International Environmental Cooperation : Politics and Diplomacy in Pacific Asia

This title brings together innovative and insightful studies of international environmental politics in this increasingly critical part of the world. The first section of the book examines many of the issues and actors impacting international environmental co-operation, highlighting important themes such as co-operation between developed and developing countries, international justice, and regional environmental security. This section also illustrates key features of specific multilateral environmental agreements and the competing interests of important national bodies, international organisations, multinational corporations, and non-governmental entities. The second section focuses on environmental diplomacy and regime-building in Pacific Asia, examining issues such as acid rain, nuclear waste, deforestation, and conflict over regional seas. Contributors from Asia, Europe, and North America bring an international perspective to questions of environmental cooperation."International Environmental Cooperation" provides policymakers, citizens, scholars and students with essential information for understanding and addressing some of the world's most significant environmental problems. Contents......Page 7 Illustrations......Page 9 Contributors......Page 11 Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 13 1. Introduction: International Environmental Cooperation in Pacific Asia......Page 17 Part One. Issues, Themes, and Actors in International Environmental Cooperation......Page 45 2. Environmental Security in East Asia: Defining a Common Agenda......Page 47 3. Environmental Security, International Cooperation, and U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Northeast Asia......Page 69 4. Reconciling Trade and Environment in East Asia......Page 99 5. The Asian Development Bank and Environmental Diplomacy: Limits to the Technocratic Consensus......Page 121 6. Environmental Agreements in Southeast Asia: Balancing Economic Interests and Regional Politics......Page 149 7. Emerging Norms of International Justice: Global Warming and China’s Changing Environment......Page 163 Part Two. Regime Building, Interstate Cooperation, and Environmental Diplomacy......Page 181 8. Ecological Interdependence and Environmental Governance in Northeast Asia: Politics vs. Cooperation......Page 183 9. Building Environmental Regimes in Northeast Asia: Progress, Limitations, and Policy Options......Page 219 10. Problems of Environmental Cooperation in Northeast Asia: The Case of Acid Rain......Page 237 11. Toward a Greener Peace? Nuclear Reprocessing, Security, and International Cooperation in East Asia......Page 265 12. Politics of the South China Sea: Diplomacy, Cooperation, and Environmental Regimes......Page 285 13. The Indonesian Forest Fires: Internationalizing a National Environmental Problem......Page 307 About the Editor......Page 333 Index......Page 335 Annotation As the twenty-first century commences, the countries of Pacific Asia are grappling with the impact of regional development, industry, and growth on their increasingly acute environmental problems. International Environmental Cooperation: Politics and Diplomacy in Pacific Asia brings together innovative and insightful studies of international environmental politics in this increasingly critical part of the world. The first section of the book examines many of the issues and actors impacting international environmental cooperation, highlighting important themes such as cooperation between developed and developing countries, international justice, and regional environmental security. This section also illustrates key features of specific multilateral environmental agreements and the competing interests of important national bodies, international organizations, multinational corporations, and nongovernmental entities. The second section focuses on environmental diplomacy and regime-building in Pacific Asia, examining issues such as acid rain, nuclear waste, deforestation, and conflict over regional seas. Contributors from Asia, Europe, and North America bring an international perspective to questions of environmental cooperation. International Environmental Cooperation provides policymakers, citizens, scholars and students with essential information for understanding and addressing some of the world's most significant environmental problems