This review article addresses the question: What lessons can we learn from work published in International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics regarding the politics of multilateral environmental agreements? What are the implications of these lessons for those responsible for creating and administering these agreements? Based on an analysis of 147 articles published over the past 20 years, the article explores issues of institutional design, institutional politics, implementation, and effectiveness. It concludes that key conditions for success in this realm include: (a) developing a toolkit that is not limited to rules-based governance, (b) paying attention to matters of implementation, (c) bearing in mind the overall regime complex, (d) developing effective leadership based on credibility and accountability, and (e) allowing for institutional adaptation.

这篇评论文章解决了以下问题：我们可以从《国际环境协定：政治、法律和经济学》中发表的工作中学到什么关于多边环境协定的政治？这些教训对那些负责创建和管理这些协议的人有什么影响？基于对过去 20 年发表的 147 篇文章的分析，本文探讨了制度设计、制度政治、实施和有效性等问题。它得出的结论是，在这一领域取得成功的关键条件包括：(a) 开发一个不限于基于规则的治理的工具包，(b) 关注实施问题，(c) 牢记整个制度的复杂性，( d) 建立基于可信度和问责制的有效领导，以及 (e) 允许体制调整。