The following are places to start finding data for research on international environmental politics. Obviously, there is much more info on the Web - these are not complete or the best but are intended to provide a jumping off point for research. Sources are split in categories that may be helpful in thinking about research structure. Thus, if you are interested in assessing the effects of a treaty, you could read the treaty text, look at the secretariat's web page, and see who the signatories are. Then, look at government, NGO, and IGO pages to see what the actors involved think. Then, look for environmental indicators of treaty effects in different countries before and after the regime was signed. Then, examine some economic indicators to see whether they can contribute to (or do a better job of) explaining any changes in environmental quality over time.
Additional links to older and more obscure data sources are available here.
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Economic Indicators
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Treaty TextsSecretariats, Signatories, Governments, IGOs Largely Environmental Lists
More General Text Lists
Hardcopy sources (available in most US law schools)
Lists of Treaty SecretariatsLists of Treaty SignatoriesLists of Governments
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General Environmental(Issue Specific Indicators and Data - click here)
Issue-Specific
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Economic Indicators
Other Statistical Places to CheckEnvironment and DevelopmentEnvironment and TradeEnvironment and Security
News
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