Managing Policy Contradictions between the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols

This chapter focuses on management of the Montreal Protocol and Kyoto Protocol policy contradictions. It explores features of both regimes along with their influence on each other, specifically the Montreal Protocol’s compliance system—providing cues for the Kyoto Protocol’s climate protection regime. The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism is one of the reasons for the contradictions between the two regimes besides the promotion of hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons by the Montreal Protocol as ozone-depleting substance substitutes. The evolution and intensification of interplay management since the 1980s are explored, and the climate regime mitigation options are assessed. The chapter concludes with the effectiveness and future prospects of interplay management, along with the pros and cons of governance.