The engagement of the United States is critical to the success of any international effort
against global climate change. Although international climate efforts require long-lasting …

Ensuring that treaties designed to manage global climate change are 'implementable'is an
important negotiating challenge. Implementable agreements have a reasonable chance of …

Whereas the US President signed the Kyoto Protocol, the failure of the US Congress to ratify
it seriously hampered subsequent international climate cooperation. This recent US trend, of …

A considerable challenge for the creators of international environmental agreements is how
to design mechanisms that deter defection without deterring participation …

The report identifies the major obstacles to US participation in an international treaty to
control greenhouse gas emissions, and suggests some possible strategies for reengaging …

More than two decades of climate change negotiations have produced a series of global
climate agreements, such as the Kyoto Protocol and the Copenhagen Accords, but have …

H as the United States adopted any of the nascent international norms surrounding climate
change? In the previous chapter, Michele Betsill argues that international climate change …

International relations have long focused on managing conflict and competition. The result is
a virtual obsession with power and leadership, categories which are largely meaningless for …

Summary The United States and other parties to the 1992 Climate Change Convention
signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro will meet December 1-12 in Kyoto, Japan, to …

What is the impact of international diplomacy on climate governance? International
negotiations on climate change have become proverbial for their repeated failure to deliver …