To state that climate change and environment issues are important to International Relations is an understatement. Mitigation and adaptation debates, strategies and mechanisms are all developed at the international level. Yet, the complexities of climate change make it a difficult phenomenon for international governance. In the wake of the 2015 Paris conference, this edited collection details current tendencies of study, explores the most important routes of assessing environmental issues as an issue of international governance, and provides perspectives on the route forward.
Environment, Climate Change and International Relations
Edited by: Gustavo Sosa-Nunez & Ed Atkins
Contributors: Mizan R. Khan, Úrsula Oswald Spring, Simon Dalby, Nina Hall, Kirsti M. Jylhä, Emilie Dupuits, Simone Lucatello, Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær, Duncan Depledge, Lada V. Kochtcheeva, Leehi Yona, Alex Lenferna, and Matthew Rimmer.
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
– Ed Atkins & Gustavo Sosa-Nunez
CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPTATION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
– Mizan R. Khan
PERSPECTIVES OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
– Úrsula Oswald Spring
ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: LINKING HUMANITY AND NATURE
– Simon Dalby
THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN GLOBAL POLITICS
– Nina Hall
REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM: INTERESTS OF THE FEW, IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MANY
– Kirsti M. Jylhä
TRANSVERSAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
– Gustavo Sosa-Nunez
ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT: A MISNOMER?
– Ed Atkins
ACTORS OTHER THAN STATES: ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND NGOS AS DRIVERS OF CHANGE
– Emilie Dupuits
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCE
– Simone Lucatello
NEW PRACTICES AND NARRATIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY
– Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær
CLIMATE CHANGE, GEOPOLITICS, AND ARCTIC FUTURES
– Duncan Depledge
RENEWABLE ENERGY: GLOBAL CHALLENGES
– Lada V. Kochtcheeva
THE FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT MOVEMENT WITHIN UNIVERSITIES
– Leehi Yona & Alex Lenferna
INVESTING IN THE FUTURE: NORWAY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT
– Matthew Rimmer
CONCLUSIONS: LOOKING BEYOND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
– Gustavo Sosa-Nunez & Ed Atkins