Exploring caricature and misrepresentation in literature on global climate change governance Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-05-28 Joanna Depledge
The literature on global climate change governance frequently refers to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol as a “top-down” instrument, often in unfavourable comparison with the 2015 Paris Agreement, described as “bottom-up”. However, the meaning ascribed to “top-down” is often left undefined, contributing to a surprisingly widespread misunderstanding that the Kyoto Protocol, and in particular its emission targets
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Europe’s nature governance revolution: harnessing the shadow of heterarchy Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Suzanne Kingston, Zizhen Wang, Edwin Alblas, Mícheál Callaghan, Julie Foulon, Clodagh Daly, Deirdre Norris
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Lessons learnt from two decades of international environmental agreements: law Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-04-16 Peter H. Sand, Jeffrey McGee
As Patricia Birnie cautiously and prophetically put it in the inaugural issue of this journal (INEA 1, January 2001, p. 74), “we do not know whether States and the tentative regimes they have so far established can withstand the pressures of globalization of trade and degradation and over-exploitation generated by advances in technologies for locating, fertilizing, harvesting, processing and modifying
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Designed to be stable: international environmental agreements revisited Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-04-15 Nahid Masoudi
In a three-stage game, we revisit the non-cooperative coalition approaches into international environmental agreements by tackling a fundamental design flaw in these approaches. We show how a treaty can effectively remove the free-riding problem from its roots by farsightedly choosing its members’ emissions. We prove that under this approach, the grand coalition is a self-enforcing equilibrium. We
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Consensus decision-making in CCAMLR: Achilles’ heel or fundamental to its success? Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Lynda Goldsworthy
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Equity, justice and the SDGs: lessons learnt from two decades of INEA scholarship Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-04-05 Joyeeta Gupta, Aarti Gupta, Courtney Vegelin
Environmental justice issues have been incrementally but consistently covered within this journal in the last two decades. This article reviews theoretical and empirical approaches to justice in INEA scholarship in order to identify trends and draw lessons for the interpretation and implementation of the 2030 Agenda and for living within environmental limits. Our review traces how justice considerations
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Agency dynamics of International Environmental Agreements: actors, contexts, and drivers Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-04-05 Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Katharina Rietig, Michelle Scobie
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Lessons learnt from international environmental agreements for the Stockholm + 50 Conference: celebrating 20 Years of INEA. Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Joyeeta Gupta,Courtney Vegelin,Nicky Pouw
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Population growth, family planning and the Paris Agreement: an assessment of the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Jenna Dodson, Patricia Dérer, Philip Cafaro, Frank Götmark
Under the Paris Agreement, nations made pledges known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs): national climate plans detailing countries’ ambitions to adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Population growth is a driver of both climate vulnerability and climate-altering emissions. We asked, to what extent do countries take population growth into account in their NDCs, beyond
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Global climate governance: rising trend of translateral cooperation Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-03-26 Nataliya Stranadko
The transformation from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement has been analyzed by international relations scholars, international law, and transnational governance theory. The international relations literature looks at the climate regime from a perspective of power distribution, state interests, institutions, and multilateral negotiations. International law theory focuses on legal analysis and
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CHANS-Law: preventing the next pandemic through the integration of social and environmental law Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-03-13 Kirsten Davies, Michelle Lim, Tianbao Qin, Philip Riordan
Zoonotic viruses have sacrificed hundreds of millions of people throughout human history. There are currently 1.7 million unidentified viruses estimated to be circulating in mammal and bird populations. It is foreseeable that in the near future, another of these will transmit to people, heralding the start of the next pandemic—one potentially more deadly than COVID-19. At the core of this article is
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20 Years of global climate change governance research: taking stock and moving forward Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-03-03 Philipp Pattberg, Cille Kaiser, Oscar Widerberg, Johannes Stripple
Research on global climate change governance is no longer primarily concerned with the international legal regime, state practice and its outcomes, but rather scrutinizes the intricate interactions between the public and the private in governing climate change. This broad trend has also taken center stage within the pages of INEA. Two decades after its establishment, we sketch the main theoretical
