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.

Sommario

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Newell
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.05.2011
• EAN: 9780521632508
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63250-8
• Pagine: 234
• Dimensioni: 157 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 537 g
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia