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International Environmental Negotiation
Fall 2010
Topics
- Introduction, and global environmental treaty-making: How should we judge the outcomes? (Susskind)
- The politics: North-South relations, role of civil society; role of international business interests (Susskind)
- The negotiations: Multi-party negotiations and the problems of treaty enforcement (Susskind)
- The science: What role for science and scientists? (Moomaw)
- Simulation activity: The chlorine game
- Copenhagen evaluations - short student presentations (Susskind & Moomaw)
- Copenhagen evaluations – presentations (cont.) (Susskind & Moomaw)
- Status of the Cancun round negotiations (Moomaw)
- (Susskind & Moomaw)
- Remaining student presentations/concluding discussions/last possible day to hand in final papers/class dinner
Readings
- Susskind, Lawrence. Environmental Diplomacy . Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780195075946.
- Porter, Gareth, Janet Welsh Brown, and Pamela S. Chasek. Chapters 1-4 in Global Environmental Politics . Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780813321813.
- Najam, Adil, Ioli Christopoulou, and William Moomaw. “The Emergent ‘System’ of Global Environmental Governance.” Global Environmental Politics 4, no. 4 (2004).
- Prins, and Rayner. “Time to Ditch Kyoto.” Nature 449 (October 25, 2007): 973-975.
- Najam, Adil. “Dynamics of the Southern Collective.” Global Environmental Politics 4, no. 3 (2004).
- Susskind, Lawrence E., Boyd W. Fuller, Michèle Ferenz, and David Fairman. “Multistakeholder Dialogue at the Global Scale.” International Negotiation 8 (2003): 235-266.
- Zartman, William. “International Environmental Negotiation: Challenges of Analysis and Practice.” Negotiation Journal 8, no. 2 (April 1992): 113-123.
- Moomaw, William. The History of Climate Change and Climate Science . The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
- WEEK #: 5 · TOPICS: Simulation activity: The chlorine game · READINGS: No readings
- Climate treaty making: 1988- 2009 (Moomaw)
- Moomaw, W., K. Ramakrishna, K. Gallagher, and T. Freid. “The Kyoto Protocol: A Blueprint for Sustainable Development.” Journal of Environment and Development 26 (1999): 159-166.
- Dubash, N. K. “Copenhagen: Climate of Mistrust.” Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) 54, no. 52 (December 2009): 8-1
- WEEK #: 8 · TOPICS: Copenhagen evaluations – presentations (cont.) (Susskind & Moomaw) · READINGS: No readings
- WEEK #: 10 · TOPICS: (Susskind & Moomaw) · READINGS: No readings
- WEEK #: 11 · TOPICS: (Susskind & Moomaw) · READINGS: No readings
- WEEK #: 12 · TOPICS: (Susskind & Moomaw) · READINGS: No readings
- WEEK #: 13 · TOPICS: (Susskind & Mommaw) · READINGS: No readings
- WEEK #: 14 · TOPICS: (Susskind & Moomaw) · READINGS: No readings
- WEEK #: 15 · TOPICS: Remaining student presentations/concluding discssion/last possible day to hand in final papers/class dinner · READINGS: No readings
- Barrett, Scott. Environment and Statecraft . Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780199286096.
- Speth, James Gustave, and Peter M. Haas. Global Environmental Governance . Island Press, 2006. ISBN: 9781597260817.
- Wapner, Paul. Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics . State University of New York Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780791427903.
- Ostrom, Elinor. Governing the Commons . Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780521405997.
- Young, Oran. International Cooperation: Building Regimes for Natural Resources and the Environment . Cornell University Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780801495212.
- Axelrod, Robert, and Robert Keohane. Cooperation Under Anarchy . Princeton University Press, 1986.
- Soroos, Marvin. Beyond Sovereignty: The Challenge of Global Policy . University of South Carolina, 1986.
- Fisher, Roger. International Conflict for Beginners . Harper and Row, New York, 1969. ISBN: 9780061319112.
- Zartman, William, and Maureen Berman. The Practical Negotiator . Yale University Press, 1982. ISBN: 9780300030976.
- Hunter, David, James Salzman, and Durwood Zaelke. International Environmental Law and Policy . Foundation Press, 2006. ISBN: 9781599410418.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.