Global Environmental Politics

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Volume 21, issue 4, 2021

Green Industrial Policy and the Global Transformation of Climate Politics pp. 1-19

Bentley Allan, Joanna I. Lewis and Thomas Oatley

Energy and the Complexity of International Order pp. 20-41

Thomas Oatley

Green Industrial Policy After Paris: Renewable Energy Policy Measures and Climate Goals pp. 42-63

Joanna I. Lewis

International Ozone Negotiations and the Green Spiral pp. 64-87

Nina Kelsey

The Enemy Within? Green Industrial Policy and Stranded Assets in China's Power Sector pp. 88-109

Jonas Nahm and Johannes Urpelainen

The Challenges of Coal Phaseout: Coal Plant Development and Foreign Finance in Indonesia and Vietnam pp. 110-133

Xue Gao, Michael Davidson, Joshua Busby, Christine Shearer and Joshua Eisenman

Making Industrial Policy Work for Decarbonization pp. 134-147

Jonas Meckling

It All Hinges on China: Environmental Governance in the Twenty-First Century pp. 148-153

Mark Henderson

Global Environmental Governance and the Accountability Trap pp. 154-156

Nino David Jordan

Fueling Resistance pp. 156-158

Sandra O'Neil

Strange Natures: Conservation in the Era of Synthetic Biology pp. 158-160

Adam Wickberg

Volume 21, issue 3, 2021

Introduction pp. 1-3

Steven Bernstein, Matthew Hoffmann and Erika Weinthal

Rethinking the Climate–Conflict Nexus: A Human–Environmental–Climate Security Approach pp. 4-25

Marwa Daoudy

Massive Institutional Structures in Global Governance pp. 26-48

Rakhyun E. Kim and Jean-Frédéric Morin

Environmental Impacts and Public Opinion About International Trade: Experimental Evidence from Six OECD Countries pp. 49-76

Quynh Nguyen, Robert A. Huber and Thomas Bernauer

Value Judgments at the Heart of Green Transformation: The Leverage of Pension Fund Investors pp. 77-96

Monika Berg

Populism and Environmental Performance pp. 97-123

Tobias Böhmelt

Transparency in Environmental and Resource Governance: Theories of Change for the EITI pp. 124-146

Philippe Le Billon, Päivi Lujala and Siri Aas Rustad

Building Environmental Peace: The UN Environment Programme and Knowledge Creation for Environmental Peacebuilding pp. 147-168

Natalia Dalmer

Marine Biodiversity Negotiations During COVID-19: A New Role for Digital Diplomacy? pp. 169-186

Alice B. M. Vadrot, Arne Langlet, Ina Tessnow- von Wysocki, Petro Tolochko, Emmanuelle Brogat and Silvia C. Ruiz-Rodríguez

Reckoning with Empires: Global Environmental Politics and the Decline and Fall of Nature pp. 187-193

Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith

Cold Rush: The Astonishing True Story of the New Quest for the Polar North pp. 194-196

Chad Briggs

Living Well at Others’ Expense: The Hidden Costs of Western Prosperity pp. 196-197

Ayesha Umar

The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age pp. 197-199

Lori Lee Oates

Volume 21, issue 2, 2021

Introduction pp. 1-2

Steven Bernstein, Matthew Hoffmann and Erika Weinthal

The Practical Fit of Concepts: Ecosystem Services and the Value of Nature pp. 3-22

Hayley Stevenson, Graeme Auld, Jen Iris Allan, Lorraine Elliott and James Meadowcroft

Making Representations: The SDG Process and Major Groups’ Images of the Future pp. 23-43

Henrike Knappe and Oscar Schmidt

Policy Characteristics, Electoral Cycles, and the Partisan Politics of Climate Change pp. 44-72

Kai Schulze

The Elusive Governance of Climate Change: Nationally Determined Contributions as Commitments and Negotiating Positions pp. 73-98

Justin Leinaweaver and Robert Thomson

The Potential and Limits of Environmental Disclosure Regulation: A Global Value Chain Perspective Applied to Tanker Shipping pp. 99-120

René Taudal Poulsen, Stefano Ponte, Judith van Leeuwen and Nishatabbas Rehmatulla

Future-Proofing Capitalism: The Paradox of the Circular Economy for Plastics pp. 121-142

Alice Mah

Public–Private Inquiries: Institutional Intermediaries and the Transparency Nexus in Global Resource Development pp. 143-158

Deanna Kemp and John R. Owen

Animals: Hierarchies of Life and Death pp. 159-164

Sarah J. Martin

Energy Cooperation in South Asia: Utilising Natural Resources for Peace and Sustainable Development pp. 165-166

