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Christian Downie's historical look at the negotiating behavior of
the United States and the European Union during international
efforts to implement a meaningful climate change treaty, go a long
way toward explaining why current negotiations are bogged down. His
findings about the impact of domestic politics on international
negotiations should not be overlooked. The only way we will able to
move to a new set of enforceable and meaningful greenhouse gas
reduction commitments is to understand why past approaches have not
worked.' - Lawrence Susskind, Harvard Law School, US'This is an
enormously well-researched study that addresses an important
hitherto-unanswered problem of negotiations. Usually single
instances are analyzed but what about serial negotiations that
return again and again to the subject, where the parties change
position in their course? Downie tells us how this happens and in
the process, enriches our understanding of negotiation. I enjoyed
reading this book.' - I. William Zartman, The Johns Hopkins
University, US The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations
describes the successes and failures of protracted international
negotiations and most importantly, examines the lessons they hold
for the future. Drawing on more than 100 interviews with climate
change insiders, including former ministers, chief negotiators and
presidential advisers, Christian Downie presents a rare inside
account of why states agree to what they do and why they change
their position in long negotiations. He also identifies eight
strategies that others can use to influence the most powerful
states in the world. This book will be invaluable to academics and
students working in the fields of international relations,
political science, negotiation studies and global environmental
politics. It will be of equal value to diplomats, policymakers and
various non-governmental organizations that seek to influence
international negotiations. Contents: Part I: International
Negotiations and Theoretical Background 1. Introduction 2.
Histories and Theories of International Negotiations Part II: The
Case Studies 3. Toward Berlin 1993 - 1995: Environmental Interests
and a Tentative Agreement 4. From Berlin to Kyoto 1995 - 1997:
Rising Opposition to Environmental Interests 5. From Kyoto to The
Hague 1998 2000: Shifting Political Dynamics and a Question of
Ratification Part III: Empirical Findings and Theoretical
Implications 6. Discussion: The Behaviour of the US and the EU in
the International Climate Change Negotiations 7. Toward an
Understanding of Prolonged International Negotiations References
This book is ground breaking in its study of business actors in
climate and energy politics. While various studies have
demonstrated the influence of business actors across multiple
policy domains, this is the first to examine the behaviour of
business actors in energy centric industries in the US that will be
vital for achieving a clean energy transition, namely the oil, gas,
coal, utility, and renewable industries. Drawing on almost 80
interviews with senior energy executives, lobbyists, and
policymakers, it asks two central questions: (i) how and why are
business actors shaping energy policy contests in the US? And (ii)
what are the implications for policymakers? In answering these
questions, this book provides new insights about the preferences
and strategies of business in the energy sector, and,
significantly, it identifies strategies for policymakers seeking to
regulate energy in the face of political resistance from incumbent
fossil fuel industries. This book will be of particular value to
students, scholars, and policymakers working in the fields of
energy, climate, and environmental politics, as well as individuals
generally interested in the role that business exerts over policy
processes.
This book is ground breaking in its study of business actors in
climate and energy politics. While various studies have
demonstrated the influence of business actors across multiple
policy domains, this is the first to examine the behaviour of
business actors in energy centric industries in the US that will be
vital for achieving a clean energy transition, namely the oil, gas,
coal, utility, and renewable industries. Drawing on almost 80
interviews with senior energy executives, lobbyists, and
policymakers, it asks two central questions: (i) how and why are
business actors shaping energy policy contests in the US? And (ii)
what are the implications for policymakers? In answering these
questions, this book provides new insights about the preferences
and strategies of business in the energy sector, and,
significantly, it identifies strategies for policymakers seeking to
regulate energy in the face of political resistance from incumbent
fossil fuel industries. This book will be of particular value to
students, scholars, and policymakers working in the fields of
energy, climate, and environmental politics, as well as individuals
generally interested in the role that business exerts over policy
processes.
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