Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
It is difficult to think of a more significant example of international co-operation to address a problem that threatened the health and wellbeing of the entire planet than the 1987 Montreal Protocol for the Elimination of Ozone-Depleting Substances. This breakthrough in international environmental governance has proved to be an extraordinary success beyond rhetoric or promises. In a dozen years, this international agreement went from an understanding of the need to act in a precautionary manner for mutual benefit to a successful worldwide effort to eliminate chemical substances harmful to our protective ozone layer. The production and consumption of most ozone-depleting substances has now been phased out in developed countries, with developing countries not far behind.
Table of Contents
Introduction -- The Montreal Protocol : a most remarkable treaty -- Networks in the ozone-layer regime -- Social capital in action -- Committee connections -- Socialisation in the ozone community -- Institutional entrepreneurs -- Lessons learned.