Climate for Change - Non-State Actors and the Global Politics of the Greenhouse

Describes how non-state actors have shaped the international global warming debate, for researchers, policy-makers and students.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Politics in a warming world: introduction; 2. Existing approaches: problems and limitations; 3. Knowledge, frames and the scientific community; 4. Climate of opinion: the agenda-setting role of the mass media; 5. Climate for business: the political influence of the fossil fuel lobbies; 6. Climate for change: environmental NGOs; 7. Conclusion: states, NGOs and the future of global climate politics; Appendix A: list of abbreviations; Appendix B: chronology of the international response to the issue of climate change; References; Index.

Summary

Climate for Change provides a challenging explanation of how non-state actors have shaped the international global warming debate. It will be of interest to all researchers and policy-makers associated with climate change, and will be used on university courses in international relations, politics and environmental studies.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Newell
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.09.2000
• EAN: 9780521632508
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63250-8
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 237 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Pollution & threats to the environment, Pollution and threats to the environment