Ozone discourses: science and politics in global environmental cooperation

By:

Litfin, Karen T

Publication details: New York Columbia University Press 1994Description: 257 pISBN:

9780231081375

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.7384

Summary: How can scientific knowledge be translated into political change? This study examines the first global environment treaty, the Montreal Protocol, and its subsequent revisions, which was a highly effective collaboration among scientists, policymakers, and activists. The treaties were the work of a small group of experts who, without conventional political or economic resources, were able to persuade most of the world's nations to agree to reduce and then eliminate chloro-fluorocarbons. These experts used their understanding of atmospheric science to supplement the policymakers' short-term perspective with a wider, generational timeframe characteristic of global environmental problems. Litfin argues that the discipline of international relations requires a broader conception of power in order to accommodate knowledge-based problems such as environmental degradation.

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How can scientific knowledge be translated into political change? This study examines the first global environment treaty, the Montreal Protocol, and its subsequent revisions, which was a highly effective collaboration among scientists, policymakers, and activists. The treaties were the work of a small group of experts who, without conventional political or economic resources, were able to persuade most of the world's nations to agree to reduce and then eliminate chloro-fluorocarbons. These experts used their understanding of atmospheric science to supplement the policymakers' short-term perspective with a wider, generational timeframe characteristic of global environmental problems. Litfin argues that the discipline of international relations requires a broader conception of power in order to accommodate knowledge-based problems such as environmental degradation.

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