Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance

by Oberthur, Sebastian; Gehring, Thomas; Young, Oran R.

• ISBN13: 9780262651103
• ISBN10: 0262651106
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-07
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

This systematic investigation of the interaction among international and European institutions provides both a theoretical framework for analysis and the first broad overview of this largely uncharted field of research. By offering detailed case studies and a systematic analysis of results, the book examines the effects of institutional interaction on environmental governance and explores the ways in which international and European Union policies can either reinforce or undercut one another. After a conceptual overview in which Oberthür and Gehring identify three causal mechanisms by which institutional interaction can affect environmental governance, ten case studies apply this theoretical approach. Six cases use an international institution as their starting point and four begin with a European Union legal instrument. The international regimes examined include the widely known Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and World Trade Organization and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The EU instruments analyzed include lesser-known directives on the protection of habitats, the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment, and air quality. The studies show that although conflict and interference among different regimes and institutions do take place, synergistic interactions are common. The findings on the importance of, and mechanisms behind, these outcomes offer valuable insights for both scholars and policymakers. Contributors: Beatrice Chaytor, Clare Coffey, Andrew Farmer, Thomas Gehring, John Lanchbery, Sebastian Oberthür, Alice Palmer, G. Kristin Rosendal, Jon Birger Skjærseth, Olav Schram Stokke, Ingmar von Homeyer, Jacob Werksman, Jørgen Wettestad

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	vii
Foreword	ix
Oran R. Young
Acknowledgments	xiii
List of Contributors	xv
List of Abbreviations	xvii
Introduction	1	(18)
Thomas Gehring
Sebastian Oberthur
Conceptual Foundations of Institutional Interaction	19	(34)
Sebastian Oberthur
Thomas Gehring
The Climate Change Regime: Interactions with ICAO, IMO, and the EU Burden-Sharing Agreement	53	(26)
Sebastian Oberthur
The Convention on Biological Diversity: Tensions with the WTO Trips Agreement over Access to Genetic Resources and the Sharing of Benefits	79	(24)
G. Kristin Rosendal
Protecting the Northeast Atlantic: One Problem, Three Institutions	103	(24)
Jon Birger Skjærseth
Institutional Interplay and Responsible Fisheries: Combating Subsidies, Developing Precaution	127	(30)
Olav Schram Stokke
Clare Coffey
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Responding to Calls for Action from Other Nature Conservation Regimes	157	(24)
John Lanchbery
Interactions between the World Trade Organization and International Environmental Regimes	181	(24)
Alice Palmer
Beatrice Chaytor
Jacob Werksman
Interactions of EU Legal Instruments Establishing Broad Principles of Environmental Management: The Water Framework Directive and the IPPC Directive	205	(28)
Andrew Farmer
The EU Habitats Directive: Enhancing Synergy with Pan-European Nature Conservation and with the EU Structural Funds	233	(26)
Clare Coffey
The EU Deliberate Release Directive: Environmental Precaution versus Trade and Product Regulation	259	(26)
Ingmar von Homeyer
The EU Air Quality Framework Directive: Shaped and Saved by Interaction?	285	(22)
Jorgen Wettestad
Comparative Empirical Analysis and Ideal Types of Institutional Interaction	307	(66)
Thomas Gehring
Sebastian Oberthur
Appendix: Overview of Identified Cases of Institutional Interaction	373	(26)
Index	399