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Institutional interplay in global environmental governance: lessons learned and future research Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-03-02 Joshua Philipp Elsässer, Thomas Hickmann, Sikina Jinnah, Sebastian Oberthür, Thijs Van de Graaf
Over the past decades, the growing proliferation of international institutions governing the global environment has impelled institutional interplay as a result of functional and normative overlap across multiple regimes. This article synthesizes primary contributions made in research on institutional interplay over the past twenty years, with particular focus on publications with International Environmental
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Lessons learnt in global biodiversity governance Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-02-26 Matilda Petersson, Peter Stoett
INEA has featured many articles covering the dilemmas, puzzles, and tensions related to global biodiversity governance; this coverage was infrequent in earlier issues but has steadily increased as both environmental diplomacy and international law on biodiversity conservation and environmental justice have expanded. Using the definition found in the Convention on Biological Diversity, we scanned INEA
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The politics of multilateral environmental agreements lessons from 20 years of INEA Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-02-23 Agni Kalfagianni, Oran R. Young
This review article addresses the question: What lessons can we learn from work published in International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics regarding the politics of multilateral environmental agreements? What are the implications of these lessons for those responsible for creating and administering these agreements? Based on an analysis of 147 articles published over the past
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Reflecting on twenty years of international agreements concerning water governance: insights and key learning Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-02-19 Naho Mirumachi, Margot Hurlbert
The purpose of this article is to examine the research advanced in the journal, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics that represents key insights into international agreements on water and their political, legal, economic and cross-disciplinary dimensions for water governance. The article analyses evidence and lessons learnt over the last twenty years to inform policy
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Environmental-agreement design and political ideology in democracies Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-02-10 Tobias Böhmelt
Does the political ideology of negotiating parties influence the design of international environmental agreements? This article distinguishes between leftist and rightist executives in democracies to develop a twofold argument. First, left-leaning democratic governments tend to be generally more environmental-friendly, which implies that they should favor designs that are more conducive to effective
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An adaptation-mitigation game: does adaptation promote participation in international environmental agreements? Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-01-30 Miguel Borrero, Santiago J. Rubio
This paper studies how the investment in adaptation can influence the participation in an international environmental agreement (IEA) when countries decide in adaptation before they choose emissions. Three types of agreements are studied, a mitigation agreement for which countries coordinate their decisions only on emissions; an adaptation agreement for which there is only coordination when countries
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Carbon emission, solid waste management, and electricity generation: a legal and empirical perspective for renewable energy in Nigeria Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-01-28 Olusola Joshua Olujobi, Daniel E. Ufua, Uchechukwu Emena Okorie, Mercy E. Ogbari
This research investigates the necessity for transformation of wastes to energy for environmentally friendly and improvement in Nigeria’s power sector for sustainability, to reduce greenhouse gas discharges and to encourage financings of renewable energy resources, and to alleviate the anxieties on dumping of deleterious wastes in Nigeria. The research utilises a library-centred doctrinal legal study
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eThekwini’s green and ecological infrastructure policy landscape: research paradigms, theories and epistocrats Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2022-01-23 Meissner, Richard
The purpose of this paper is to indicate how dominant research paradigms, social theories, and an epistocracy influence the governance of green and ecological infrastructures within a South African local government context. Paradigms and theories play an important constituting role that (local) government actors and institutions actively and subconsciously promote within the green and ecological infrastructure
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International legal aspects of countering environmental terrorism in the context of modern trends in radical environmentalism Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-11-13 Balgimbekova, Gulnara, Zhamiyeva, Roza, Serikbayev, Abzal, Shnarbayev, Bulatbek, Mashabayev, Amanbek
Environmental terrorism is a new global threat. The modern period of society's development is characterized by an increase in this threat, where terrorism in the traditional view evolves and takes on new outlines. When defining the concept of environmental terrorism, the role of the criminal-legal definition of a crime is of particular importance, since this ultimately reflects the degree of public
