Overview

The 2009 United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen is often represented as a turning point in global climate politics, when the diplomatic efforts to negotiate a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol failed and was replaced by a fragmented and decentralized climate governance order. In the post-Copenhagen landscape the top-down universal approach to climate governance has gradually given way to a more complex, hybrid and dispersed political landscape involving multiple actors, arenas and sites.Drawing upon contributions from more than 50 internationally renowned scholars, the Handbook assesses the state and direction of climate governance at multilateral, EU, national and local levels. The volume mobilizes multiple scholarly traditions ranging from grand theorizing to close empirical studies of micro-political practices, and spans the ideational and the material, the historical and the contemporary, the normative and the critical. The resulting collection of chapters represents the state of the art and most recent thinking in the rich and expanding scholarship on climate politics and governance. Contributors: C.E. Adler, P. Aldunce, D. Alegría, A. Anderson, S. Andresen, C. Åsberg, K. Bäckstrand, I. Bailey, G. Bang, S. Beck, M. Betsill, H. Betts, F. Biermann, R. Bórquez, M. Boström, H. Bulkeley, D. Ciplet, J. de Koning, L. Dilling, R.S. Dimitrov, K. Dingwerth, C. Dupont, R. Eckersley, F. Fischer, D.R. Fisher, T. Forsyth, V. Galaz, A.M. Galli, J.F. Green, R. Grundmann, A. Gupta, J. Gupta, A. Hansson, P.G. Harris, S. Hayes, K. Hochstetler, M. Hulme, K. Indvik, V. Jankovic, S. Jasanoff, C. Karlsson, M. Khan, M. Klintman, A. Kronsell, M. Lederer, B.-O. Linnér, R.D. Lipschutz, E. Lövbrand, H. Lovell, M. Mason, S. Matti, J. McGee, A. Neimanis, P. Newell, S. Oberthür, A. Oels, C. Okereke, E.A. Page, C.F. Parker, A. Persson, S. Rayner, T. Rayner, P. Revell, J.T. Roberts, H. Schroeder, B. Siebenhüner, M.M. Skutsch, P. Stalley, H. Stevenson, J. Stripple, E. Turnhout, H. van Asselt, E. Viola, J. Vogler, J. Wettestad, V. Wibeck, F. Zelli

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Author:   Karin Bäckstrand ,  Eva Lövbrand
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781783470594

ISBN 10:   1783470593
Pages:   640
Publication Date:   27 November 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Contents: PART I THEORIZING CLIMATE GOVERNANCE 1. Global Governance Markus Lederer 2. Realism John Vogler 3. Political Economy Peter Newell 4. Science and Technology Studies Sheila Jasanoff 5. Governmentality Johannes Stripple and Harriet Bulkeley 6. Deliberative Democracy Hayley Stevenson 7. Feminism Annica Kronsell 8. Normative Theory Edward A. Page PART II PROCESSES AND SITES OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 9. Climate Diplomacy Radoslav S. Dimitrov 10. Geopolitics David Ciplet, J. Timmons Roberts and Mizan Khan 11. Fragmentation Fariborz Zelli and Harro van Asselt 12. Minilateralism Jeffrey McGee 13. The North-South Divide Joyeeta Gupta 14. Transnationalism Klaus Dingwerth and Jessica F. Green 15. Vulnerability Tim Forsyth 16. Climate Skepticism Reiner Grundmann SECTION III THE STATE AND CLIMATE GOVERNANCE 17. Climate Leadership Charles F. Parker and Christer Karlsson 18. China Phillip Stalley 19. The United States Guri Bang 20. The European Union Claire Dupont and Sebastian Oberthür 21. Brazil Eduardo Viola and Kathryn Hochstetler SECTION IV: NON-STATE AGENTS AND INSTITUTIONS OF CLIMATE GOVERNANCE 22. NGOs Michele Betsill 23. Business Chukwumerije Okereke 24. International Bureaucracies Bernd Siebenhüner 25. Science Silke Beck 26. Civil Society Dana R. Fisher and Anya M. Galli 27. Citizen-Consumers Mikael Klintman and Magnus Boström 28. News Media Alison Anderson 29. The City Vladimir Janković SECTION V: MODES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF CLIMATE GOVERNANCE 30. EU Emissions Trading Jørgen Wettestad 31. Low Carbon Economies Heather Lovell 32. Carbon Aaccounting Esther Turnhout, Margaret M. Skutsch and Jessica de Koning 33. Multi-stakeholder Governance Hannah Betts and Heike Schroeder 34. Climate Policy Integration Harro van Asselt, Tim Rayner and Åsa Persson 35. Climate Policy Instruments Simon Matti 36. Climate Engineering Anders Hansson, Steve Rayner and Victoria Wibeck SECTION VI: NORMATIVE IDEALS OF CLIMATE GOVERNANCE 37. Regime Effectiveness Steinar Andresen 38. Ecological Democracy Frank Fischer 39. Transparency Aarti Gupta and Michael Mason 40. Security Angela Oels 41. Adaptation Lisa Dilling 42. Posthumanist Imaginaries Astrida Neimanis, Cecilia Åsberg and Suzi Hayes 43. Resilience Carolina E. Adler, Paulina Aldunce, Katherine Indvik, Denís Alegría, Roxana Bórquez and Victor Galaz SECTION VII: THE FUTURE OF CLIMATE GOVERNANCE: THEORY AND PRACTICE 44. Multilateralism in Crisis? Robyn Eckersley 45. Reform Options Frank Biermann 46. Re-politicizing Climate Governance Ian Bailey and Piers Revell 47. Property and Privatization Ronnie D. Lipschutz 48. Innovation Investments Björn-Ola Linnér and Steve Rayner 49. Knowledge Pluralism Mike Hulme 50. The Future Paul G. Harris Index

