This book surveys current conceptual, theoretical, and
methodological approaches to global climate change and
international relations. Although it focuses on the role of states,
it also examines the role of nonstate actors and international
organizations whenever state-centric explanations are
insufficient.The book begins with a discussion of environmental
constraints on human activities, the environmental consequences of
human activities, and the history of global climate change
cooperation. It then moves to an analysis of the global climate
regime from various conceptual and theoretical perspectives. These
include realism and neorealism, historical materialism, neoliberal
institutionalism and regime theory, and epistemic community and
cognitive approaches. Stressing the role of nonstate actors, the
book looks at the importance of the domestic-international
relationship in negotiations on climate change. It then looks at
game-theoretical and simulation approaches to the politics of
global climate change. It emphasizes questions of equity and the
legal difficulties of implementing the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. It concludes with a
discussion of global climate change and other aspects of
international relations, including other global environmental
accords and world trade. The book also contains Internet references
to major relevant documents.
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