One more footnote for this thread, about whether, how, and why NGOs
have any influence.
The following article (abstract provided below) will be provocative for
those who havent seen it (even though it deals with the Ottawa
Convention, rather than the UNFCCC). I can provide a full pdf
Title: NGOs and climate change science and policy making
Hi
everyone!
Ive
followed this discussion with interest. I know that Michele Betsill
and Elisabeth Corell have been working on this very issue http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/PoliSci/fac/mb/NGO%20Influence.pdf
in environmental
Title: NGOs and climate change science and policy making
Very interesting analysis, Neil, I
particularly agree with your observation that NGOs may prove more effective on
issues that are less, as Steinar Andresen would term it , malignant.
Id also suggest that victories e.g. incorporation
Neil, Pam, Wil and others who've responded recently...
I found Neil's viewpoint very interesting and quite a thoughtful response... I
confess that some points made me raise my eyebrow, but in general, I seem to
agree with Neil. I agree with Pam... Betsill and Corell have looked at NGO
Neil:
From working within the science and policy beast, I think there is a real
difference between NGO influence on SCIENCE and on POLICY. The former is
nuanced, but generally negative (NGOs are more harmful/problematic to
science then helpful, supportive only when it supports them, and then
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To: 'Leonard Hirsch' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 5:51 AM
Subject: RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making
Leonard,
I guess I wouldn't even concede that generally NGOs are more harmful than
conducive
: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:26 AM
Subject: RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making
Henrik:
As the title suggests, the book I co-edited with Gary Bryner last
year
(Science and Politics in the International Environment,
Rowman and
Littlefield, 2004) looked specifically at the relationship
another recent one:
Lars H. Grundbrandsen and Steinar Andresen: NGO Influence in the Implementation
of the Kyoto Protocol: Compliance, Flexibility Mechanisms, and Sinks. Global
Environmental Politics 4:4, Nov 2004, 54-75.
Best,
Sabine
Henrik Selin [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 04.01.2005
