The intellectual property regime: are there lessons for climate change negotiations?

摘要: Does the evolution of intellectual property regime hold any lessons for climate change regime? The paper argues that architecture recognizes complexity free riding behaviour and divides problem amongst a number treaties. integration trade standards into provides plaintiff states with way to inflict both political economics costs on riders. Perhaps most important lesson relates in which highly coordinated international business network was able shift multilateral obtain countries at time did not really want because they were net importers.