Climate and Environment

The Doctor and the Cure: The Crisis of Sovereignty in the Twenty-first Century

Manu Bhagavan • Feb 24 2017 • Articles

Contemporary populists are looking backwards, hoping to fix our problems by drawing from a medical toolkit from a previous century.

Interview – Charlotte Epstein

E-International Relations • Jan 29 2017 • Features

Charlotte Epstein discusses the impact Foucault has had on her thinking, explains why discourse matters in the study of IR, and assesses the politics of surveillance.

The Environment

Raul Pacheco-Vega • Jan 19 2017 • Articles

The world’s states have been able to find common ground in relation to the flagpole issues of global warming and climate change. This trend must continue so that we can live healthily and happily on Planet Earth.

Civil Society and NGOs as Drivers of Change in Environmental Governance

Emilie Dupuits • Jun 13 2016 • Articles

Civil society’s involvement in global environmental governance and the effects of internationalisation processes on civil society forms of autonomy and expertise have had considerable impact.

Refusing to Acknowledge the Problem of Climate Change Denial

Kirsti M. Jylhä • Jun 13 2016 • Articles

It would be beneficial to plan mitigation policies and communication strategies by taking negative consequences and societal impact into account.

Transversal Environmental Policies

Gustavo Sosa-Nunez • May 31 2016 • Articles

Environmental policies can assist in establishing a policy reform which promotes the development of a strict approach to environmental protection and conservation.

New Practices and Narratives of Environmental Diplomacy

Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær • May 29 2016 • Articles

What the cases of green growth networks such as the Cartagena Dialogue illustrate is how environmental diplomacy is shaped by and shaping the neoliberal world order.

Renewable Energy: Global Challenges

Lada V. Kochtcheeva • May 27 2016 • Articles

Although the adoption of renewable energy sources is increasing, widespread adoption is constrained by a multitude of policy, regulatory, social and financial barriers.

The Institutionalisation of Climate Change in Global Politics

Nina Hall • May 27 2016 • Articles

The Paris agreement was a positive step but we need continued and concerted action from civil society to decouple economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions.

Global Climate Change Finance

Simone Lucatello • May 23 2016 • Articles

In a complex panorama, the global financial architecture for climate change is an evolving issue, where actors and rules are constantly engaging in transformation.

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