The politics of multilateral environmental agreements lessons from 20 years of INEA

Agni Kalfagianni () and Oran R. Young ()
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Agni Kalfagianni: Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
Oran R. Young: University of California Santa Barbara

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 2022, vol. 22, issue 2, No 2, 245-262

Abstract: Abstract 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 20 years, the article explores issues of institutional design, institutional politics, implementation, and effectiveness. It concludes that key conditions for success in this realm include: (a) developing a toolkit that is not limited to rules-based governance, (b) paying attention to matters of implementation, (c) bearing in mind the overall regime complex, (d) developing effective leadership based on credibility and accountability, and (e) allowing for institutional adaptation.

Keywords: Effectiveness; Implementation; Institutional design; Institutional politics; Lessons learned; Multilateral environmental agreements (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s10784-022-09567-6

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