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Espoo Convention and its role in construction industry as an element of an environmental impact assessment mechanism Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-11-06 Liu, Zhi-Jiang, Ghandour, Ahmad, Kurilova, Anastasia
In the construction industry, there are many risk management models, the purpose of which is to bring the project to full implementation, namely to minimize possible violations of project deadlines, deviations from the quality of work, reduce financial costs and so on. However, contractors and subcontractors are faced with a high level of risk when implementing a construction project. The problem is
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From the circular economy to the sustainable development goals in the European Union: an empirical comparison Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Rodríguez-Antón, José Miguel, Rubio-Andrada, Luis, Celemín-Pedroche, María Soledad, Ruíz-Peñalver, Soraya María
The European Union (EU) is trying to accelerate the transition from the current linear economy to a circular economy (CE). In fact, the CE is considered a tool to attain sustainable development goals (SDGs). In this sense, this paper aims at analysing the interaction between the CE and SDGs in the context of the new 2030 Agenda and the European CE strategy; thus contributing to the scarce empirical
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The democratisation of European nature governance 1992–2015: introducing the comparative nature governance index Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-10-27 Kingston, Suzanne, Wang, Zizhen, Alblas, Edwin, Callaghan, Micheál, Foulon, Julie, Lima, Valesca, Murphy, Geraldine
European environmental governance has radically transformed over the past two decades. While traditionally enforcement of environmental law has been the responsibility of public authorities (public authorities of the EU Member States, themselves policed by the European Commission), this paradigm has now taken a democratic turn. Led by changes in international environmental law and in particular the
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Cultivated ties and strategic communication: do international environmental secretariats tailor information to increase their bureaucratic reputation? Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-10-26 Mederake, Linda, Saerbeck, Barbara, Goritz, Alexandra, Jörgens, Helge, Well, Mareike, Kolleck, Nina
The past few years have witnessed a growing interest among scholars and policy-makers in the interplay of international bureaucracies with civil society organizations, other non-profit entities, and the private sector. This article extends the state of research by investigating whether and how secretariats try to strengthen their reputation within their respective policy regimes through information
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Problems of the effectiveness of the implementation of international agreements in the field of waste management: the study of the experience of Kazakhstan in the context of the applicability of European legal practices Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-10-19 Zhamiyeva, Roza, Sultanbekova, Gulmira, Balgimbekova, Gulnara, Mussin, Kuat, Abzalbekova, Maral, Kozhanov, Murat
The issue of developing effective legal regulation of waste management and implementation of best practices in this area is relevant for many countries of the world. In the Republic of Kazakhstan, the development of a regulatory framework for waste management is still in its infancy. This situation poses a potential threat to the environment and public health. The question of this study is what are
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Protection of prior and late developers of transboundary water resources in international treaty practices: a review of 416 international water agreements Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-10-12 Zhao, Yue, Xiong, Xuefei, Wu, Sicheng, Zhang, Kaixaing
The question of balancing the competing uses of prior and late developers has long been the core issue in international water law (IWL). Yet, how IWL evolves to assure the flexibility and continuing adaptability of its norms in the context of changing circumstances of water use regimes, has not been the subject of comprehensive academic research. Based on an empirical analysis of 459 international
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Development of corporate investment funds as a tool to achieve the goals of international treaties in the field of climate change Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-10-05 Bauer, Maira, Bulatenko, Mariya, Shimshirt, Natalia
The UNFCCC and Paris Climate Agreement set the environmental agenda for many years to come, making environmental protection a global trend. Herewith, these documents created many unprecedented challenges for business, shifting the focus from the original role of commercial benefit to the trade-off between profit and social responsibility. The need to adapt business strategies to the existing agenda
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International legal instruments for stimulating green building and construction business: Russian case study Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-08-24 Liu, Zhi-Jiang, Snezhko, Vera, Kurilova, Anastasia
Green building is an innovative and socially significant element of enhancing environmental sustainability. The main idea behind the construction of green buildings is to increase the sustainability of the living environment, which is achieved by reducing the overall impact of buildings on the environment and human health. This undoubtedly important trend, entering into modern use and closely related
