@article{oai:icu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00005021, author = {Mori , Katsuhiko}, issue = {88}, journal = {社会科学ジャーナル}, month = {Mar}, note = {This article analyzes the complex interplay between competition and cooperation on critical environmental issues on the atmosphere, the biosphere, and the hydrosphere in Asia and the Pacific. For the atmospheric environment, the power transition between the US and China observed over the last three decades impacted the climate change negotiations. In this process, the contention about the Kyoto Protocol was turned into cooperation on the Paris Agreement between the world’s two largest emitters. In the field of the land biosphere, increased resource use for the developed and emerging economies causes degradation and loss of ecosystem services in the megadiverse countries in the region. For life in the hydrosphere, the gaps in scientific knowledge and evidence-based understanding of the causes of overhunting led to Japan’s withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission. Thus, a varied combination of power, economic interests, and ideas can account for the competition–cooperation dynamism in the environmental issues in the AsiaPacific region. It is argued that effective environmental governance requires not only the renewal of cooperation but also innovative and transformative changes in the region.}, pages = {67--87}, title = {Competition and Cooperation on Environmental Issues in Asia and the Pacific}, year = {2021} }