Juliann Emmons Allison

Science and Environment in Chile: The Politics of Expert Advice in a Neoliberal Democracy pp. 167-168

Casey Stevens

Carbon Markets in a Climate-Changing Capitalism pp. 168-170

Jongeun You

Volume 21, issue 1, 2021

Planetary Disasters: Wildness and the Perennial Struggle for Control pp. 3-12

Paul Wapner

Varieties of Crises: Comparing the Politics of COVID-19 and Climate Change pp. 13-22

Hamish van der Ven and Yixian Sun

Silver Lining to Extreme Weather Events? Democracy and Climate Change Mitigation pp. 23-53

Lauri Peterson

Build Back Better? Effects of Crisis on Climate Change Adaptation Through Solar Power in Japan and the United States pp. 54-75

Timothy Fraser, Lily Cunningham and Amos Nasongo

Embracing the Darkness: Methods for Tackling Uncertainty and Complexity in Environmental Disaster Risks pp. 76-88

Miriam Matejova and Chad M. Briggs

Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Maritime Baselines: Responding to the Plight of Low-Lying Atoll States pp. 89-107

Chris Armstrong and Jack Corbett

Intergovernmental Expert Consensus in the Making: The Case of the Summary for Policy Makers of the IPCC 2014 Synthesis Report pp. 108-129

Kari De Pryck

Participatory Designs and Epistemic Authority in Knowledge Platforms for Sustainability pp. 130-151

Alejandro Esguerra and Sandra van der Hel

Fishing Across Disciplines pp. 152-156

J. Samuel Barkin

Volume 20, issue 4, 2020

Introduction pp. 1-3

Steven Bernstein, Matthew Hoffmann, Erika Weinthal, Matto Mildenberger and Michaël Aklin

Prisoners of the Wrong Dilemma: Why Distributive Conflict, Not Collective Action, Characterizes the Politics of Climate Change pp. 4-27

Michaël Aklin and Matto Mildenberger

Beliefs About Consequences from Climate Action Under Weak Climate Institutions: Sectors, Home Bias, and International Embeddedness pp. 28-50

Patrick Bayer and Federica Genovese

Political Institutions and Supply-Side Climate Politics: Lessons from Coal Ports in Canada and the United States pp. 51-72

Kathryn Harrison

Catalytic Cooperation pp. 73-98

Thomas Hale

Following the Leaders? How to Restore Progress in Global Climate Governance pp. 99-121

Joshua W. Busby and Johannes Urpelainen

Experiments in EU Climate Governance: The Unfulfilled Potential of the Covenant of Mayors pp. 122-142

Ekaterina Domorenok, Giuseppe Acconcia, Lena Bendlin and Xira Ruiz Campillo

Big Oil and Climate Regulation: Business as Usual or a Changing Business? pp. 143-166

Irja Vormedal, Lars H. Gulbrandsen and Jon Birger Skjærseth

Business for Climate: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Policy Support from Transnational Companies pp. 167-191

Daniel Witte

Nature Conservation, Extractivist Conflicts, and Indigenous Rights in the Americas pp. 192-197

Sherrie Baver

The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security pp. 198-200

Jeannie Sowers

Disaster upon Disaster: Exploring the Gap Between Knowledge, Policy and Practice pp. 200-202

Ronnie D. Lipschutz

Repowering Cities: Governing Climate Change Mitigation in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto pp. 202-204

Corina McKendry

Volume 20, issue 3, 2020

Taking Technology Seriously: Introduction to the Special Issue on NewTechnologies and Global Environmental Politics pp. 1-8

Simon Nicholson and JesseL. Reynolds

Nature 4.0: Assisted Evolution, De-extinction, and EcologicalRestoration Technologies pp. 9-27

LesliePaul Thiele

Governing New Biotechnologies for Biodiversity Conservation: GeneDrives, International Law, and Emerging Politics pp. 28-48

JesseL. Reynolds

Precision Technologies for Agriculture: Digital Farming, Gene-EditedCrops, and the Politics of Sustainability pp. 49-69

Jennifer Clapp and Sarah-Louise Ruder

Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal: The Problem ofPhasedown pp. 70-92

EdwardA. Parson and HollyJ. Buck

Steering and Influence in Transnational Climate Governance: NonstateEngagement in Solar Geoengineering Research pp. 93-111

JoshuaB. Horton and Barbara Koremenos

Redefining Waste to Create Action: The Economic Considerations andCultural Politics of Global Waste pp. 112-117

