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This fully revised and expanded new edition
provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and business actors to multilateral development banks, donors, and cities.
List of contents
Introduction: Governing Climate Change 1.Governing Climate Change: a brief history 2.Governance for whom?Equity, justice, and the politics of sustainable development 3.Between global and local: Governing climate change transnationally 4.Community and the governing of climate change 5.The private governance of climate change 6.Conclusions
About the author
Peter Newell is Professor of International Relations and research director and co-founder of the Rapid Transition Alliance. His research explores the political economy of low carbon energy transitions. He is author of Climate for Change (CUP, 2000), Power Shift (CUP, 2021) and co-author (with Matthew Paterson) of Climate Capitalism (CUP, 2010) Transnational Climate Change Governance (with Harriet Bulkeley et al) (CUP, 2014) and Changing Our Ways (with Freddie Daley and Michelle Twena) (CUP, 2022)
Harriet Bulkeley is Professor at the Department of Geography at Durham University. Her research interests are in the nature and politics of environmental governance with a focus on climate change and urban sustainability. She is co-author (with Vanesa Castan Broto and Gareth Edwards) of Urban Politics and Climate Change (Routledge, 2014) and Transnational Climate Change Governance (CUP, 2014), and co-editor (with Johannes Stripple) of Governing the Climate (CUP, 2014).
Summary
This fully revised and expanded new edition provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and business actors to multilateral development banks, donors, and cities.
