| This research is an examination of the role of organized interests in international climate change policy formation. Through a comparative study of the literature on domestic policy subsystems and international regimes, it is argued that subsystems and regimes are highly analogous. Building upon these theoretical findings, systematic survey results are used to demonstrate that organized interests actually engage in the same activities in both the international and domestic arenas. While states are the ultimate decision makers in international climate change policy, just as government officials are in domestic policymaking, organized interests can be integral to the policy formation process. By examining the United Nations through the lens of public policy, we begin to see international organizations as possible venues through which organized interests can influence the writing and implementation of international agreements.; The research methodology includes a survey, interviews and field research at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties in New Delhi, India in 2002. As well a review of organization websites and public documents are used to provide supplemental information. |