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Understanding international non-state and subnational actors for biodiversity and their possible contributions to the post-2020 CBD global biodiversity framework: insights from six international cooperative initiatives Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-08-19 Kok, Marcel T. J., Ludwig, Kathrin
While multilateral approaches and national policies have been unable to halt the unprecedented loss of biodiversity, responses from non-state and subnational initiatives are increasing. The successful implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF), to be agreed upon under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), ultimately depends on commitments and action by state and non-state
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Australia’s interaction with Asian countries in the negotiation for an international agreement for the marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-08-18 Gunasekara, Sandya Nishanthi, Karim, Md Saiful
This article highlights Australia’s interaction with Asian countries in the development of an international legal instrument on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). An intergovernmental conference with four planned sessions is currently going on under the auspices of the United Nation’s General Assembly (UNGA) for the adoption of a new legal instrument under the United
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Environmental agreement under the non-interference principle: the case of ASEAN agreement on transboundary haze pollution Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-08-11 Muhammad, Fikri
It is widely understood that the environmental problem is getting borderless and challenging, requiring concerted efforts of many states and increasing the need for international agreements. However, only for the agreement to exist may not be sufficient—the agreement needs to be credible: obliging the signatories with actions associated with the goal, displaying clear and unambiguous rules, and involving
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Correction to: Ideology and non‑state climate action: partnering and design of REDD+ projects Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-07-08 Benjamin M. Abraham
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Domestic and international climate policies: complementarity or disparity? Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-06-26 Lauri Peterson
Climate change is a global crisis that requires countries to act on both domestic and international levels. This paper examines how climate policies in these two arenas are related and to what extent domestic and international climate ambitions are complementary or disparate. While scholarly work has begun to assess the variation in overall climate policy ambition, only a few studies to date have tried
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Evaluating EU responsiveness to the evolution of the international regime complex on climate change Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-06-10 Joseph Earsom, Tom Delreux
Over the past decades, the international governance of climate change has evolved from a singular forum—the UNFCCC—to a larger international regime complex of a variety of fora covering different aspects of the broader climate change issue. The international regime complex on climate change (IRCCC) presents particular challenges and opportunities for ambitious climate actors like the European Union
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Ideology and non-state climate action: partnering and design of REDD+ projects Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-05-28 Benjamin M. Abraham
Scholars and policymakers working on non-state climate action have tended to focus on functional considerations, largely neglecting questions of ideology. This article brings them into the spotlight by investigating how ideology affects climate action initiatives. Based on a new database of 389 projects associated with reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, the article examines
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International nuclear energy legal regulation: comparing the experience of the EU and the CIS countries Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-05-22 Aigul Nukusheva, Guldana Karzhassova, Dinara Rustembekova, Tatyana Au, Kulbagila Baikenzhina
The world community recognizes the enormous potential danger posed by nuclear power, including accidents at nuclear industries and atomic infrastructure facilities, the possibility of using nuclear technologies for criminal purposes. At the same time, immediate rejection of the use of nuclear technologies can create incomparably greater harm to both humans and the environment. In the context of many
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Modelling and analysing the relationship between innovation and the European Regulations on hazardous waste shipments Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 M. Pilar Latorre, Margarita Martinez-Nuñez, Carmen Callao
In Europe, there are different regulations regarding hazardous waste management with which European Union Member States must comply. On the one hand, Member States must meet the recovery targets that are set in the different waste Directives, and they have two options here: material recovery facilities in the country of origin, or recovery through the shipment of waste. In addition, EU Member States
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Evolving together: transboundary water governance in the Colorado River Basin Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-05-19 Mariana Rivera-Torres, Andrea K. Gerlak
Transboundary collaboration between the United States (US) and Mexico in the Colorado River Basin has heightened in recent years, as climate change, population growth, and overallocation threaten the long-term stability of the region. Through a combination of document analysis and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders, we examine patterns of change in the governance of the Colorado River
