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Chasek †“Actors in the Environmental Arena� REGIMES

In the negotiations on an environmental regime, a state actor may play one of 4 roles:

1 †Lead State: has a strong commitment to effective international action on the issue, moves the process of negotiations forward by proposing its own negotiating formula as the basis for an agreement, and attempts to win the support of other state actors.

Lead States use a wide range of methods for influencing other state actors on a global environmental issue. Such as:
- funding research that defines the problem and demonstrates its urgency
- seek to educate public opinion in target states (Ex: Canada/ US)
- use its diplomatic clout to encourage an international organization to identify the issue as a priority
- pledge to commit financial or technical resources to the problem, and in some cases, gain significant developing country participation.

--- Although economic power does not ensure that a lead state......

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