Climate Change and the Oil Industry - Common Problem, Varying Strategies

Informationen zum Autor Jon Birger Skjaerseth is Senior Research fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute Tora Skodvin is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Political Science at the University of Oslo Klappentext This volume considers how multinational corporations can be part of the solution to environmental problems, focusing on the climate strategies of ExxonMobil, Shell, and Statoil as case studies. The analysis generates policy-relevant knowledge about whether and how corporate resistance to climate policy can be overcome. The analytical approach developed by the authors is also applicable to other areas of environmental degradation where multinational corporations play a central role. Invaluable to students, researchers and practitioners interested in national and international environmental politics, and business environmental management. An important and timely volume given the challenges facing environmentalists and policy-makers following the breakdown of the Kyoto protocol. Zusammenfassung Presents a detailed study of the climate strategies of ExxonMobil, Shell and Statoil. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. Analytical framework3. The climate strategies of the oil industry4. The corporate actor model5. Domestic political context6.The international regime model7. Concluding remarks

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• Authors: Jon Skjaerseth, Jon Birger Skjærseth, Jon Birger Skjaerseth Skjaerseth, Jon Birger Skodvin Skjaerseth, Jon Birger Skjrseth, Tora Skodvin, Tora Skjaerseth Skodvin
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2003
• EAN: 9780719065583
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6558-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Issues in Environmental Politics; Issues in Environmental Politi; Issues in Environmental Politics; Issues in Environmental Politi
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education