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Assigning a grass-root NGO role to legitimate organizations as resident watch-dogs in negotiating carbon benefits derived from multilateral funding Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-05-10 Dan-Bi Um
The private sector in North Korea is virtually non-existent, and typical forms of grass-root Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) required for forestry carbon trading are not recognized. The state regulates the local forest communities and labor market through central planning and control. Previous researches tend to target grass-root NGOs that were established voluntarily after democratization, while
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Environmental education and awareness: the present and future key to the sustainable management of Ramsar convention sites in Kenya Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-05-10 Parita Shah, George Atisa
The Ramsar wetland sites are important habitats for biodiversity and provide ecological services to communities that otherwise have no access to water resources. In Kenya, some wetlands are more prominent and are recognized worldwide as tourist hot spots, biodiversity-rich zones and wildlife habitats. However, these wetlands face overexploitation and degradation from surrounding communities. The efforts
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Thijs Van de Graaf and Benjamin K. Sovacool: Global Energy Politics Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Hugo Faber
Energy is the lifeblood of modern industrialized economies, a prerequisite for economic development, and a key security concern for national states. Since the industrial revolution, energy has shaped economies, politics, and international relations. But energy systems are currently facing profound changes, that for better or worse will shape the future of human societies. Thijs Van de Graaf and Benjamin
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Economic and legal regulation of the use and development of renewable energy sources Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Ali Sabyrzhan, Gulnara Balgimbekova, Viktor Shestak
The study, through the prism of comparing various government practices, critically examines the problems of Russian legislation and policies in the field of renewable energy sources, such as problems of fragmentation, obsolescence and lack of legislation. The article examines the current legislation, which establishes incentives for the development of renewable energy. The research question consists
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John Rawls and compliance to climate change agreements: insights from a laboratory experiment Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-03-20 Klaudijo Klaser, Lorenzo Sacconi, Marco Faillo
The most evident shortcoming of the international agreements on climate actions is the compliance to their prescriptions. Can John Rawls’s social contract theory help us to solve the problem? We apply the veil of ignorance decision-making setting in a sequential dictator game to study the compliance to climate change agreements and we test the model in a laboratory experiment. The veil of ignorance
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Achieving the ambitious targets of the Paris Agreement: the role of key actors. Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-02-26 S Andresen,G Bang,J B Skjærseth,A Underdal
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Cost of groundwater protection: major groundwater basin protection zones in Poland Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Ewa Krogulec, Jacek Gurwin, Mirosław Wąsik
This paper describes the complex hydrogeological, legal framework and socioeconomic costs of the groundwater protection in major groundwater basins (MGBs) in Poland in accordance with European directives. The hydrogeological criteria developed in Poland for establishing MGBs and the principles of their protection provide more details to the directives that are in force in Europe, which define the general
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A new two-nested-game approach: linking micro- and macro-scales in international environmental agreements Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Tiziano Distefano, Simone D’Alessandro
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Towards a European Green Deal: The evolution of EU climate and energy policy mixes Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-02-18 Jon Birger Skjærseth
A growing scholarship argues that decarbonization cannot be achieved with single instruments like carbon pricing alone. A broader mix of reinforcing policies is required. This literature focuses on how policies can accelerate technological innovation, restrict polluting activities, promote green growth, and ensure social justice. Applying the policy mix literature to the European Union (EU), this article
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The United States: conditions for accelerating decarbonisation in a politically divided country Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Guri Bang
President Biden faces tremendous challenges to overcome political polarisation as he re-commits the United States to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and promises decarbonisation of the US economy over the next three decades. To achieve deep decarbonisation, recent scholarship identifies the crucial role of broad policy mixes that create reinforcing effects between climate and energy policies
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Response of the Arab world to climate change challenges and the Paris agreement Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Salpie S. Djoundourian
