Why is it hard to solve environmental problems? The perils of institutional reductionism and institutional overload
Journal: International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics
Year: 2020

Abstract Many efforts to solve environmental problems arising at the international or transnational level meet with limited success or even end in outright failure. But some efforts of this sort succeed. We construct an analytical model of such efforts leading to the conclusion that an ability to steer a course that avoids the twin perils of institutional reductionism and institutional overload is necessary to achieve success in this realm. We examine a range of risk factors or conditions likely