Exploring how climate change has configured the international arena
since the 1950s, this book reveals the ways in which climate change
emerged and evolved as an international problem, and how states,
scientists and NGOs have engaged in diplomatic efforts to address
it. Developing amidst the Cold War, decolonization and a growing
transnational environmental consciousness, it asks how this wider
historical context has shaped our response to the greatest threat
to humankind to date. Thinking beyond the science of climate change
to the way it is received and responded to, Ruth Morgan shows how
climate science has been mobilised in the political sphere, paying
particular attention to the expansion of climate diplomacy into the
Global South. The privileging of climate science and the emergence
of climate scepticism are explored to consider how they have
undermined efforts to remedy this planetary problem. Studying
climate change and international history in tandem, this book
explains the origins of the debates around this environmental
emergency, the response of political leaders attempting to address
the threat, and the barriers we face in creating an international
regime to resolve the climate crisis.
General
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
New Approaches to International History |
Release date: |
February 2024 |
Authors: |
Ruth A. Morgan
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-24013-1 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-350-24013-3 |
Barcode: |
9781350240131 |
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