This paper reviews the national environmental agenda of Arab countries in the Middle East and Africa in an attempt to determine coherence of local efforts with the international environmental commitments these countries have made by signing and ratifying the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework and Convention on Climate Change. The paper succinctly summarizes the impacts of climate change
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Examining host-State counterclaims for environmental damage in investor-State dispute settlement from human rights and transnational public policy perspectives Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2020-12-14 Ted Gleason
In international disputes between investors and host-States, the traditionally asymmetric nature of international investment agreements (IIAs) may prevent States from bringing claims against investors for harm caused, including environmental damage. At the same time, allowing host-State counterclaims for environmental damage is a potentially useful tool for rebalancing the asymmetric nature of IIAs
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National political pressure groups and the stability of international environmental agreements Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2020-12-03 Achim Hagen, Juan-Carlos Altamirano-Cabrera, Hans-Peter Weikard
This paper examines the effects of political pressure groups (lobbies) on transboundary emissions of individual countries and on the stability of international environmental agreements to reduce emissions. We consider two types of lobbies, industry and environmentalists, and we allow for asymmetric countries to consider differences in lobby strengths to study strategic international spillovers of national
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Correction to: Prospects of legal regulation in the field of electronic waste management in the context of a circular economy Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2020-11-19 Gulzhazira Ilyassova, Aigul Nukusheva, Leila Arenova, Guldana Karzhassova, Marzhangul Akimzhanova
In the original publication of the article, the second author's name was published incorrectly. The correct name is given with this Correction.
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The principle of no significant harm in international water law Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2020-11-04 Susanne Schmeier, Joyeeta Gupta
Human impacts on freshwater systems and related ecosystems are ever-growing as demands for water, food and energy increase. The development of large-scale irrigation systems in response to food insecurity can affect the availability of water for other uses and users. The use of fertilizers or pesticides in agriculture can negatively impact on the quality of a watercourse and affect other uses in the
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Future proofing the principle of no significant harm Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2020-11-02 Joyeeta Gupta, Susanne Schmeier
The principle of ‘no significant harm’ as a way of addressing transboundary environmental challenges is both inadequately researched and inadequately implemented in many parts of the world. This paper addresses the questions: What is the nature of transboundary harm in the Anthropocene? Is the principle of no significant harm able to address current and pre-empt future transboundary harm in the field
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From ‘mad cow’ crisis to synthetic biology: challenges to EU regulation of GMOs beyond the European context Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2020-11-02 Artem Anyshchenko, Jennifer Yarnold
This paper provides a historical and legal perspective of EU regulation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs)—through its initial development to its current position—in view of major advancements of modern molecular biotechnologies used for agriculture. We argue that the emergence and development of EU regulation of GMOs were shaped by antecedent events, notably bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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Assessment framework of actor strategies in international river basin management, the case of Deltarhine Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2020-10-12 Tobias Renner, Sander Meijerink, Pieter van der Zaag, Toine Smits
The combined effects of socio-economic growth as well as climate change exert increasing pressure on international river basins and require dedicated cooperative efforts to jointly manage international rivers. Cooperative strategies drawn from scientific literature, empirical research and practitioner’s handbooks are explored and clustered into six key dimensions of goals, instruments, structures,
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The no significant harm principle and the human right to water Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2020-10-09 Otto Spijkers
Access to water has been recognized as an international human right at least since 2010, when both the United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council adopted resolutions to this effect. The no significant harm principle can be found in the UN Watercourses Convention, and in numerous other global, regional, and watercourse-specific treaties. This paper provides an explanation of how the
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European fuel economy policy for new passenger cars: a historical comparative analysis of discourses and change factors Int. Environ. Agreements (IF 2.649) Pub Date : 2020-10-09 Takahiro Oki
In April 2019, the European Union (EU) revised its fuel economy policy for new passenger cars (PC). The new standard set an ambitious policy framework that featured high CO2 caps on these vehicles from 2025 and 2030 with limited flexibility for automobile industry to comply with the new standard, reflecting European decision-makers’ aspirations for zero-emission mobility. Most literature on EU policy-making