Rose, Gregory --- "Interlinkages between Multi-Lateral Environmental Agreements: International Compliance Cooperation" [2011] ELECD 305; in Paddock, Lee; Qun, Du; Kotzé, J. Louis; Markell, L. David; Markowitz, J. Kenneth; Zaelke, Durwood (eds), "Compliance and Enforcement in Environmental Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011)

Book Title: Compliance and Enforcement in Environmental Law

Editor(s): Paddock, Lee; Qun, Du; Kotzé, J. Louis; Markell, L. David; Markowitz, J. Kenneth; Zaelke, Durwood

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848448315

Section: Chapter 1

Section Title: Interlinkages between Multi-Lateral Environmental Agreements: International Compliance Cooperation

Author(s): Rose, Gregory

Number of pages: 32

Extract:

1. Interlinkages between Multi -Lateral
Environmental Agreements: International
Compliance Cooperation
Gregory Rose*

1. INTRODUCTION
This study surveys current international institutional cooperation to strengthen the
implementation of multilateral environment agreements (MEAs) by means of
interlinkages between their compliance mechanisms. Ultimately, this should
create synergies that increase the efficiency of implementation.
The 19 global MEAs examined here are those that are considered 'major'
because they have entered into force and have a large number of Parties. The
MEAs are organised for examination here into groups that cover common,
overlapping or related subjected matter. For example, those with objectives that
concern primarily an aspect of nature conservation are clustered together. This
approach might be contested because all aspects of the natural environment are
inter-related and because interlinkages between MEAs could be strongly
determined by factors other than their environmental subject matter. For example,
factors such as common servicing by the same United Nations (UN) organisation
might be a sensible basis for categorisation. Neveltheless, there is a tendency for
MEAs with similar subject matters to be serviced by the same UN body. For
example, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) services most of the
hazardous substances conventions (concerning waste, persistent organic
pollutants and aspects of genetically modified organisms, although regulated
chemicals are administered jointly with the UN Food and Agriculture
Organisation). Ultimately, however, this study also undertakes a comparative
analysis of the MEAs across clusters. Therefore, the issue of clustering of MEAs
according to primary subject matter is not of central importance as it ...