Environment and Statecraft
The Strategy of Environmental Treaty-Making
Scott Barrett
Discover how states can effectively cooperate to address environmental problems like climate change and ozone depletion. Environmental treaties are key to promoting global cooperation, but why do some succeed while others fail? This book delves into the theory behind treaty design and how it can be improved. With insights from economics, political science, and game theory, the book analyzes over 300 treaties and case studies on issues like over-fishing and global climate change. Its essential lesson: treaties must restructure the game to incentivize countries to act in their best interest.
Publish Date
2006-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
2006-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2003
Goodreads Rating
4.14
ISBN
9780199286096
Recommendations
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Recommendations
2019-10-07T17:39:45.000Z
This 2005 book is a real artifact of old-style mainstream climate discourse.
Not a denier text *at all*, it nonetheless represents climate change as 1) marked by extreme uncertainty, 2) adaptable by market forces, 3) a benefit for the global north, 4) a boon for plant life.
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