This fully revised and expanded new edition provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and business actors to multilateral development banks, donors, and cities.
The issue of global climate change has risen to the top of the international political agenda. Despite ongoing contestation about the science informing policy, the economic costs of action and the allocation of responsibility for addressing the issue within and between nations, it is clear that climate change will continue to be one of the most pressing and challenging issues facing humanity for many years to come.
The book
Evaluates the role of states and non-state actors in governing climate change at multiple levels of political organization: local, national, and global
Provides a discussion of theoretical debates on climate change governance, moving beyond analytical approaches focused solely on nation-states and international negotiations
Examines a range of key topical issues in the politics of climate change
Includes multiple examples from both the north and the global south
Providing an inter-disciplinary perspective drawing on geography, politics, international relations, and development studies, this book is essential reading for all those concerned not only with the climate governance but with the future of the environment in general.
Author(s): Harriet Bulkeley, Peter Newell
Series: Global Institutions
Edition: 3
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 188
City: London
Cover
Endorsement Page
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Governing climate change
The governance challenge
Climate change: an international problem?
Global governance perspectives
Outline
Notes
Chapter 1 Governing climate change: A brief history
Making policy on climate change
Climate becomes political: science and climate governance
The poverty of climate governance: North–South politics
The marketization of climate governance
Governance issues and challenges
Notes
Chapter 2 Governance for whom?: Equity, justice, and the politics of sustainable development
Whose responsibility? Global warming in an unequal world
Who pays?
Who bears the costs?
Governance issues and challenges
Notes
Chapter 3 Between global and local: Governing climate change transnationally
Transnational governance and climate change
Comparing types of transnational climate change governance
Governance issues and challenges
Notes
Chapter 4 Community and the governing of climate change
Engaging communities: from ignorance to expertise
Governing place, governing community
Communities governing climate change
Mobilizing climate justice
Governance issues and challenges
Notes
Chapter 5 The private governance of climate change
Business and climate change
Private governance
Private regulation
Governance issues and challenges
Notes
Chapter 6 Conclusions
The shifting terrain of governance
New actors, old politics?
The rise of market and voluntary governance
Consequences and contestations in climate governance
Theoretical implications
Notes
Further reading: An annotated bibliography
Index
