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View article: Politicization Conflicts in Global Climate Governance
Politicization Conflicts in Global Climate Governance Open
The history of global climate governance can be seen as a series of politicization conflicts. Countries seek to either legitimize and strengthen hard-won global rules or reinterpret or replace them. This chapter focuses on one such conflic…
View article: Rethinking the science-policy interface for chemicals, waste, and pollution: Challenging core assumptions
Rethinking the science-policy interface for chemicals, waste, and pollution: Challenging core assumptions Open
Negotiations are ongoing but fraught for designing a new global science-policy panel for chemicals and waste pollution. In this Perspectives article, we challenge three assumptions guiding these negotiations. First, the new panel should re…
View article: On thin ice – a review of multi-level governance regarding Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern (CEAC)
On thin ice – a review of multi-level governance regarding Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern (CEAC) Open
Governance of CEAC in the Arctic spans global, regional, and national levels. Strengthening coordination across levels is key to addressing CEAC risks and protecting Arctic ecosystems.
View article: Reflections on the first Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement
Reflections on the first Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement Open
This commentary reflects on the first Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement on climate change to offer insights for advancing climate actions and informing future GST cycles. The first GST, which concluded at COP28 in 2023, demo…
View article: Advocating for health and climate
Advocating for health and climate Open
In recent years, health advocacy on climate change has gathered momentum. Until the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, relatively few health-focused organizations were engaged in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cha…
View article: Comparative Fortunes of Ecosystem Services as an International Governance Concept
Comparative Fortunes of Ecosystem Services as an International Governance Concept Open
Conservation biologists and environmental economists popularized ecosystem services as a governance concept in the 1990s. The concept, it was hoped, would valorize biodiversity conservation to place it on a level playing field with the eco…
View article: Global environmental agreement-making: Upping the methodological and ethical stakes of studying negotiations
Global environmental agreement-making: Upping the methodological and ethical stakes of studying negotiations Open
This perspective identifies how recent advances contribute to re-evaluating and re-constructing global environmental negotiations as a research object by calling into question who constitutes an actor and what constitutes a site of agreeme…
View article: Making the Paris Agreement: Historical Processes and the Drivers of Institutional Design
Making the Paris Agreement: Historical Processes and the Drivers of Institutional Design Open
After a decade-long search, countries finally agreed on a new climate treaty in 2015. The Paris Agreement has attracted attention both for overcoming years of gridlock and for its novel features. Here, we build on accounts explaining why s…
View article: The Practical Fit of Concepts: Ecosystem Services and the Value of Nature
The Practical Fit of Concepts: Ecosystem Services and the Value of Nature Open
Conceptual innovations are a central feature of global environmental governance. Confronting degradation and unsustainability, scholars and practitioners turn to new concepts to identify, make sense of, and chart new directions towards mea…
View article: Dangerous Incrementalism of the Paris Agreement
Dangerous Incrementalism of the Paris Agreement Open
After a decade of negotiation, countries adopted a new, legally binding agreement on climate change. Excitement for a new era in the climate regime is palpable among pundits and policy makers alike. But such enthusiasm largely overlooks th…
View article: The Politics of the Anthropocene, John S. Dryzek and Jonathan Pickering (Oxford University Press, 2019), 224 pp., $78 cloth, $26 paper, $25.99 eBook.
The Politics of the Anthropocene, John S. Dryzek and Jonathan Pickering (Oxford University Press, 2019), 224 pp., $78 cloth, $26 paper, $25.99 eBook. Open
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View article: Activists across issues : forum multiplying and the new climate change activism
Activists across issues : forum multiplying and the new climate change activism Open
To a growing class of climate change activists, climate change is not only an environmental issue – it is a labour, gender, justice, indigenous rights, and faith (to name a few) issue. All starting at roughly the same time, an influx of no…