Titre :	Lapsed leadership : US International Environmental Policy since Rio
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Robert L. Paarlberg, Auteur
Année de publication :	1999
Importance :	p 236-255
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	SCIENCES SOCIALES
Mots-clés :	POLITIQUE ENVIRONNEMENTALE  CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE
Résumé :	In this chapter, we first review the history of the lapses of US leadership concerning climate change and biodiversity and then seek to explain them. We conclude that despite some superficial similarity, these cases are different. Lagging US leadership on climate change policy is the result of several powerful political factors, including strong domestic opposition from both industry and organized labor, a still-weak scientific consensus on the gains that might come from action, plus an unsolved international cooperation problem. Compared to stratospheric ozone protection, these barriers to action are stronger across the board in climate change policy. In the area of biodiversity protection, however, these barriers to action have been stronger across the board in climate change policy. In the area of biodiversity protection, however, these barriers to action have been weak and faltering US leadership must be explained in other ways. The analysis that follows underscores the difficulty of taking policy action on international environmental problems in the United States. It is rare to see the executive branch and Congress engaged at the same time in the pursuit of the same international environmental policy objective. In the exceptional case of CFCs, all of the most important political forces and factors needed for effective US leadership action fell into place. For climate change and biodiversity, albeit for different reasons, a more typical pattern of interbranch division has blocked effective action.
Numéro du document :	A/RI
Niveau Bibliographique :	2
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	RELATION INTERNATIONALE
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE

Lapsed leadership : US International Environmental Policy since Rio [texte imprimé] / Robert L. Paarlberg, Auteur . - 1999 . - p 236-255.
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	SCIENCES SOCIALES
Mots-clés :	POLITIQUE ENVIRONNEMENTALE  CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE
Résumé :	In this chapter, we first review the history of the lapses of US leadership concerning climate change and biodiversity and then seek to explain them. We conclude that despite some superficial similarity, these cases are different. Lagging US leadership on climate change policy is the result of several powerful political factors, including strong domestic opposition from both industry and organized labor, a still-weak scientific consensus on the gains that might come from action, plus an unsolved international cooperation problem. Compared to stratospheric ozone protection, these barriers to action are stronger across the board in climate change policy. In the area of biodiversity protection, however, these barriers to action have been stronger across the board in climate change policy. In the area of biodiversity protection, however, these barriers to action have been weak and faltering US leadership must be explained in other ways. The analysis that follows underscores the difficulty of taking policy action on international environmental problems in the United States. It is rare to see the executive branch and Congress engaged at the same time in the pursuit of the same international environmental policy objective. In the exceptional case of CFCs, all of the most important political forces and factors needed for effective US leadership action fell into place. For climate change and biodiversity, albeit for different reasons, a more typical pattern of interbranch division has blocked effective action.
Numéro du document :	A/RI
Niveau Bibliographique :	2
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	RELATION INTERNATIONALE
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE