Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Environmental NGO Influence in
International Climate Negotiations
- Conceptual Approaches to
determine NGO impact
- Transnational
Advocacy
Networks
- Mico & Macro-demands of NGO's
- Friends with the
government
- Foes with the
government
- Interdependence between the
National and International Levels
- Treaties
- International Norms
encouraged via
transnational advocacy
networks
- Markets
- Direct routes of influence
- Time Lag of influence
- Recurring negotiation cycles
- Activist Strategies (Protests& demonstrations)
- Information Politics
- Symbolic politics
- Leverage politics
- Accountability politics
- Lobbyist Strategies
- Key Prerequisites
- Access to the government
representatives
- Domestic
level
- International
level
- Resources (information
& knowledge)
- Engaging in activities
- Working with
negotiators
- Providing
advice
- Communicating
demands
- Government representatives
receive their communications
- Hypothesis
- Influence is higher when NGOs provide input early in
the negotiations before governments decide on their
negotiation positions. Medium-term influence can still
occur in subsequent negotiation rounds.
- Large-scale public pressure via demonstrations and high
medi coverage influencesnegotiationstoward a
negotiation outcome
- Lobbyists need to form close networks to government
representatives and are more likely to be influential as
friends offering capacity-building support.