Learning to Manage Global Environmental Risks - Chapter 19 Table of Contents

Volume 2: A Functional Analysis of Social Responses to Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, and Acid Rain

The Social Learning Group
The MIT Press, 2001

Part III: Studies of Management Functions

Rodney Dobell with Justin Longo, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, William C. Clark, Nancy M. Dickson, Gerda Dinkelman, Adam Fenech, Peter M. Haas, Jill Jäger, Ruud Pleune, Ferenc L. Tóth, Miranda A. Schreurs, and Josee van Eijndhoven

19.1	Introduction
19.2	The Empirical Record and Some General Patterns
19.2.1	The Data
19.2.2	Selection of Instruments
19.2.3	The Three Cases Compared
19.2.4	The Record Overall
19.3	Seven Stories
19.3.1	Capacity to Address Air Pollution and Acidifying Deposition: Clean Air Acts
19.3.2	Banning Chlorofluorocarbons
19.3.3	Offsetting Emissions: Carbon Sequestration
19.3.4	Economic Instruments: Taxes for Environmental Purposes
19.3.5	Economic Instruments: Emissions Permit Trading
19.3.6	Voluntary Initiatives and “Challenge” Arrangements
19.3.7	International Agreements: Covenants without Sanctions by a Central Authority
19.4	Did the Performance of the Implementation Function Improve?
19.4.1	Criteria to Assess Improvement
19.4.2	Explanations for Improvements
19.5	Conclusions
19.5.1	Evolution in the Implementation Function is Evident
19.5.2	An Orderly Flow Emerges
19.5.3	Convergence toward Adaptive Learning and Focus on Commitment can be Claimed
Appendix 19A	Acronyms Notes References
Table 19.1	Actions and instruments