International institutions such as treaties and organizations shape, and are shaped by, the
large web-like architecture of global governance. Yet we know little about what this …

Sustainability in the Anthropocene requires social cooperation and learning against a
backdrop of increasingly complex, polycentric governance. Here, we introduce an …

Designing a comprehensive policy framework for ascertaining sustainable development is a
problem faced by most of the countries around the globe, and the developed nations are no …

The global economy continues to witness a consistent increase in carbon emissions, making
it difficult to achieve the Paris agreement on climate change. To inform policies to mitigate …

Environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are increasing in terms of
their number and variety. The economic effects of these environmental provisions remain …

Growing acknowledgement that food systems require transformation, demands
comprehensive sustainability assessments that can support decision-making and …

Does trade liberalization lead to the outsourcing of pollution from industrialized countries to
developing countries? According to the pollution-haven hypothesis, international trade is a …

The number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has skyrocketed over the past 20 years.
In addition to reducing barriers at the border, modern PTAs remove many behind-the-border …

While thousands of international treaties have been concluded, it remains unclear whether
they have been implemented. This article investigates the relationship between the …

The regulatory contribution that preferential trade agreements (PTAs) make to global climate
governance is assessed through an analysis of climate-related provisions found in 688 …