Authors : Muhammad Rizal Razman , Abdul Samad Hadi , Jamaluddin Md Jahi , Abdul Hadi Harman Shah , Sham Sani and Ghazali Yusoff
Abstract: Montreal Protocol is one of the successful Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). Montreal Protocol managed to seek international environmental cooperation among almost all of the states in the world. All of these states have already agreed to ratify the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol has been enacted for the protection of the ozone layer by taking precautionary measures to control world emissions of substances that deplete the ozone layer. Some of the international environmental governance scholars suggested that power approach might influence in the negotiations of creating MEAs. Moreover, the existence of the superiority power in economy, military, technology and science would lead for hegemony. This hegemony most likely would build up more cooperation among states and subsequently influence in the negotiations of creating MEAs, which include the Montreal Protocol. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study is to explain the influence of power approach in the international environmental governance on regards of the Montreal Protocol�s early negotiations and the relations of the interstates participation response. Meanwhile, this study uses a qualitative approach, which is based on the meetings� proceeding reports of the Montreal Protocol. Finally, the results potentially provide with better understanding of the influence of power approach in the international environmental governance.
Muhammad Rizal Razman , Abdul Samad Hadi , Jamaluddin Md Jahi , Abdul Hadi Harman Shah , Sham Sani and Ghazali Yusoff , 2008. International Environmental Governance and Legislation: A Study on Power Approach in Negotiations of the Montreal Protocol. Environmental Research Journal, 2: 246-253.