For the past sixteen years the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program has published an annual compilation of the best papers on international environmental treat negotiation prepared by advanced graduate students at MIT, Harvard and Tufts: the Papers on International Environmental Negotiation. Many of these papers have stimulated thinking and action on a range of concepts and strategies including expanded roles for non-state actors in environmental treaty negotiations, enhanced information gathering and monitoring roles for treaty secretariats, new approaches to media coverage of environmental treaty negotiations, innovative techniques for generating “compliance without enforcement,” capacity building aimed at enhancing the role of the South in environmental treat negotiations, and better ways of ensuring a balance between science and politics. Some of the papers have documented the need for expanded regional and global cooperation to manage “common pool” resources that have not previously been the subject of treaty negotiations including nitrogen balance, space debris, fresh water, invasive species, genetically modified organisms, high level nuclearƒspace waste, renewable energy and certain endangered species  (like the great apes).

Many of the 125+ papers can be downloaded from the Clearinghouse website at no charge. Some of the most provocative papers from the first ten volumes have been reprinted in Lawrence Susskind, William Moomaw and Kevin Gallagher, Transboundary Environmental Negotiation (Jossey-Bass, 2001). Proposed changes in the “system” of international environmental treat negotiation are spelled out in Environmental Diplomacy by Lawrence Susskind (Oxford University Press, 1996). These materials can add an extra dimension to environmental studies, international relations, public policy, negotiation, and international law classes. They are accompanied by a series of multi-party negotiation exercises that stimulate the dynamics of transboundary treaty negotiations, especially The Chlorine Game and The Pablo-Burford Game, available from the PON Clearinghouse.

The Papers on International Environmental Negotiation Series is edited by Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at MIT and Co-Director of the Public Disputes Program at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, and William Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy at the Fletcher School of Law and DIplomacy at Tufts University. The papers are the work of advanced graduate students in courses at MIT (11.364 International Environmental Negotiation) and Tufts University (DHP P251 International Environmental Negotiations).

CONTENTS

Complete tables of contents for the 15 volumes of Papers on International Environmental Negotiation follow. Download individual papers by clicking on their titles. Recent volumes are also available in print; see links below to order.

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 18: The Next Generation of Environmental Agreements (2011)

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• “Introduction,” by Lawrence Susskind
• “Expanding the Role and Function of Science Advisory Panels: A New Way to Bridge Science and Policy in Environmental Treaty Regimes,” by Mona Funiciello
• “Toward an International Geoengineering Agreement: The Promises (and Pitfalls) of Negotiating a Convention on Global Climate Interventions,” by Aaron Strong
• “Geospatial Collaborating between Developed and Developing Countries for Climate Change Adaption,” by Simcha Leventhal
• “Domesticating International Environmental Negotiations,” by Sara Blankenship
• “Regional Integrated Land Management: A Proposal for Confronting Global Environmental Degradation,” by Andrew Tirrell
• “Using Multilateral Funding to Achieve International Treaty Goals: Negotiated Funding Formulas for Predictability, Transparency, and Coordination,” by Deborah Lightman
• “Alleviating International Competitiveness Concerns Among Carbon-Intensive Industries: The Role of Sector-Specific Agreements,” by Leann Zeoli
• “The Management and Debate of Climate Change Negotiations Reconfigured: Toward a Successful Transition to a Global Low-Carbon, Green Growth Economy,” by Georgia Andreadi
• “New Approach to a Climate Change International Agreement: Top 10 High-Level Negotiations and Sustainable Development,” by Eugen Taso

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 17: On the Road to Copenhagen (2009)

