1st Edition

The Politics of Climate Change Environmental Dynamics in International Affairs

Edited By Paul G. Harris Copyright 2009
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Climate change is now a mainstream part of the international political agenda. It has become clear that it is not solely a technical issue, to be resolved by scientists, but a political issue with political implications at all levels of global governance. Indeed, some may argue that few long-term problems in international affairs are more important than this one. The purpose of this book is to... Read more

1. Introduction: The Glacial Politics of Climate Change Paul G. Harris  Dynamics of Climate Politics  2. A Climate of Obstinacy: Symbolic Politics in Australian and Canadian policy Loren R. Cass  3. The Climate Regime and Domestic Politics: The Case of Russia Liliana B. Andonova  4. The Construction of China’s Climate Politics: Transnational NGOs and the Spiral Model of International Relations Miriam Schroeder  5. Is Climate Change Changing the EU?: The Second Image Reversed in Climate Politics Oriol Costa  6. Linking as Leverage: Emissions Trading and the Politics of Climate Change Richard Benwell  7. Domestic Incentives and Climate Politics: International Public Goods in Two-Level Games Stephen Kroll and Jason F. Shogren  Security, Justice and Equity in Climate Politics  8. Environmental Security and Climate Change: Analyzing the Discourse Maria Julia Trombetta  9. Securitizing Climate Change: International Legal Implications and Obstacles Shirley Scott  10. Inequality in Global Climate Policy: Breaking the North-South Impasse J. Timmons Roberts and Brad Parks 11. Greenhouse Development Rights: Towards an Equitable Framework for Global Climate Policy Paul Baer and Glenn Fieldman  12. Conclusion: Constructing the Climate Regime Paul G. Harris

Biography

Paul G. Harris is Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He is author/editor of Climate Change and American Foreign Policy, International Equity and Global Environmental Politics, The Environment, International Relations, and U.S. Foreign Policy, International Environmental Cooperation, Global Warming and East Asia, Confronting Environmental Change in East and Southeast Asia, The Global Politics of AIDS (with Patricia Siplon), Europe and Global Climate Change, Environmental Change and Foreign Policy, Climate Change and Foreign Policy, The Politics of Climate Change, World Ethics and Climate Change, China’s Responsibility for Climate Change, Ethics and Global Environmental Policy, Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development in China, the Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics and other books.