Selected Texts Of Legal Instruments In International Environmental Law

This handbook is a practical guide for negotiators working on multilateral environmental agreements, providing information on their nature, structure, content, and substantive issues, together with approaches to negotiating them effectively. It is intended to support current negotiators, prepare new diplomats, and assist negotiating teams when questions arise during negotiations. The third edition updates and revises earlier editions to reflect current standards and practices. It covers the history and context of multilateral environmental agreements, treaty-making principles, institutional and negotiation structures, negotiation strategies, cross-cutting issues, current trends, negotiation phases, and reference materials. It also includes examples of decision-making by consensus and overviews of selected environmental agreements, alongside a glossary and electronic resources.