Reviews

'Backstrand and Lovbrand have expertly assembled a cutting edge collection of essays that look critically at the changing landscape of climate governance in the post-Copenhagen era. Moving beyond the typical handbook, the collection provides a rich offering of both theoretical and empirical reflections to help students and researchers alike think creatively about governance needs and opportunities in the face of this wicked problem. The book is both an excellent teaching tool and a source of creative inspiration for future climate change research.'- Sikina Jinnah, American University, US;'Backstrand and Lovbrand have crafted an remarkable volume, gathering over fifty cutting-edge scholars engaging every aspect of climate governance-what it has been, what it is, and what it could and should be. This is truly a one-stop shop for grasping the diversity of research on climate governance. It will engage students exploring the field, scholars seeking to understand the state of the art, and practitioners looking to make sense of the challenges of responding to this most crucial of global issues.'- Matthew Hoffman, University of Toronto, Canada;'A breathtaking review which covers the major approaches and actors in the governance of climate change this carefully edited book includes essays from dozens of scholars who are shaping our understanding of responses to the real and existential risks of a warming world. The book is especially strong in its discussion of how critical social theory can help us understand the politics of climate change, in its histories of climate policy, and in the multiple perspectives it provides on the international climate regime across sectors, institutions, countries and scales. I was impressed by the diversity of authors, including the number of women contributors, and by the efforts to connect research to political action.'- Diana Liverman, University of Arizona, US;'In a field already densely populated with handbooks, the Research Handbook on Climate Governance offers a fresh approach to the burgeoning field of climate governance. Drawing on an impressive list of world-leading scholars, Backstrand and Lovbrand have masterfully fashioned a magnificent tour d'horizon of a wide range of climate-related topics, from the normative dimensions of climate governance to its concrete modes of operation and technological underpinnings. This landmark compendium is an indispensable resource for scholars, students and practitioners engaged in climate governance around the world.' - Philipp Pattberg, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

‘A breathtaking review which covers the major approaches and actors in the governance of climate change this carefully edited book includes essays from dozens of scholars who are shaping our understanding of responses to the real and existential risks of a warming world. The book is especially strong in its discussion of how critical social theory can help us understand the politics of climate change, in its histories of climate policy, and in the multiple perspectives it provides on the international climate regime across sectors, institutions, countries and scales. I was impressed by the diversity of authors, including the number of women contributors, and by the efforts to connect research to political action.’ -- Diana Liverman, University of Arizona, US ‘Bäckstrand and Lövbrand have crafted a remarkable volume, gathering over fifty cutting-edge scholars engaging every aspect of climate governance - what it has been, what it is, and what it could and should be. This is truly a one-stop shop for grasping the diversity of research on climate governance. It will engage students exploring the field, scholars seeking to understand the state of the art, and practitioners looking to make sense of the challenges of responding to this most crucial of global issues.’ -- Matthew Hoffman, University of Toronto, Canada ‘As the ambit of climate governance has expanded out from the UN to encompass myriad actors at multiple levels, so too has the challenge of understanding the whole. This comprehensive and expertly edited Handbook provides the alpha and omega of climate governance scholarship. I confidently predict that it will become the standard reference for years to come.’ -- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UK ‘In a field already densely populated with handbooks, the Research Handbook on Climate Governance offers a fresh approach to the burgeoning field of climate governance. Drawing on an impressive list of world-leading scholars, Bäckstrand and Lövbrand have masterfully fashioned a magnificent tour d'horizon of a wide range of climate-related topics, from the normative dimensions of climate governance to its concrete modes of operation and technological underpinnings. This landmark compendium is an indispensable resource for scholars, students and practitioners engaged in climate governance around the world.’ -- Philipp Pattberg, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Edited by Karin Bäckstrand, Professor, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University and Eva Lövbrand, Associate Professor, Department of Thematic Studies: Environmental Change, Linköping University, Sweden

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