EllenE. Moore

The Politics of theAnthropocene pp. 118-120

Conrad George

Climate Change and Ocean Governance: Politics and Policy forThreatened Seas pp. 120-121

Elizabeth Nyman

Beyond Greenwash? Explaining Credibility in TransnationalEco-Labeling pp. 121-123

Thomas Hickmann

Volume 20, issue 2, 2020

Introduction pp. 1-2

Steven Bernstein, Matthew Hoffmann and Erika Weinthal

Shadows of Divestment: The Complications of Diverting Fossil Fuel Finance pp. 3-11

Kate J. Neville

Which Way Forward in Measuring the Quality of Life? A Critical Analysis of Sustainability and Well-Being Indicator Sets pp. 12-36

Doris Fuchs, Bernd Schlipphak, Oliver Treib, Le Anh Nguyen Long and Markus Lederer

Capitalism and Earth System Governance: An Ecological Marxist Approach pp. 37-56

Michael J. Albert

Political Perspectives on Geoengineering: Navigating Problem Definition and Institutional Fit Abstract: Geoengineering technologies are by definition only effective at scale, and so international policy development of some sort will be unavoidable. It is therefore important to include governability as a dimension when assessing the technologies’ feasibility and potential role in addressing climate change. The few existing studies that address this question indicate that for some technologies, policy development at the international level could be exceedingly difficult. This study provides an in-depth, theoretically informed analysis of the obstacles that policymakers face when addressing geoengineering governance. Using data in the form of negotiation proceedings, observations, and interviews with government officials from seven different countries, it argues that a significant part of the challenge lies in dissonances between problem definitions that are widely used in the geoengineering governance debate and the structures and expectations that shape environmental policy making. These include a lack of institutional fit between the process-based differentiation of geoengineering technologies (carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management) and the international legal architecture, a lack of fit between the urgency of demanded governance action and prevalent scientific and political uncertainties, and a lack of fit between risk–risk trade-off narratives and the precautionary norms of environmental governance pp. 57-82

Ina Möller

Under What Conditions Will the Paris Process Produce a Cycle of Increasing Ambition Sufficient to Reach the 2°C Goal? pp. 83-104

Håkon Sælen

Brokering Climate Action: The UNFCCC Secretariat Between Parties and Nonparty Stakeholders pp. 105-127

Barbara Saerbeck, Mareike Well, Helge Jörgens, Alexandra Goritz and Nina Kolleck

Political Economy Determinants of Carbon Pricing pp. 128-156

Sebastian Levi, Christian Flachsland and Michael Jakob

The Paradox of Scale: How NGOs Build, Maintain, and Lose Authority in Environmental Governance pp. 162-164

Craig N. Murphy

Africa’s Gene Revolution: Genetically Modified Crops and the Future of African Agriculture pp. 164-166

Robert L. Paarlberg

Ecomodernism: Technology, Politics and the Climate Crisis pp. 166-168

Peter Howson

Volume 20, issue 1, 2020

Introduction pp. 1-2

Steven Bernstein, Matthew Hoffmann and Erika Weinthal

Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Learning from CITESCoP17 pp. 3-10

Alfie ChristopherByron Gaffney and Darrick Evensen

A Multiscalar and Justice-Led Analysis of REDD+: A Case Study of theNorwegian–Ethiopian Partnership pp. 11-37

David Brown and Marion MacLellan

Between the Global Commodity Boom and Subnational State Capacities:Payment for Environmental Services to Fight Deforestation inArgentina pp. 38-59

Isabella Alcañiz and RicardoA. Gutierrez

Public Opinion and the Legitimacy of Global Private EnvironmentalGovernance pp. 60-81

FabianG. Neuner

Go Means Green: Diasporas’ Affinity for EcologicalGroups pp. 82-102

Anca Turcu and R. Urbatsch

What We Know (and Could Know) About International EnvironmentalAgreements pp. 103-121

RonaldB. Mitchell, LilianaB. Andonova, Mark Axelrod, Jörg Balsiger, Thomas Bernauer, JessicaF. Green, James Hollway, RakhyunE. Kim and Jean-Frédéric Morin

Utopia and the Anthropocene pp. 122-126

J.Samuel Barkin

The Governance of Solar Geoengineering: Managing Climate Changein theAnthropocene pp. 127-129

Simon Nicholson

Energy and Climate Policies in China and India: A Two-LevelComparativeStudy pp. 129-130

Anthony Szczurek

Mindmade Politics: The Cognitive Roots of International ClimateGovernance pp. 131-133

Matto Mildenberger