This volume examines the process through which climate change is transforming global governance, as both an increasingly central issue on the international stage and an increasingly structured policy domain with its specific modes of governing, networks of actors, discourses, and knowledge practices. Collectively, the contributions aim to assess how and why climate change is becoming a dominant frame in international politics. In doing so, they also contribute to understanding the dynamics and drivers of climatization.As global warming progresses and efforts to mitigate and adapt intensify, living under a changing climate―or in a ‘new climate regime’ (Latour 2015)―increasingly appears as a central feature of ‘our’ new, and highly unequal, human condition in the Anthropocene. In other words, we firmly believe that climatization is here to stay. It is thus crucial to better understand this process, recognizing its problems and ambiguities, but also examining its transformative potential and identifying the conditions under which such potentials can be harnessed with a view to building a more effective and equitable climate politics. We think that the chapters in this book contribute to this endeavour.
Author(s): Stefan Aykut, Lucile Maertens
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 164
City: Cham
Contents
The climatization of global politics: introduction to the special issue
Abstract
Introduction
Concluding remarks: climatization and the transformation of global governance
Acknowledgements
References
‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn and its wider significance for global politics
Abstract
Introduction
Performative iterations: an anatomy of the Paris approach
An iterative process to ‘facilitate’ and ‘orchestrate’ global climate action
A mobilising narrative to align stakeholders’ expectations
Fifty shades of soft: fostering a new institutional framework
The ups and downs of voluntary approaches in climate negotiations
Management culture’s incursion into global governance
Non-state actors as brokers for a bottom-up approach
Parole, parole, parole: narratives and signals as tools of governance
Discourses, rituals and performances in global environmental governance
Crafting and circulating the grand narrative of a ‘planetary transition’
Upholding the ‘Paris momentum’
Incantatory governance: prospects, risks and caveats of the new approach
Governance as symbolic struggle, and the risk of ‘virtuality’
Uneven political geographies of global regulation
Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
References
The climate brokers: philanthropy and the shaping of a ‘US-compatible’ international climate regime
Abstract
Introduction
Foundations as instruments of US soft power
Building an international climate regime
US focus
Shaping a US-compatible agreement
The rise of philanthrocapitalism
Design to Win and the ClimateWorks network
Project Catalyst
Shaping the climate narrative
The International Policies and Politics Initiative (IPPI)
Shaping the overall narrative
Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Reversing climatisation: transnational grassroots networks and territorial security discourse in a fragmented global climate governance
Abstract
Introduction
Transnational grassroots networks engaging in the forest and climate regime-complex
Territorial security as an increasing priority in international climate debates
Transnational grassroots networks’ strategies in the context of the climate regime-complex fragmentation
The increasing climatisation of the territorial security discourse until COP21
Mobilising territorial security as a forum-linking strategy
Making Mesoamerica great again: climate opportunism and spill-over
The “post-2015 agenda” discursive strategy towards regional arenas
Learning from the climate negotiations failures and resistances
Shifting territorial security issues to the regional agenda
Discussion and conclusion
References
Alternative globalities? Climatization processes and the climate movement beyond COPs
Abstract
Introduction
Climatization and the problem of ‘globality’
The need for globality: answers and limitations
The climate movement’s own globality?
Why the climate movement needs an alternative globality (or not)
Current examples of coordination beyond COPs
Break free
Climate justice action
Conclusion
References
Preparing the French military to a warming world: climatization through riskification
Abstract
Introduction
Climate change, security and the military: securitization, riskification and climatization
Creating intensity and urgency: the climatization of France’s defense doctrine
Facing uncertainty: the role of experts in the riskification of climate change
Conclusion
References
‘Climatizing’ military strategy? A case study of the Indian armed forces
Abstract
Introduction
From securitization and riskification of climate change to climatization in the military domain
Military-led discourses on climate change and security
Perspectives on security and climate change in India
The discourse on climate change and the Indian military
Climatization of military strategy in India: a practical viewpoint
Counter-currents to climatization of India’s military strategy
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Climatizing the UN Security Council
Abstract
Introduction: Debating Climate Threats at the UN Security Council
Climate Threats: from Securitization to Climatization
Drivers of climatization
Climatizing the UN Security Council
Securing a Steady Climate Agenda
Attributing responsibility in the climate crisis
Expanding Climate Actors’ Role
Advocating for a Climate Fix
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
