11.364 International Environmental Negotiation, Fall 2002
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11-364-fall-2002/contents/index.htm
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Author(s)
Susskind, Lawrence
Alternative Title
International Environmental Negotiation
Date Issued
December 2002
Abstract
The class will explore the obstacles to achieving sustainability; in particular, the difficulties of managing common resources, achieving transboundary pollution control, making tradeoffs between economic and social development needs and environmental resource protection, and harmonizing environmental protection standards. At their core, these problems must be addressed through international or multi-lateral negotiations. We will focus especially on problems of representation and voting, issue linkage, balancing science and politics, and monitoring and enforcement in negotiations of these kinds. We will also examine these issues in light of actual treaty negotiations especially the on-going efforts to implement the Climate Change Convention. The class will operate as a research seminar. Each student will be expected to prepare and present an analysis of a specific international environmental negotiation which is heavily prescriptive.
Subjects
Sustainability
Managing common resources
Transboundary pollution control
Economic and social development
Environmental resource protection
Environmental protection standards
International or multi-lateral negotiations
Representation and voting
Issue linkage
Balancing science and politics
Climate Change Convention
Environmental policy
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Terms of Use
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