Naming and shaming as a strategy for enforcing the Paris Agreement: The role of political institutions and public concern.

ABSTRACT: Enforcement is a challenge for effective international cooperation. In human rights and environmental law, along with many other domains of international cooperation, "naming and shaming" is often used as an enforcement mechanism in the absence of stronger alternatives. Naming and shaming hinges on the ability to identify countries whose efforts are inadequate and effectively shame them toward better behavior. Research on this approach has struggled to identify factors that explain when it influences state behavior in ways that lead to more cooperation. Via survey of a large (N = 910) novel sample of experienced diplomats involved in the design of the Paris Agreement, we find support for the proposition that naming and shaming is most accepted and effective in influencing the behavior of c

SUBMITTER: Dannenberg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10556554 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature