Environmental leadership in international relations: The genesis and development of the concept
This article examines the phenomenon of environmental leadership in world politics. Environmental issues are one of the most important and popular topics on the modern agenda, even despite the ongoing conflict on the territory of Ukraine and its consequences. States participate in international conferences on environmental protection and commit themselves to reducing harmful emissions into the atmosphere, thereby limiting their industrial capabilities, as well as form their national environmental policy based on common agreements. At the same time, it is obvious that countries make various contributions to such a significant process of forming norms and principles for environmental protection. The environmental leader is precisely the party that plays a key role in this process. At the moment, there is little scientific literature devoted to the phenomenon of environmental leadership. However, the concept of global leadership in general and in the context of the environmental sphere in particular has evolved markedly over the past decades, so the aim of this work is to analyze its genesis and development. To achieve this aim, a systematic search and analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature was carried out. At the moment, it can be concluded that there is neither a clear definition of environmental leadership, nor any well-established criteria for its description. The concept remains poorly understood, with a sufficient number of gaps and unresolved issues. However, despite the variety of interpretations proposed by various researchers, several stable constructions can be distinguished. First, international leadership involves a social relationship between a leader and his followers, where one subject influences the behavior of others. Secondly, it is based on a platform of shared values, interests and goals. Finally, a critically important aspect is the recognition of leadership by other actors in world politics. Many researchers also agree that only powerful states with significant economic and political influence can play a key role in promoting international environmental initiatives on a long-term basis. The author declares no conflicts of interests.
Keywords
environmental leadership,
EU,
USA,
environmental governance,
international regime theoryAuthors
| Mozhanov Vyacheslav S. | National Research Tomsk State University | slmozhanov@mail.ru |
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