Browsing by Subject "Environmental policy--International cooperation."

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Climate change and international institutions: agents of global environmental cooperation
(1997) Bayramoğlu, Banu
The major focus of this dissertation is the global climate change issue which threatens the international ecosystem as the most complex and unique environmental problem today. The study attempts to contribute to the understanding of the climate change cooperation, which has been evolving within a global scope, by displaying the major political and legal processes in the international arena. It aims to answer the question of which elements and factors have played significant roles with respect to climate cooperation. For this end, the research concentrates on the impacts of international institutions and non-state actors and a neoliberal institutionalist theoretical framework is employed while analyzing the regime formation process over the issue. The study has found out that being the actors of the international system, international institutions, along with epistemic communities and nongovernmental organizations, have emanated as the adherents and promoters of climate cooperation, and they have had significant impacts on the emergence of a regime over the climate issue. Thus, the ultimate purpose of this work is to analyze climate cooperation - which requires a more effective and substantial contribution of world states - in connection with the important roles played by international institutions, and to emphasize the implications of this cooperation for the International Relations theory and discipline.
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Ecological threats and international cooperation for a common future : the case of ozone depletion
(1993) Bayramoğlu, Banu
Ozone depletion is one of the global environmental problems which threaten human health and nature. However, what distinguishes ozone depletion from the other environmental problems is the fact that a stronger and promising international cooperation has been established on the issue. It cannot be claimed that this cooperation has been a perfect accomplishment from every aspect. However, this multinational collaboration can constitute an antithesis against the views projecting apocalyptic futures. Indeed, the ozone regime can be presented as an exemplary case with respect to finding solutions for the other global environmental problems. In short, it can be stated that the international cooperation achieved on the ozone issue may be a hope for further environmental collaboration in future.