Ozone diplomacy : new directions in safeguarding the planet / / Richard Elliot Benedick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809652803321
• Autore: Benedick Richard Elliot
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1998
• ISBN: 0-674-02075-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 449 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 344/.046342
• Soggetti: Ozone layer depletion - Law and legislation; Air - Pollution - Law and legislation; Air quality management - International cooperation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the First Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Enlarged Edition -- Abbreviations -- 1. Lessons from History -- 2. The Science: Models of Uncertainty -- 3. Spray Cans and Europolitics -- 4. Prelude to Consensus -- 5. Forging the U.S. Position -- 6. The Sequence of Negotiations -- 7. Points of Debate -- 8. The Immediate Aftermath -- 9. New Science, New Urgency -- 10. The Road to Helsinki -- 11. The Protocol in Evolution -- 12. The South Claims a Role -- 13. Strong Decisions in. London -- 14. Accelerating the Phaseout -- 15. A New Phase for the Protocol -- 16. "Common but Differentiated Responsibilities" -- 17. Promoting Compliance -- 18. New Controls for North and South -- 19. A New Global Diplomacy: Ozone Lessons and Climate Change -- Chronology -- Appendix A Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, March 1985 -- Appendix B Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, September 1987 -- Appendix C London Revisions to the Montreal Protocol, June 1990 (Excerpts) -- Appendix D Montreal Protocol Phaseout Schedules -- Appendix E Terms of Reference for the Multilateral Fund -- Appendix F Terms of Reference of the Executive Committee -- Appendix G Noncompliance Procedure -- Appendix H The Nearly Universal Treaty: Parties to the 1985 Vienna Convention and 1987 Montreal Protocol, with Ratifications to the 1990 London and 1992 Copenhagen Amendments -- Notes -- Select Ozone ; Bibliography (cited in chronological order) -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The first edition of this book offered an insider's view of the politics, economics, science, and diplomacy involved in creating the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Now Benedick--a principal architect and chief U.S. negotiator of the treaty--brings us to the eve of the treaty's 10th anniversary.