- Paperback: 458 pages
- Publisher: Harvard University Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (27 Feb 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0674650034
- ISBN-13: 978-0674650039
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.5 x 3 cm
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Richard Benedick is not your average diplomat. A decade ago, industrialists tried to get him sacked as US negotiator to the Montreal Protocol meeting that banned the ozone-eating CFCs. He survived to tell that and many other stories in the new 'enlarged edition' of "Ozone Diplomacy." Updated to last September, it is still the definitive story of the world's first and so far most successful global environmental treaty.
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Richard Benedick, an architect and chief US negotiator for the Montreal treaty, expands upon the first edition of his book. He describes subsequent negotiations to deal with unexpected scientific discoveries and amendments adding new chemicals and accelerating the phaseout schedules. Implementing the revised treaty has forced the protocol's signatories including North-South financial and technology transfer issues, black markets for banned CFC's, revisionism, and industry's willingness and ability to develop new technologies and innovative substitutes. In his final chapter Benedick offers a new analysis applying the lessons of the ozone experiments to ongoing climate change negotiations.
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Stripping away the sheen
4 April 2000
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This book is one of a handful that have appeared in the years since the Montreal Protocol that have addressed the motivations behind those that acted to bring the protocol into being. It questions the simple thesis that it was simply an attempt to introduce environmental protection for one of the Earths damaged resources, suggesting instead that the primary motivation was more economically defined. the primary actors each had something to be gained in seeing a ban on CFC's in favour of their (generally more expensive) alternative. In this regard it presents a mass of evidence that might come as a surprise to those who believed that the treaty was a hopeful first step towards international agreements to benefit the Earth's environment, and it is a surprise that is unlikely to be a pleasant one. It does no-one any good to hide from the truth however, and the volume is thus a worthwhile read, as well as a useful pointer towards further reading around this area.
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Pretty Good Condition for an Excellent Price
7 Feb 2010
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Condition of the book was amazing considering the price I paid. Took a little longer than expected to ship, but still within the companies guarantee date. Very polite and pleasant follow up e-mail. All in all, I am very pleased and would definetly buy from the company again.
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