Reporting and Review Institutions in 10 Multilateral Environmental Agreements

• Author(s): Kal Raustiala (jurist.),
• Publisher: UNEP
• Pages: 82
• ISBN_10: 9280720333
  ISBN_13: 9789280720334
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy , Science / Environmental Science ,

Description:... Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) negotiated by the world governments address a wide range of collective global problems such as climate change and desertification. However, relatively little is known about the practical impact of MEAs on government behavior. Review institutions have been designed to address this issue by reviewing states' behavior via MEAs. This report analyzes the state of the review institutions today in relation to the 10 major MEAs covered in the United Nations Environment Protection Agency's (UNEP) GEO-2000 report. The following information is covered in this report: the presentation and definition of the central concepts of compliance, implementation and effectiveness of MEAs; introduction of the essential characteristics of review institutions and their variations; presentation and analysis of the existing and proposed review institutions in each of the 10 MEAs systematically; and a summary of observations concerning the state of review institutions in existing MEAs, including key lessons learned and policy recommendations.