An international treaty is proposed to ban a widely-used industrial solvent that has been found to cause significant environmental damage. Based on the key characteristics that contributed to the success of previous international chemical control agreements, which of the following situations would most likely lead to the new treaty being successfully adopted and implemented?

Analyzing a Failed Environmental Treaty

Critiquing Environmental Policy Analogies

Evaluating Policy Models for Environmental Problems

A political analyst compares the international response to ozone depletion with the response to global climate change. They argue that the primary difference in success was the level of public awareness and activism. Why is this analysis incomplete, based on the key economic and technological factors that distinguished the two issues?

The success of the international agreement to phase out ozone-depleting substances demonstrates that global consensus on environmental issues is achievable primarily because the scientific evidence of harm was overwhelming and universally accepted.

A landmark international environmental agreement, which successfully phased out a class of industrial chemicals, owed its success to two primary advantages over other environmental negotiations. Match each advantage with its most direct consequence.

Analyzing a Struggling Environmental Treaty

Impact of Technological Availability on Environmental Treaties

Evaluating a Proposed International Environmental Accord