It examines climate governance “experiments” by alternative actors, instances in which non-state actors engage in rule-making outside of established UN frameworks or national regulatory processes. Hoffmann’s outstanding book gives great insight into to the world of climate governance beyond the state. Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response After Kyoto by Matthew J. The book’s great contribution is to help us begin to reflect on what such a change might look like.
As the authors admit, to take climate change seriously requires substantial change- to our governments, our economies, and our social and political relations. Moreover, the book reflects on the political and ethical ideas that both drive contemporary climate change, and will determine how we could (or more importantly should) respond to this challenge. In particular, the book makes evident the “wickedness” of climate change as a uniquely challenging problem of unprecedented scope, scale, and complexity. 224p.ĭryzek et al.’s book is a useful survey text that assesses the social, political, moral, and economic impacts of climate change, and the range of responses to this issue. This is a wonderful first stop if you’re just beginning research in the field, but given its thoughtful and careful discussions of theories of climate governance, it is most certainly a useful text for researchers at any stage.Ģ. Not only does it examine climate politics at many scales, including but not limited to the state it also wades into issues of justice while also providing a concise history of the institutions and policies that remain influential today, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). This book is a very readable and accessible primer for understanding the many facets of global climate governance. Governing Climate Change (2nd ed.) by Harriet Bulkeley and Peter Newell. Whether you’re starting a new research project or just looking to make sense of all of this talk of “carbon credits”, the “UNFCCC (the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change”), and the “Global Compact”, this list is for you!ġ. 6 key books for understanding the politics of global climate change By Emma Lecavalier
0 kommentar(er)
