ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to systematically analyze the effectiveness of the institutional toolkit used in the climate regime, and to discuss possible improvements and innovations that can be pursued by negotiators striving for the environmentally best regulatory solution to be achieved under the circumstances of the current bargaining situation (so-called “environmental advocates”). Effectiveness is measured by the extent to which the forms of institutionalization constituting this toolkit do not help to remove stumbling blocks in the negotiations or present stumbling blocks themselves (low effectiveness), or help to remove stumbling blocks and to facilitate negotiations, leading to a more effective result (high effectiveness) (Hanschel 2005: 11ff.).
