Institutional interaction in global environmental governance : synergy and conflict among international and EU policies / / edited by Sebastian Oberthur and Thomas Gehring ; with a foreword by Oran R. Young

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965243003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-282-10082-3; 9786612100826; 0-262-28094-9; 1-4237-6981-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (429 p.)
• Collana: Global environmental accord
• Altri autori (Persone): OberthürSebastian; GehringThomas <1957->
• Disciplina: 363.7/0526
• Soggetti: Environmental policy - International cooperation; Environmental policy - European Union countries; Environmental law, International
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Conceptual foundations of institutional interaction / Sebastian Oberthur and Thomas Gehring -- The climate change regime : interactions with ICAO, IMO, and the EU burden-sharing agreement / Sebastian Oberthur -- The convention on biological diversity : tensions with the WTO TRIPS agreement over access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits / G. Kristin Rosendal -- Protecting the northeast Atlantic : one problem, three institutions / Jon Birger Skjrseth -- Institutional interplay and responsible fisheries : combating subsidies, developing precaution / Olav Schram Stokke and Clare Coffey -- The convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) : responding to calls for action from other nature conservation regimes / John Lanchbery -- Interactions between the World Trade organization and international environmental regimes / Alice Palmer, Beatrice Chaytor, and Jacob Werksman -- Interactions of EU legal instruments establishing broad principles of environmental management : the water framework directive and the IPPC directive / ; Andrew Farmer -- The EU habitats directive : enhancing synergy with pan-European nature conservation and with the EU structural funds / Clare Coffey -- The EU deliberate release directive : environmental precaution versus trade and product regulation / Ingmar von Homeyer -- The EU air quality framework directive : shaped and saved by interaction? / Jrgen Wettestad -- Comparative empirical analysis and ideal types of institutional interaction / Thomas Gehring and Sebastian Oberthur.
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation This systematic investigation of the interaction among international and European institutions provides both a theoretical framework for analysis and the first broad overview of this largely uncharted field of research. By offering detailed case studies and a systematic analysis of results, the book examines the effects of institutional interaction on environmental governance and explores the ways in which international and European Union policies can either reinforce or undercut one another. After a conceptual overview in which Oberthür and Gehring identify three causal mechanisms by which institutional interaction can affect environmental governance, ten case studies apply this theoretical approach. Six cases use an international institution as their starting point and four begin with a European Union legal instrument. The international regimes examined include the widely known Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and World Trade Organization and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The EU instruments analyzed include lesser-known directives on the protection of habitats, the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment, and air quality. The studies show that although conflict and interference among different regimes and institutions do take place, synergistic interactions are common. The findings on the importance of, and mechanisms behind, these outcomes offer valuable insights for both scholars and policymakers. Contributors:Beatrice Chaytor, Clare Coffey, Andrew Farmer, Thomas Gehring, John Lanchbery, Sebastian Oberthür, Alice Palmer, G. Kristin Rosendal, Jon Birger Skjærseth, Olav Schram Stokke, Ingmar von Homeyer, Jacob Werksman, Jørgen Wettestad.