ABSTRACT
Chapter 5 analyses different compliance approaches for international environmental law and policy: dispute resolution, enforcement, transparency, voluntary peer review, and implementation mechanisms are studied to reveal their strengths and limitations. Interactive law does not prescribe a single approach to compliance but sees that mechanisms be adopted by institutional bodies that revisit and re-evaluate international environmental obligations in a continual practice of legality. The findings indicate that lack of political will generally impedes the adoption of interactive compliance and accountability mechanisms at the global level, and emphasis is placed on developing interactive compliance and accountability mechanisms during implementation at multiple levels of governance.
