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The
Development of
Environmental
Regimes

Environmental Issues & IR


SLIDE 4

Assignment: ‘Engaging with the World#2’


Regimes are sets of principles, procedures, norms, or
rules that govern particular issue areas within
international relations.
REGIME
S

IGOs INTERNATION
AL LAW
environmental regimes

• Ozone depletion • Biodiversity loss


• Hazardous waste trade • African elephant ivory
• Toxic chemicals • Forests
• Climate change • Destertification
• Fisheries depletion
• Whaling
5 stages of regimes
development
01 AGENDA SETTTING

02 FACT FINDING

03
BARGAINING

04 IMPLEMENTATIO
N
05
REVIEW & STRENGTHENING
Case studies: strastopheric ozone depletion
Agenda setting

• What is ozone?
• 1970s, scientiest discovered CFCs posed threat
to ozone
Fact finding

• To the late 1980s no evidence yet emerged,


but bargaining process began already
Bargaining process

• The US as lead state


• European Community as veto states
• Developing countries as veto states
• The 1985 Vienna Convention
• The 1987 Montreal Protocol
Bargaining process continues

• Lead states wanted a freeze (95 percent


reduction)
• Veto coalition wanted placing cap on
production
• Developing countries were given 10 extra years
Implementation and
Strengthening

• Change happened...
• The EC disunity
• Role of UNEP
• Diplomatic pressure by the US
• Development of alternative of CFCs
• Multilateral fund
Bargaining process continues

• Change happened...
• The EC disunity
• Role of UNEP
• Diplomatic pressure by the US
• Development of alternative of CFCs
• Multilateral fund
Assignment
‘Engage with the World’ #2
Next week online activity
Create PPT of the development of one environmental
regime
Prepare your group proposal !

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