International Environmental Agreements: An Introduction

International Environmental Agreements provide a practical basis for countries to address environmental issues on a global scale. The book explores the workings and outcomes of these agreements. It analyses key questions of why some problems are dealt with successfully and others ignored.The book discusses the most important agreements set up to address environmental problems in three areas: air, water and nature protection / biological diversity. It traces the history of agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol and its forerunners, and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement. It examines key policies and issues in environmental protection and diversity, concluding with a synthesis of research to show how performance of Agreements could be improved in the future.International Environmental Agreements presents an important contribution to the debates on international relations, climate change and environmental policy, and will be of interest to scholars, students and researchers in global environmental politics.