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Bases of Research: Environmental problems have also become global with acceleration of globalization process. As environmental problems become global, the mentality to approach and solve these problems has changed as well. Impossibility of struggle with environmental problems reached to a level threatening the future of humanity has been understood, so it has become evident that in struggle against global environmental problems a cooperation mechanism effective at international level must be developed and new types of approaches must be adopted even beyond cooperation. Research Aims:: First objective of the study is to scrutinize the concept of global public goods, which has been used in public finance since the end of 1990s, in terms of global environment policies. In this respect, it will be theoretically set forth that environment is global public goods at first and thus the framework of global public goods must be used while forming new global environment policies. In addition, other different contemporary approaches in global environment policies will also be addressed with global public goods. Second purpose of the study is to provide contribution to discussion of global public goods theory in Turkey, which is still at development stage. Data Sources: Basically, this is y a theoretical evaluation study. For this reason, international literature is used while constituting the infrastructure of global public goods. On the other hand, both foreign and Turkish theoretical studies are used in evaluation of global environment policies. Main Discussion and Results: Today, environmental problems have become a global problem that cross the borders and involve transnational interdependence. Naturally, the policies aiming at resolution of environmental problems crossing the borders and having global implications must also be redesigned at global level. In this context, the resolution of global environmental problems exceeds the capacity of nation-states and necessitates effective involvement of international organizations to this process. The idea of benefiting from global public goods theory is very recent in resolution of global environment problems and establishing policies. To address environment as a public goods, furthermore to consider it as public goods, has brought a new perspective for approach to the problems. This may be considered as an approach that will result in far more systematic discussion of highly important elements of environmental problems such as spillover costs, common use, property problem, financing and more effective presentation of environment protection services. On global environment policies, beyond global public goods, the ideas of “global governance” and “establishment of World Environment Organization” show that approach to the said policies has changed in great degree

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