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Abstract / Summary

This case study examines the international negotiations leading to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, designed to control and reduce emissions of chlorofluorocarbons. The 1985 discovery of a growing hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica prompted the Reagan administration to intensify discussions with domestic economic interest groups and their foreign counterparts to eliminate the industrial use of CFCs. This case study illustrates the value of consulting domestic interest groups, as well as the interagency community, to develop a workable negotiating strategy. It also allows students to assess the effectiveness of public diplomacy and confrontational politics in breaking deadlocks and hastening progress at multilateral conferences.

Field of Interest

Global Issues

Author

Allan E. Goodman, 1944-

Publisher

The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Copyright Message

Copyright © 1992 The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Content Type

Case study

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Page Count

19

Publication Year

1992

Publisher

Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Place Published / Released

District of Columbia

Series Number

Case 176

Subject

Global Issues, Social Sciences, Environment and Ecological Issues, Climate Change - Context and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Negotiation in government, Air pollution, Montreal Protocol, September 14-16, 1987, Ecology, Politics & Policy, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, United Nations Environment Programme, United States, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Series / Program

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Case Study Program

Keywords and Translated Subjects

United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos