Multilateral solutions to bilateral problems
The 1972 Stockholm conference and Canadian foreign environmental policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9941834 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael W Manulak (0000-0002-8159-2890, Balsillie School of International Affairs, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-22 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7020 • E-ISSN: 2052-465X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020702014546338 |
| OpenAlex | W2078997102 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Based on archival sources, this article analyzes the Canadian contribution to the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. It finds that continental imperatives were of pivotal importance in the development of Canadian foreign environmental policy at the Stockholm conference and its preparatory meetings. In the context of the passage of Canada’s Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, Canadian diplomats set out to use the 1972 conference as a tool to fuel the progressive development of international environmental law and to generate support for a set of marine pollution principles. Following the conference, Canadian officials employed the gains achieved at Stockholm to legitimize and institutionalize the government’s unilateral Arctic anti-pollution measures. In so doing, the government of Pierre Elliott Trudeau sought multilateral solutions to bilateral problems in the environmental sphere
Arctic · Context (archaeology · Environmental law · Environmental planning · Environmental policy · Environmental protection · Foreign policy · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Canadian Identity and History · Law · Oceanography · Polar Research and Ecology · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |