From Precaution to Profit: Contemporary Challenges to Environmental Protection in the Montreal Protocol
Brian Gareau
Why, when global environmental protection efforts have never been more important, is the world’s most widely acclaimed environmental agreement failing?
The Montreal Protocol has been cited as the most successful global environmental agreement, responsible for phasing out the use of ozone-depleting substances. But, says Brian Gareau in this provocative and engaging book, the Montreal Protocol has failed—largely because of neoliberal ideals involving economic protectionism but also due to the protection of the legitimacy of certain forms of scientific knowledge. Gareau traces the rise of a new form of disagreement among global powers, members of the scientific community, civil society, ... Read more
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“From Precaution to Profit makes it clear that nation-states are the decisive actors, and that global institutions have limited power to coerce the most powerful ... Read more