Considerations of equity and international environmental institutions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5142708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P G Harris (0000-0003-3647-5692, University of New Hampshire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 274-301 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644019608414265 |
| OpenAlex | W2029203394 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 45 |
International co‐operation is required to combat stratospheric ozone depletion, climate change and other adverse environmental changes. International environmental institutions (IEIs) are the most significant manifestation of such co‐operation. The creation and effectiveness of IEIs are promoted when they contain provisions for international equity, which can be defined as the fair and just distribution among countries of benefits, burdens and decision‐making authority, usually with special consideration given to poor developing countries. Examples of equity provisions in IEIs include new and additional funds and technology transfers on preferential terms to developing countries, as well as changes to international environmental funding mechanisms that allow developing recipient countries to participate in decisions regarding allocation of funds. Considerations of international equity were prominent in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development agreements and suggest that provisions for international equity ought to be a part of future IEIs. While traditional theories of international relations are helpful in explaining and understanding this process, future research should also look at the important role that ideas such as international equity play in the creation, evolution and implementation of IEIs. The practical results may be simultaneously less global pollution and less suffering among the world's poor
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Ultimate security
Polar politics
The Ethical Dimensions of Global Change
The effectiveness of international institutions
Turbulence in World Politics
The Political Economy of International Relations
From Max Weber
Dependent Development
Moral Vision in International Politics
International Governance
Controversies in International Relations Theory
A Theory of Justice
Emerging Norms of Justified Intervention
Utilitarianism and International Ethics
The halse Promise of International Institutions
Justice As Impartiality
International Cooperation
Ideas and Foreign Policy
Politics Among Nations
Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Environment, Security and UN Reform
The Anarchical Society
Global equity and sustainable development
International Environmental Law After Rio
On the Threshold
Rearming America
Power and interdependence
Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice
Polar politics
International regimes
International relations theory
Regimes for the Ocean, Outer Space, and Weather
Political theory and international relations
Theory of international politics
The causal effects of ideas on policies
Introduction
From domestic to international justice
The Anarchical Society
Ethics, Interests and American Foreign Policy
Politics Among Nations
Ethics, The Environment and the Changing International Order
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2003 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |