The New Power Politics of Global Climate Governance (Hardcover)

This book is based on the assumption that great powers determine global politics and, in this instance, environmental politics. It addresses the approaches of both established and rising powers and their implications for the advancement of international climate negotiations. The new introduction looks at the key developments in this realm since 2013, examining the bilateral deals between China and the United States and the results of the UNFCCC's 21st Convention of the Parties (COP) convening at Paris in 2015. Two key features link the contributions of this volume: their underlying assumption that major powers are the central actors in determining global environmental politics; and their assessment of, and implications of, the approaches both of rising and established major powers for global climate norms. One key argument of this volume is that today's geopolitics are about who gets how much in the fiercely competitive race over the available 'carbon space'. The book concludes that prudently balancing power in the new century requires a fair sharing of burden among the existing and emerging powers. In light of such burden-sharing, pluralistic domestic politics as well as diverging normative beliefs and worldviews require consideration of different conditions, even if historical legacies of the industrialised world have increasingly been put into question as a political argument by the United States. This book is based on a special issue of the journal Climate Policy.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	Maximilian Terhalle • Charlotte Streck
Dimensions:	246 x 189mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-20002-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Embargos & sanctions Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Promotions
LSN:	1-138-20002-6
Barcode:	9781138200029

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