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• “Introduction,” by Lawrence Susskind
• “Looking Beyond Kyoto: A Vision for 2050 – And How to Get There,” by Justin Ginnetti
• “A Framework Proposal for a post-2012 Copenhagen Protocol – How to Reach 80% Reductions by 2062,” by Ines Kapphan
• “Post-Kyoto Climate Change Negotiations: The View from the Coalition of One Hundred,” by Mukhtar Amin
• “From Kyoto to Copenhagen: Breaking Down Barriers between the North and the South,” by Alexandra Zamecnik
• “The Role of NAMAs in Developing Countries: Including a Registry and Carbon Credit Permits in the New Copenhagen Protocol,” by Kwanbo Kim
• “Revamping the Institutional Framework of CDM,” by Alejandra Maupome Cagigal and Diego F. Osorio
• “Stregthening the Kyoto Protocol: Accountability, Monitoring, and Enforcement,” by Megan Samenfeld-Specht
• “Forest Protection and Regeneration in the Post-Kyoto Era,” by William Smith
• “Pathway, Not Stopgap: Climate as a Down Payment on Sustainable Development,” by Kyle Glover

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 16: Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Treaty-Making System (2007)

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• “Introduction,” by Lawrence E. Susskind and William R. Moomaw

• “A Process and Implementation Protocol to the UNFCCC,” by Jonathan Phillips

• “Building Adaptive Capacity into Transboundary Water Regimes,” by Anna Schulz

• “Capacity Building and a Renewable Energy Protocol to the Climate Change Convention,” by Myrna Johnson

• “Convention on Genetically Modified Organisms,” by Corey O’Hara and Sarah Borron

• “Hydrodiplomacy: Negotiating a Regional Ridge to Reef Approach to the World’s Water Crisis,” by Georgia Kayser
• “Hydrodiplomacy: Negotiating a Regional Ridge to Reef Approach to the World’s Water Crisis,”Part 2

• “Improving Public Education on Global Environmental Treaties Using the Basel Convention as an Example,” by Susan McDonald

• “Moving the Negotiation on Trade Measures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements Forward,” by Yen H. Trinh
• “Moving the Negotiation on Trade Measures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements Forward,” by Yen H. Trinh
  

• “Space Debris Pollution: A Convention Proposal,” by Thierry Sénéchal
• “Space Debris Pollution: A Convention Proposal,” Part 2
  

• “Strengthening International Fisheries Regimes: Regulating Flags of Non-compliance,” by Brendan Luecke

 

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 15: Ensuring a Sustainable Future (2006)

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• “Introduction,” by Lawrence E. Susskind and William R. Moomaw

• “ASEAN Energy Cooperation: An Opportunity for Regional Sustainable Energy Development,” by Phinyada Atchatavivan

• “Engaging Non-Governmental Organizations with International Environmental Negotiations: Institutional Approaches to Reforming State-NGO Interactions,” by Beaudry E. Kock
• “Engaging Non-Governmental Organizations with International Environmental Negotiations: Institutional Approaches to Reforming State-NGO Interactions,” Part 2
  

• “Gender and International Environmental Negotiations – How Far and How Much More?,” by Kiran Soni Gupta

• “Monitoring Change: Citizen Science and International Environmental Treaty-Making,” by Katherine Harvey

• “Towards a Global Transboundary Watercourse and Aquifer Agreement (GTWAA),” by Anna Brown and Nancy Odeh

 

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 14 (2005)

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• “Introduction,” by Lawrence E. Susskind and William R. Moomaw

• “A ‘Zero Environmental Impact’ Treaty: A Full Environmental Compensation Mechanism for International Projects,” by Rodolfo Lacy

• “A Sustainable Agriculture Amendment: Incorporating Sustainable Agriculture into International Environmental Negotiations,” by Hilde Petersen

• “An Ecosystem Program for Biodiversity: Advancing the Convention on Biodiversity,” by Becky Chacko

• “Bringing Multinational Corporations into the Environmental Treaty-Making Process Through the UN Global Compact,” by Shauna J. Sadowski

• “Capitalizing on the Success of the LRTAP Regime to Address Global Transboundary Air Pollution,” by Megan V. Brachtl

• “Proposal for a Treaty on Rational Use of Methane Hydrate Reserves,” by José Luis Sánchez Piña

