Post-Kyoto Climate Governance Confronting the Politics of Scale, Ideology and Knowledge Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics Series
Auteur : Zia Asim
In the midst of human-induced global climate change, powerful industrialized nations and rapidly industrializing nations are still heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Even if we arrive at a Hubbert?s peak for oil extraction in the 21st century, the availability of technologically recoverable coal and natural gas will mean that fossil fuels continue to be burned for many years to come, and our civilization will have to deal with the consequences far into the future. Climate change will not discriminate between rich and poor nations, and yet the UN-driven process of negotiating a global climate governance regime has hit serious roadblocks.
This book takes a trans-disciplinary perspective to identify the causes of failure in developing an international climate policy regime and lays out a roadmap for developing a post-Kyoto (post-2012) climate governance regime in the light of lessons learned from the Kyoto phase. Three critical policy analytical lenses are used to evaluate the inherent complexity of designing post-Kyoto climate policy: the politics of scale; the politics of ideology; and the politics of knowledge. The politics of scale lens focuses on the theme of temporal and spatial discounting observed in human societies and how it impacts the allocation of environmental commons and natural resources across space and time. The politics of ideology lens focuses on the themes of risk and uncertainty perception in complex, pluralistic human societies. The politics of knowledge lens focuses on the themes of knowledge and power dynamics in terms of governance and policy designs, such as marketization of climate governance observed in the Kyoto institutional regime.
1. Introduction: Post-Kyoto climate governance 2. The Politics of Scale I: Temporal and Spatial Discounting 3. The Politics of Scale II: Synergies and trade-offs in complex systems 4. The Politics of Ideology I: Risk perceptions and psychology of denial 5. The Politics of Ideology II: Communicating uncertain climate change risk 6. The Politics of Knowledge I: Marketization of climate governance 7. The Politics of Knowledge II: Accountability and adaptation 8. Governing Environmental Complexity
Asim Zia is Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics at the University of Vermont, USA
Date de parution : 01-2013
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Date de parution : 05-2015
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Thèmes de Post-Kyoto Climate Governance :
Mots-clés :
Kyoto; climate; climate change; climate governance; environmental politics; environment; environmental studies; environmental economics; ecological economics; climate science; environmental law; environmental psychology; political geography; political science; political ecology; political anthropology; international relations; environmental sociology; climate policy; scale; ideology; knowledge; Social Ecological Systems; Loss Aversive Behavior; Mitigate GHG Emission; Climate Governance Regime; GHG Emission; UNFCCC Negotiation; Decision Heuristic; Flood Insurance; Designated Operational Entities; General Science Literacy; Accountability Challenges; Governance Networks; CDM Executive Board; Complex Governance Networks; TEEB Project; Performance Outcome Measures; Bind GHG Emission Reduction; CDM; Area's Median Household Income; Policy Architectures; Emission Entitlements; Global Climate Governance; AF