- The term international environmental policy, examples for international environmental problems and reasons for these problems;
- theoretical foundations of international environmental policy, game theory and public choice theory;
- objectives, principles and instruments in the field of international environmental policy;
- institutions/actors in the field of international environmental policy;
- practical experience in international environmental policy during the last decades;
- critical evaluation of international environmental policy carried out so far and possibilities / suggestions to improve the success of international environmental policy in future.