• “Regional Fisheries Management Organizations: Bringing Order to Disorder,” by Patricia Lee Devaney

• “Setting a Post-Kyoto Target for CO2 Emissions: A Mechanism and Process for International Consensus Building,” by Shotaro Sasaki

• “The Role of the Press in Creating Effective Environmental Treat Negotiations,” by Masako Konishi Otsuka

 

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 13 (2004)

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• “Agreeing to Limits on Trade: Addressing the Issue of the Transboundary Movement of Municipal Solid Waste,” by Andres Flores Montalvo

• “Carbon Mitigation Projects as a Tool for Environmental Initiatives and Sustainable Development,” by Nichola Minott

• “Creating a Self-Enforcing Multilateral Agreement in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Basin,” by Jeremy Carl

• “Deep Value Conflict and the Whaling Controversy,” by Patrick Verkooijen

• “Improving Environmental Governance through Soft Law: Lessons Learned from the Bali Declaration on Forest Law and Governance in Asia,” by Erik Nielsen

• “Negotiating an Effective Multilateral Climate Change Agreement Using the Contingent Agreement Approach,” by John Larsen

• “Reframing the Tigris-Euphrates Basin Water Dispute,” by Ali Mostashari

• “Removing the Kinks to Links: Developing a Framework for a Future Global Emissions Trading Regime,” by Justin Sullivan

• “Women’s Leadership for Climate Change: Lessons from the Peace Process in Moving Negotiations Forward,” by Annabel Hertz

 

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 12: Negotiating a Sustainable Future: Innovations in International Environmental Negotiations (2003)

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• “Redefining the Role of Global Environmental Secretariats,” by Armando Yáñez Sandoval

• “Corporate-NGO Agreement to Spur Innovation in Vehicle Fuel Economy,” by Sean M. Becker

• “Evaluation and Improvement of the Multilateral Environmental Reporting System,” by Kellyn Roth

• “Negotiating Regional Bio-Issues for Conservation: Access and Benefit Sharing of Bioresources in the Himalayan Region of South Asia,” by Ananda M. Bhattarai

• “Operationalizing the Precautionary Principle: Adoption of an Early Warnings – Early Action System,” by Ami R. Zota

• “Protecting Traditional Knowledge Through a Multi-Stakeholder Agreement & Network of Indigenous-Run Focal Points,” by Malini S. Goel, Esq.

• “The Contingent Agreement Approach to the Negotiation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements,” by Peter H. Israelsson

• “The Regional Treaty Making Approach Toward Environmental Democracy,” by Dong-Young Kim

• “The Usability of Science Advice to International Environmental Conventions,” by Pia M. Kohler

• “United Nations Treaty Facilitators: A Proposal to Improve Environmental Treaty Making,” by Alexia Gensberg

 

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 11: Emerging Issues on the Global Environmental Frontier (2002)

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• “Addressing Protection of the Great Apes through International Legislation and Other Methods,” by Paul Rubio

• “Addressing the Negative Impacts of Mining: A Proposed Global, Site-Specific Agreement for the Mining Industry,” by Daniel Wald

• “An Integrative Approach to Science Advice for International Environmental Conventions,” by Pia M. Kohler

• “Incorporating Hazardous Substance Source Reduction Strategies into Multilateral Environmental Agreements,” by Xantha Bruso

• “Reforming the Global Compact,” by Aki Ohata

• “Renewable Energy, Sustainable World: How Eliminating the Fossil Fuel Subsidies Will Solve the Problem of Global Warming,” by Faris Khader

• “The Environment as a Tool for Conflict Resolution: Negotiating an Environmental Solution for Kashmir,” by Cynthia Brady

• “The Role of Reputation in International Environmental Negotiations,” by Mihaela Papa

• “When Rivers Run Dry: A Management Approach for the Nile River Basin,” by Anne Angwenyi

