International environmental institutions can affect cooperation on environmental issues in all of the following ways EXCEPT international institutions:
A)verify whether states are complying with international environmental standards.
B)reduce decision-making costs for states negotiating agreements about international environmental issues.
C)assist states in resolving disputes that they may have about environmental issues.
D)establish clear standards of behavior for states with which they can be expected to comply.
E)force states to fulfill their treaty obligations through economic sanctions.

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International environmental institutions do not have the power to force states to fulfill their treaty obligations through economic sanctions. While institutions can use various mechanisms to encourage compliance, including monitoring and reporting, offering technical assistance and capacity building, and providing financial incentives, they cannot impose economic sanctions. Sanctions are usually the purview of individual states or groups of states acting outside the framework of international institutions.

International Environmental Institutions Can Affect Cooperation on Environmental Issues in All