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The role of science in implementing international environmental agreements: the case of desertification

Grainger, Alan·2009·Land Degradation & Development
DOI 10.1002/ldr.898
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Abstract A preliminary framework for evaluating the effectiveness of international environmental agreements (IEAs) is described, and applied to the UN Plan of Action to Combat Desertification (PACD) and UN Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD), both of which have proven ineffective. There is good correspondence between the framework's nine criteria and official explanations of the reasons for poor implementation. Most of the criteria were identified in previous studies but opinions are divided on one of them—access to scientific knowledge. Its inclusion does, however, receive support from experiences in the desertification regime. Successive organizations of science‐policy communication in the CCD have lacked many of the ideal features of boundary organizations, with access to scientific knowledge impeded mainly by formal institutions, compared with informal institutions in the PACD. Yet while applying the boundary organization model in a descriptive manner diagnoses the particular deficiencies in science‐policy communication in this regime it cannot explain why they occur. Linking the CCD to a large and diverse scientific network, similar to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, could improve matters. But this may not be politically feasible, as new knowledge could undermine the viability of the CCD by unravelling its initial rule system. Progress in combating dryland degradation may therefore only be possible in another regime, e.g. in the successor to the Kyoto Protocol, or by devising a new interdisciplinary conceptualization of desertification which does not rely on ambiguity, as is the case at present. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Current estimates of potential production on degraded lands are greatly hindered by missing and often unreliable information.

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Authors
Grainger, A.
Affiliations
University of Leeds (GB)
Corresponding author
Grainger, Alan
ORCID
Grainger, Alan
Venue
Land Degradation & Development
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2009-03-02
Volume
20
Issue
4
Pages
410-430
ISSN
  • 1085-3278 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-145X
DOI
10.1002/ldr.898
OpenAlex
W1997241522
Cited by
56
References
90
Citations by year
2024: 5 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
FWCI
18.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
Land Degradation and Development (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › International Environmental Law and Policies
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Science and Diplomacy
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Keywords
international environmental agreements, desertification, UNCCD, science-policy interface, boundary organizations, access to scientific information, dryland degradation, IPCC, formal and informal institutions

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