Overview

By exploring the dynamic relationships between politics, policymaking, and policy over time, this book aims to explain why climate change mitigation is so political, and why politics is also indispensable in enacting real change. It argues that politics is poorly understood and often sidelined in research and policy circles, which is an omission that must be rectified, because the policies that we rely on to drive down greenhouse gas emissions are deeply inter-connected with political and social contexts. Incorporating insights from political economy, socio-technical transitions, and public policy, this book provides a framework for understanding the role of specific ideas, interests, and institutions in shaping and driving sustainable change. The chapters present examples at global, national, and local scales, spanning from the 1990s to 2020s. This volume will prove valuable for graduate students, researchers, and policymakers interested in the politics and policy of climate change.

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Reviews

'Accessibly and engagingly written, this book expertly guides the reader through the complex world of climate politics, combining interdisciplinary theoretical insights and astute empirical observations to show how and why we have to place politics centrally in understanding societal responses to the threat of climate change.' Peter Newell, University of Sussex, author of Power Shift and States of Transition 'Caroline Kuzemko marvelously draws on international political economy, sociotechnical transitions and public policy to show why mitigation politics have remained poorly understood in the past, and why politicisation is key for designing effective policies going forward. This book is an indispensable read for scholars of climate politics and anyone who takes an interest in fighting dangerous climate change.' Andreas Goldthau, University of Erfurt

Author Information

Caroline Kuzemko is a Reader in International Political Economy at the University of Warwick. Her work explores the roles of politics and policy in enabling, constraining, and shaping sustainable energy transformations at international, national, and local governing scales. She is an award-winning author, is a Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and co-founder and co-lead of the Energy Policy, Politics and Governance research network of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). Her publications include the books The Energy Security-Climate Nexus: Institutional Change in the UK and Beyond (2013, Springer) and The Global Energy Challenge: Environment, Development, and Security (2018, Bloomsbury); and a journal special section on New Directions in the International Political Economy of Energy in the Review of International Political Economy (2019). Prior to her academic career, Caroline was a Director at the Union Bank of Switzerland, where she worked in Latin American equities.

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