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Ozone Connections - Expert Networks in Global Environmental Governance (Hardcover)
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Ozone Connections - Expert Networks in Global Environmental Governance (Hardcover)
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It is difficult to think of a more significant example of
international cooperation to address a problem that threatened the
health and wellbeing of the entire planet than the 1987 Montreal
Protocol for the Elimination of Ozone-Depleting Substances. This
breakthrough in international environmental governance has proved
to be an extraordinary success beyond rhetoric or promises. In a
dozen years, this international agreement went from an
understanding of the need to act in a precautionary manner for
mutual benefit to a successful worldwide effort to eliminate
chemical substances harmful to our protective ozone layer. The
production and consumption of most ozone-depleting substances has
now been phased out in developed countries, with developing
countries not far behind. What happened and why is of tremendous
importance for those looking for guidance in the future,
particularly those now involved in hugely complicated negotiations
on climate change. The success of the Montreal Protocol has been
linked to many factors such as political will, treaty flexibility
and the recognition of equity issues raised by developing
countries. While comprehensively analysing all of these success
factors, Ozone Connections goes on to suggest that a social
organization of global governance as typified by the protocol's
Technical and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) was a unique - but
replicable - decisive factor. The book argues that we need to
understand how the implementation of complex global environmental
agreements depends on the construction and exploitation of social
connections among experts who act collectively to define solutions
to environmental problems. This highly original and provoking
thesis synthesises some of the more exciting social science
concepts and methods, while refining our basic understanding of
environmental social change and providing policy-makers with
concrete success factors to replicate. This book will be essential
reading for academics in the fields of sociology, political
science, international relations, network studies, human
communication, motivation, collaboration and leadership, as well as
the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of environmental studies.
Businesses will also find many applications for practical use.
Finally, the many directly transferable lessons from ozone layer
protection make this book a key addition to the growing literature
on climate change.
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