1st Edition

Controlling International Shipping and Aviation Emissions Governing the Global Climate Crisis

By David A. Deese Copyright 2023
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

This book assesses the extent to which two specialized UN agencies – the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal – have been able to regulate environmental pollution in the global commons. Since the Kyoto Protocol and its tasking of these two public International Organizations (IOs) in 1997 to regulate greenhouse... Read more

Contents

1. Introduction

2. The Literature and Analytical Framework  

3. Earlier Environmental Regulation by the IMO  

4. Local Air Quality Standards: A Partial ICAO Regulatory Success   

5. The Largely Failed IMO Efforts to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

6. The Modest ICAO Measures Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

7. What Explains these Largely Failed ICAO and IMO Efforts to Date? 

  1. IO identity, behavior, design  
  2. Industry  
  3. Political leadership   
  4. Great power domination

8. The Most Promising Alternative Pathways to Net Zero 2050 

  1. International Agency Initiatives and Innovation
  2. Regional and Bilateral Governments’ Latest Steps and Actions 
  3. Civil Society: Non-Profit Initiatives & Campaigns
  4. Industry and Company Initiatives
  5. Individuals as Consumers, Voters, and Influencers

9. Conclusion     

Index

Biography

David A. Deese is a professor of political science/international relations/international political economy at Boston College, where he researches the politics of comparative energy transition/climate policies and institutions worldwide, the global governance of international shipping and aviation emissions, and the implications of green hydrogen economies. He recently edited A Research Agenda for International Political Economy: New Directions and Promising Paths. He has also taught at Yale, Harvard, Brandeis, and Tallinn Universities.