Convergence or Divergence in the Use of “Negotiated Environmental Agreements” in European and US Environmental Policy: An Overview

Green Giants? ◽  
2004 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Environmental Agreements

Trade and environment: policy linkages

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRIAN R. COPELAND
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Simple Model ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Pareto Frontier ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Environmental Agreements ◽  
Global Pollution ◽  
Environment Policy ◽  
Local Pollution

This paper develops a simple model to investigate linkages between trade and environmental policy. In the case of purely local pollution, trade liberalization without constraints on environmental policy induces a non-cooperative game between countries in pollution policy. Without any agreement on environmental policy, trade negotiations are unlikely to lead to a point on the Pareto frontier. When pollution is global, countries may be expected to disagree on linkages between trade agreements and environmental agreements. Countries importing pollution-intensive goods have an incentive to try to link trade agreements with environmental agreements, while countries exporting pollution-intensive goods have an incentive to try to obtain a binding commitment to free trade prior to negotiations over global pollution.

The Chinese Government's Role in Implementing Multilateral Environmental Agreements: The Case of the Montreal Protocol

2003 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 708-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimin Zhao ◽  
Leonard Ortolano
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Montreal Protocol ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Environmental Agreements ◽  
Multilateral Environmental Agreements ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
Global Environmental Problems ◽  
Environmental Policy Instruments ◽  
Global Environmental

The Multilateral Fund created by amendments to the Montreal Protocol played a key role in motivating the Chinese government to ratify and comply with the Protocol. Two other factors have affected China's actions in meeting the Protocol's requirements: the nation's desire to appear as a responsible and co-operative actor in solving global environmental problems, and the interest of China's principal implementing agency in expanding its responsibilities and authorities. Three factors have had significant roles in enhancing the national government's ability to implement the Protocol: expanded administrative capacity, participation of local government units with capability to enforce regulations, and the employment of market-based environmental policy instruments.

Voluntary Environmental Agreements Applied to Jingzhou Textile and Dyeing Enterprises for Pollution Prevention and Controls

2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 1826-1829
Author(s):  
Li Qun Yang ◽  
Chu Zhou Deng ◽  
Jian Qiang Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Environmental Agreements ◽  
Voluntary Agreement ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Textile Printing ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

As a tool of environmental policy, many countries in a world attach importance to voluntary agreement increasingly. The paper summarized that Voluntary Environment Agreements (VEAs) was put into practice in textile printing and dyeing industry of Jingzhou, put forward a frame of the VEAs and its details which are implemented in the city, investigated and analyzed the concrete measures that were adopted by a part of the textile and dyeing enterprises in performing VEAs, and the preliminary effects in energy-saving and emission-reduction engendered by the measures. The practices indicated that textile and dyeing enterprises adopting VEAs is beneficial to enhance their productivity and management, and to decrease their energy consumption and the amount of sewage. To encourage the enterprises adopting VEAs, the government should support them in relevant policy and financing, solve their capital deficit and the increased cost due to the advanced environment management.

scholarly journals Do Environmental Policy Stringency Promote Human Development in Developing Countries?

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-131
Author(s):  
Tsomb Tsomb Etienne Inédit Blaise
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Environmental Agreements ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Reduce Child Mortality ◽  
Change Level ◽  
Environmental Democracy

This article analyses the effect of multilaterals environmental agreements (MEAs), the Ministry of Environment and Environmental Democracy on human development in developing countries. The sample comprises 72 countries and the data cover the period from 1995 to 2017. The analysis is carried out in cross-section and the estimation technique is that of double least squares. The results show that MEAs, the ministry of environment and environmental democracy increase the human development index. The results also show that MEAs reduce child mortality, income inequality, and improve secondary school completion rates. Finally, our results indicate that climate change, level of development and geographical location impact on human development in developing countries. We therefore recommend that these countries promote environmental policy stringency while improving their level of governance.

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