ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with environmental policy in Eastern Europe and the USSR, a part of the world where rather severe environmental changes are underway. There are a lot of common misunderstandings about socialist countries. Sometimes, these countries are described as planned economies. However, the evidence based on plan fulfillment contradicts this common assumption. Research in Eastern Europe is mostly focused on the scientific aspects of global warming. Opening the economies of Eastern Europe has created new conditions for technology transfer, joint ventures, and even direct investment. There is an urgent need of collaboration in institutional design at a country as well as a regional or European level. There is a lot of transboundary pollution. The solutions will require new transnational institutions. The role of the planetary economy in global warming and ozone depletion should make aware of the need for successful collaboration.
