The book analyzes the question of legitimacy and efficacy of certain organs created on the basis of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (Conferences and Meetings of the Parties) from the point of view of their structural invocation and analyzing their new developments regarding the powers of these bodies in achieving desired goals of environmental protection, and the necessary international collaboration to achieve it.

• International Environmental Law and Governance
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Beyond the “Keystone” cops: The Ecology of Institutional Governance in Conservation Treaty Regimes
• Delegate Preparation and Participation in Conferences of the Parties to Environmental Treaties
• Non-Compliance – A Pivotal or Secondary Function of cop Governance?
• UNFCCC Conference of the Parties: The Key International Forest Law-Makers for Better or for Worse
• Governing the Environment without cops – The Case of Water
• Index