Environmental Diplomacy; Negotiating More Effective Global Agreements Book

	Abbreviations
1	What Is This Book About?	3
2	The Weaknesses of the Existing Environmental Treaty-making System	11
	Knowing How to Measure Success	13
	Three Serious Obstacles to Global Cooperation	18
	An Inadequate Legal Structure	24
	Fundamental Flaws in the Convention-Protocol Approach	30
	The Earth Summit as an Illustration	37
3	Representation and Voting	43
	Why Countries Participate	44
	Only Countries Vote	46
	The Majority Does Not Rule	48
	"Unofficials" Have Key Roles to Play	49
	Who Represents Future Generations?	53
	The Power of the Secretariat	58
	There Is No Consensus-Building Process	61
4	The Need for a Better Balance Between Science and Politics	62
	There Will Always Be Uncertainty	66
	Giving Science Its Due	68
	Adversary Science Undermines Trust	71
	Are There Really "Epistemic Communities" of Scientists?	73
	Ongoing Roles For Scientific Advisers	76
	No Regrets and the Precautionary Principle	78
	Contingent Agreements Are the Answer	80
5	The Advantages and Disadvantages of Issue Linkage	82
	A Lesson in Negotiation Arithmetic	87
	The Theory of Linkage	91
	Dealing with the Threat of Blackmail	92
	Managing the Complexity	94
	Linkage Guidelines	97
6	Monitoring and Enforcement in the Face of Sovereignty	99
	Technical and Legal Difficulties	99
	A Theory of Compliance	107
	Getting Around the Sovereignty Problem	113
	Nearly Self-Enforcing Agreements	117
	Do We Need the Green Police?	120
7	Reforming the System: The Salzburg Initiative and Other Proposals for Change	122
	The Salzburg Initiative	123
	Synchronizing Worldwide Expectations	139
	A New Three-Stage Process	141
	What We Need from the United Nations	147
	Appendix A: Selected Global Environmental Treaties	151
	Appendix B: Declaration of the Right to Nature Conservation, Environmental Protection, and Sustainable Development	176
	Notes	181
	Selected Readings	189
	Index	195