• “Women Without Borders: A Cross-National Perspective on Common Hurdles and Needs for Female Entrepreneurs,” by Krista Salman

 

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 10: Reforming the International Environmental Treaty-Making System (2001)

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• “A Declaration on Transnational Relief and a Code of Conduct in Cases of Environmental Emergency: A New Proposal,” by Naoki Maegawa

• “A Proposed International Framework Convention on Bioinvasive Species,” by Wendy Jastremski

• “Addressing North-South Power Asymmetry in International Environmental Negotiations,” by Robert Blair

• “Capacity-Building Strategies in Support of Multilateral Environmental Agreements,” by Heike Mainhardt

• “Financing Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Adapting the Debt-for-Nature Swap,” by Shannon Lawrence

• “Foreign Direct Investment and Environmental Protection: Private Initiatives to Complement Public Policies,” by Christelle Burri

• “Harder Than Physics: Negotiating an International Regime to Limit Transboundary Consequences of Nuclear Waste Disposal,” by Marcus Dubois King

• “Improving the UNEP Regional Seas Programme: The Case of the Gulf of Aqaba,” by Michael Zwim

• “Lessons Beyond Borders: Citizen Participation in Trade Regimes,” by Trisha Beth Miller

• “The Clean Development Mechanism,” by Christo Artusio

• “The Role of the Media in Addressing International Environmental Problems,” by Anja Kollmus

 

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 9: An Integrative Approach (1999)

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• “Civil Society, the Environment, and the Free Trade Area of the Americas,” by Kevin Gallagher

• “Fisheries on the High Seas: Dividing the Pie,” by Audur Ingolfsdottir

• “Improving Global Forest Management: Proposals for a Conservation Treaty and for an Enhanced Global Timber Certification System,” by Tetsuya Nagashima

• “Revolutionizing International Negotiation: Making Information Technology an Integral Part of Environmental Treaty Making,” by Tobin Freid and Imke Wesseloh

• “The Law and the Profits: Corporate participation in the International Environmental Treaty Making Process,” by Ellen Shaw

• “The Potential for Environmental Contributions to Peace,” by Maria Fariello

• “The Viability and Design of International Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading,” by Kelly Sims

• “World’s Apart: A Proposal for Frame Reflective Discourse in International Environmental Negotiations,” by Ian Wadley

 

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 8: New Directions in International Environmental Negotiation (1999)

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• “A Framework for Managing International Fisheries,” by Hather Clish

• “A Proposal for the Joint Development of Hydrocarbon Resources in the South China Sea,” by Jed Baily

• “A Regional Approach to Military Pollution in Estonia,” by Deborah Bing

• “Cultivating a Sustainable Agriculture Convention: Sowing Seed for a ‘Deep Green’ Revolution,” by Janet R. Medler

• “Environmental Impact Assessment: Addressing the Effects of Development at Transboundary and Global Scales,” by David Bryan Glascock

• “Environmental Side Agreements to Trade Treaties: A New Model of Environmental Policy Making?” by Margaret Laude Kuhlow

• “Environmentally Responsible Global Governance: How NGOs Can Help,” by Mary Risely

• “Improving North-South Cooperating in the Emerging Climate Stabilization Regime,” by Jean Acquatella

• “Managing Global Freshwater Resources: A Proposed Framework Convention Regarding the Use and Management of Freshwater Resources in International River Basins,” by Kathe Mullaly

• “Promoting North-South NGO Collaboration in Environmental Negotiations: The role of US Foundations,” by Wendy Vanasselt

• “Reforming the Convention Amendment Process to Facilitate the Strengthening of Commitments,” by Jean Poitras

• “Toward Legal Standing for Natural Objects: A Proposal for the Creation of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Environment and the Rights of Humans to a Healthy Environment,” by Ali Shirvani-Mahdavi

 

 

Papers on International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 6: Innovations in International Environmental Negotiation (1998)

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Nine Case Studies in International Environmental Negotiation, Volume 1 (1990)

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