Splitting the South: China and India’s Divergence in International Environmental Negotiations
International environmental negotiations often involve conflicts between developed and developing countries. However, considering environmental cooperation in a North-South dichotomy obscures important variation within the Global South, particularly as emerging economies become more important politi...
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| author | Stokes, Leah Giang, Amanda Chi Wen Selin, Noelle E |
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| description | International environmental negotiations often involve conflicts between developed and developing countries. However, considering environmental cooperation in a North-South dichotomy obscures important variation within the Global South, particularly as emerging economies become more important politically, economically, and environmentally. This article examines change in the Southern coalition in environmental negotiations, using the recently concluded Minamata Convention on Mercury as its primary case. Focusing on India and China, we argue that three key factors explain divergence in their positions as the negotiations progressed: domestic resources and regulatory politics, development constraints, and domestic scientific and technological capacity. We conclude that the intersection between scientific and technological development and domestic policy is of increasing importance in shaping emerging economies’ engagement in international environmental negotiations. We also discuss how this divergence is affecting international environmental cooperation on other issues, including the ozone and climate negotiations. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1100172022-09-28T09:47:38Z Splitting the South: China and India’s Divergence in International Environmental Negotiations Stokes, Leah Giang, Amanda Chi Wen Selin, Noelle E Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Stokes, Leah Giang, Amanda Chi Wen Selin, Noelle E International environmental negotiations often involve conflicts between developed and developing countries. However, considering environmental cooperation in a North-South dichotomy obscures important variation within the Global South, particularly as emerging economies become more important politically, economically, and environmentally. This article examines change in the Southern coalition in environmental negotiations, using the recently concluded Minamata Convention on Mercury as its primary case. Focusing on India and China, we argue that three key factors explain divergence in their positions as the negotiations progressed: domestic resources and regulatory politics, development constraints, and domestic scientific and technological capacity. We conclude that the intersection between scientific and technological development and domestic policy is of increasing importance in shaping emerging economies’ engagement in international environmental negotiations. We also discuss how this divergence is affecting international environmental cooperation on other issues, including the ozone and climate negotiations. 2017-06-19T18:43:39Z 2017-06-19T18:43:39Z 2016-11 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1526-3800 1536-0091 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110017 Stokes, Leah C.; Giang, Amanda and Selin, Noelle E. “Splitting the South: China and India’s Divergence in International Environmental Negotiations.” Global Environmental Politics 16, no. 4 (November 2016): 12–31 © 2016 Massachusetts Institute of Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0146-7038 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6396-5622 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/GLEP_a_00378 Global Environmental Politics Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf MIT Press MIT Press |
| spellingShingle | Stokes, Leah Giang, Amanda Chi Wen Selin, Noelle E Splitting the South: China and India’s Divergence in International Environmental Negotiations |
| title | Splitting the South: China and India’s Divergence in International Environmental Negotiations |
| title_full | Splitting the South: China and India’s Divergence in International Environmental Negotiations |
| title_fullStr | Splitting the South: China and India’s Divergence in International Environmental Negotiations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Splitting the South: China and India’s Divergence in International Environmental Negotiations |
| title_short | Splitting the South: China and India’s Divergence in International Environmental Negotiations |
| title_sort | splitting the south china and india s divergence in international environmental negotiations |
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