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IOs and the Transforming Global Internet Policy Architectures: From Discourse to Concepts to Instruments
"... Abstract Ten years ago, the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) adopted the concept of Internet governance (IG) and formalized its working definition of this process. In addition to giving it the widest substantive dimension, encompassing any and all normative issues relat ..."
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Abstract Ten years ago, the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) adopted the concept of Internet governance (IG) and formalized its working definition of this process. In addition to giving it the widest substantive dimension, encompassing any and all normative issues related to the online environment, the WSIS defined the main actors involved in the Internet governance process, namely governments, the private sector and civil society. However, Intergovernmental Organizations (IOs), whether regional (such as the OECD or the Council of Europe) or global (such as some UN agencies like the ITU and UNESCO), also are crafting roles for themselves as stakeholders. Underlining the need for their invaluable experience, capacity and mandate to co-elaborate binding and non binding standards, they have been trying -with varying degrees of success -to establish themselves as the appropriate settings to deal with the crossborder nature of the network in an effective way. With a particular focus on a regional organization (the Council of Europe or CoE) and a global UN agency (the UNESCO), explored through a set of interviews of their key leaders and personnel and through the analysis of their main produced outcomes, this paper identifies and assesses the role IOs have been playing in the development of global Internet policy network architectures, through their own actions and outcomes, as well as through their interactions with other stakeholders.
INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FRAMEWORK IN THE MAKING: THE ROLE OF THE BASIC COUNTRIES IN THE NEGOTIATIONS TOWARDS THE PARIS AGREEMENT
"... Abstract This paper focuses on the analysis of the multilateral regime of climate change from the perspective of the regimental complex. It examines the role of the BASIC countries in the signing of the new climate agreement in Paris and its relationship with traditional powers like the United Stat ..."
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Abstract This paper focuses on the analysis of the multilateral regime of climate change from the perspective of the regimental complex. It examines the role of the BASIC countries in the signing of the new climate agreement in Paris and its relationship with traditional powers like the United States and the European Union. The role of the BASIC countries has been crucial to close a new deal, and in exchange for that power, the group has accepted two conditions: a bottom-up agreement and nationally determined contributions as a vehicle for climate action. Similarly, the diffusion of power in the international system means that although the triangle formed by the BASIC-EU-US has been critical to achieving a new climate agreement, other actors also played an important role in the negotiation process of COP 21.
FORPOL-01029; No of Pages 9 Forest Policy and Economics xxx (2013) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect
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Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
, 2011
"... influence of academics as insidernongovernmental actors in the Post-Kyoto Protocol Climate Change Negotiations: a matter of timing, network and policyentrepreneurial capabilities ..."
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influence of academics as insidernongovernmental actors in the Post-Kyoto Protocol Climate Change Negotiations: a matter of timing, network and policyentrepreneurial capabilities
Technology Deployment Agreements: Increasing Participation in Climate Cooperation ∗
, 2011
"... The role of technology cooperation in international climate policy has drawn considerable attention in recent years. In this article, I examine the strategic benefits of a technology deployment agreement. I find that although technology deployment produces mostly private benefits for each country, a ..."
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The role of technology cooperation in international climate policy has drawn considerable attention in recent years. In this article, I examine the strategic benefits of a technology deployment agreement. I find that although technology deployment produces mostly private benefits for each country, a formal treaty can strategically increase global pollution abatement efforts. If technology deployment allows countries to credibly commit to pollution abatement, the international community can form two coalitions. One deploys the technology and then abates pollution, whereas the other only abates pollution. Empirically, a technology deployment agreement is useful and feasible when the total number of concerned countries is high and technology deployment is very costly but effective in reducing the cost of future pollution abatement. In addition to revealing a new strategic rationale for technology deployment agreements, I offer a nuanced analytical distinction between deployment versus research and development. For practical policy formation, I characterize the conditions and form of successful technology deployment cooperation.
1 Title: Establishing “Green Regionalism”: Environmental Technology Generation across East Asia and Beyond Author:
"... This research project advances our understanding of complex interdependence among countries. Existing research has found that total factor productivity (TFP), the residual from the economic growth function, is hindered in the absence of a country’s strong political and legal institutions or if a cou ..."
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This research project advances our understanding of complex interdependence among countries. Existing research has found that total factor productivity (TFP), the residual from the economic growth function, is hindered in the absence of a country’s strong political and legal institutions or if a country does not already have a sufficiently high level of TFP. We also know that regional efforts to eliminate pollution are complex. Bridging these two areas while focusing on a high polluting yet high innovating region, the following research questions are posed: Are Northeast Asian countries key collaborators in pursuit of green R&D? Are Northeast Asian countries collaborating extensively with each other? What are the implications for other regions ’ attempts to establish these kinds of relations? To answer the above questions, biofuels-related technology as defined in the International Patent Classification’s “green inventory ” of environmentally sound technologies is examined. Patent data is drawn from the USPTO and inventors ’ country origin as the unit of analysis. For the 1990-2013 period, the Northeast Asian countries are in the core of a small set of collaborating countries. There is evidence that their centrality has increased in recent years. Most importantly, East Asia is becoming a singular research hub in terms of biofuels-related R&D, offering a counter in the foreseeable future to the dominance of the
Oran Young and international institutions
, 2012
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