Lecture Notes: click here.

Reading Materials:

• Peterson, “International Organizations and the Implementation of Environmental Regimes,” in Young, Ch. 5

• Mitchell, Ronald B. forthcoming. “Quantitative Analysis in International Environmental Politics: Toward a Theory of Relative Effectiveness.” In Regime consequences, eds. Arild Underdal, and Oran Young.

Internet Research Materials:

• Environmental Law Site
• Center for International Environmental Law
• Environmental Law Alliance
• Kyoto Protocol Site
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depletion
• UN Ozone Secretariat
• Vienna Convention on Protection of the Ozone Layer

Discussion Questions:

1. Give definitions and discuss the following: implementation, compliance, monitoring, transparency, enforcement, effectiveness, and efficiency.
2. Why do nations violate international agreements?