Compliance with International Environmental Accords
Abstract
In 1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE), held in Stockholm, launched a global effort to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment. International environmental accords — treaties and agreements — were central components of this effort. They became primary instruments for orienting and coordinating the behavior first of states and ultimately of enterprises and individuals, steering behavior away from those activities that were environmentally destructive and toward those that would be environmentally benign. In the two decades that followed the Stockholm conference this emphasis on international environmental accords continued, and in June 1992, at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, 1992, it was reaffirmed.
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International Environment Global Environmental Change Democratic Government International Accord Political UnitPreview
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