LThePoliticsofClimateChange.pptVIP

Lecture 2: Climate Change--Perspective of Global Environmental Politics AIS 5038 Perspectives and Intent What about climate change basics? Do you believe that Climate Change is real? Perspective of Sociology—adverse impacts of climate change upon society and the society’s response towards them (government, NGO, corporation, civilians). Disciplinary diversity: Politics of climate change Question of today: How to tackle climate change, an issue veiled with deep uncertainty? Structure of today Section A: Negotiations of two major climate treaties—UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol (climate regime) Section B: Climate change faultilines: Why tensions and disagreements regarding climate change exist between countries? Section C: Discussion Questions to discuss: “Can International regimes be effective means to restrain carbon emissions?” “The global south does not share the same level of duties for the environmental challenges. The north should bear the responsibility.” Global Environmental Politics International environmental problems have no respect for national boundaries. All states contribute to the problem, all must suffer the consequences, though to various degrees and at different times. One state alone cannot solve the problem. But, at the international level there is no central sovereign authority to co-ordinate responses. Global Environmental Politics In international relations, regimes can be defined as ‘the principles, norms, rules and decision-making procedures which form the basis of co-operation on a particular issue in international relations’. By agreeing to a regime, a country voluntarily accepts external influence on how it manages resources in its sovereign territory. So, Any regime for climate change? Putting Climate Change into the Political Agenda 1970s: growing concern in the scientific community about climate change 1979 World Climate Conference 1988: climate change emerged onto the international political agenda at the