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Implementing International Environmental Treaties in Developing Countries: China's Compliance with the Montreal Protocol

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Since signing the Montreal Protocol in 1991, China has complied with the Protocol's procedural requirements and has satisfied its substantive obligations for reducing ozone-depleting substances by meeting the 1999 freeze targets and making progress towards reaching the 50 percent reduction goals for 2005. The Protocol's Multilateral Fund has played a key role in China's compliance. The sector-based approach to funding, which approved sector-level funding and targets for reduction of ozone-depleting substances, has been much more effective in changing government and industry behavior than the previous project-by-project approach, which required an application and approval procedure for each individual project. Other factors contributing to China's success include the use of market-based policies and regulations, positive government leadership and capacity building, and the participation of local environmental protection bureaus in implementing the Protocol. Copyright (c) 2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Jimin Zhao, 2005. "Implementing International Environmental Treaties in Developing Countries: China's Compliance with the Montreal Protocol," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 5(1), pages 58-81, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:5:y:2005:i:1:p:58-81
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    1. Tareq K. Al-Awad & Motasem N. Saidan & Brian J. Gareau, 2018. "Halon management and ozone-depleting substances control in Jordan," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 18(3), pages 391-408, June.
    2. Kim, Jeong Won & Kim, Sungjin, 2022. "International Agreements and Global Initiatives for Low-Carbon Cooling," ADBI Working Papers 1343, Asian Development Bank Institute.

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