Negotiating International Regimes: Lessons Learned from the United Nations Conference on Environmental and Development (UNCED)
Published on 1. January 2001
300 pages
978-90-411-7730-8 (ISBN)
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The UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) produced above all the beginning of a new process, rather than arriving at a singular and conclusive agreement to a specific problem - often the more common outcome of the negotiation. Whereas outwardly the UNCED process was familiar, it soon was to distinguish itself as a singularly instructive set of `regime-building' negotiations. This important new work developed by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis explains and analyses the negotiation process of building international environmental regimes. Its value will be considerable as the international community faces the need to establish the variety of sub-regimes ( - desertification, biodiversity, forestry, and others -) spawned by UNCED. This work offers the conceptual and practical building blocks, as learned from UNCED, to all those engaged, and interested in the means to ensure sustainable development and the economic and environmental well-being of humanity. The text is accompanied by valuable appendices.
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Structure of Analysis
- 1 The Dynamics of Regime-building Negotiations
- THE UNCED NEGOTIATIONS
- CHARACTERISTICS OF REGIME-BUILDING NEGOTIATIONS
- PROCESSES
- ACTOR DYNAMICS
- PROCESS DYNAMICS
- ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK
- 2 The Negotiating System of Environment and Development
- UNCED INPUTS
- UNCED OUTPUTS
- CONCLUSIONS
- Part II A Process Perspective
- 3 The Story of the UNCED Process
- THE ORIGINS OF UNCED
- THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE (PREPCOM)
- THE CONFERENCE: 3-14 JUNE 1992, RIO DE JANEIRO
- CONCLUSIONS
- 4 Issue Clarification and the Role of Consensual Knowledge in the UNCED Process
- INTRODUCTION
- ISSUE FORMATION AND CLARIFICATION: THE ROLE OF CONSENSUAL KNOWLEDGE
- THE CHARACTER OF CONSENSUAL KNOWLEDGE
- CONCLUSIONS: LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE
- 5 The Search for Flexibility on Financial Issues at UNCED: An Analysis of Preference Adjustment
- INTERESTS, PREFERENCES, AND LEARNING
- APPROACH
- RESULTS
- DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSIONS
- APPENDIX 5.1: MODELING DATA AND RESULTS
- 6 Food Security, Environment, and Development: A Case Analysis of Process Dynamics
- FOOD SECURITY AND UNCED
- ISSUE CLARIFICATION: LEVELS OF LINKAGES
- THE MEANING OF FOOD SECURITY
- DEFINITION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
- FOOD SECURITY LINKAGES
- LINKAGES AND INTERESTS
- CONCLUSION
- Part III An Actor Perspective
- 7 Problems and Opportunities in Intragovernmental Coordination: A Northern Perspective
- THE AUSTRIAN EXAMPLE
- COMPARISON WITH OTHER OECD COUNTRIES
- CONCLUSIONS
- 8 The Decision-making Process from a Developing Country Perspective
- KEY DOMESTIC ACTORS
- THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING ARGENTINA'S POSITION
- IDENTIFICATION OF THE RELEVANT ISSUES
- NEGOTIATION BLOCS
- THE ROLE OF NGOS
- CONCLUSION
- 9 Dynamics of Leadership in UNCED
- CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
- LEADERSHIP IN UNCED
- ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- 10 UNCED Leadership: A Personal Perspective
- 11 The Role of the Scientific Community in the Preparation of and Follow-Up to UNCED
- PREPARATIONS FOR UNCED
- RESULTS OF THE ASCEND 21 CONFERENCE
- INVOLVEMENT OF OTHER SCIENTIFIC BODIES IN UNCED
- OTHER PREPARATORY STEPS TO UNCED
- THE OUTCOME OF UNCED AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
- WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED AND WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES AHEAD?
- 12 Scientific Uncertainty and Power Politics: The Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Role of Scientific Advice
- THE CLIMATE CONVENTION
- THE IPCC AND ITS ORIGIN: INSTITUTIONS OF SCIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- UNEP AND THE WCED
- THE IPCC AND THE GIVING OF SOUND ADVICE
- RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR CHANGING INTEREST IN GLOBAL WARMING
- DISCUSSION: THE POWER OF SCIENCE
- CONCLUSIONS
- 13 The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in UNCED
- ROLES OF NGOs AT THE UN
- THE 1972 STOCKHOLM UN CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
- THE RIO CONFERENCE
- CONCLUSIONS
- APPENDIX 13.1 QUESTIONNAIRE FOR UNCED NGOS
- SECTION II - GOALS
- Part IV The Outcome and Lessons Learned for Future Regime-building Negotiations
- 14 What Will It Take to Ensure Effective Global Environmental Management? A Reassessment of Regime-building Accomplishments
- THE OUTCOMES AT RIO CONFIRM THE WEAKNESSES OF THE EXISTING CONVENTION- PROTOCOL APPROACH TO TREATY-MAKING
- FURTHER INSTITUTION AL REFORMS ARE REQUIRED
- STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL INTERESTS
- STRIVING TOWARD WORKABLE LINKAGE
- PINPOINTING REGIONAL SOLUTIONS WITHIN A GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CONTEXT
- PUSHING FOR COMPLIANCE THROUGH LOCAL MONITORING
- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
- 15 Looking Ahead
- LESSONS FOR NEGOTIATING FUTURE REGIMES
- CONSENSUS BUILDING AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION
- REGIME EVOLUTION AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
- Appendix A Resolution Adopted by the UN General Assembly: Resolution No. 44/228
- Appendix B The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
- Appendix C Agenda 21: Programme of Action for Sustainable Development - Table of Contents
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover
