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Climate governance in the developing world / edited by David Held, Charles Roger, Eva-Maria Nag.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Polity, 2013.Description: xix, 284 pages ; illustrations : 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780745662770 (pbk.)
  • 9780745662763 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005259 23 363.7387456091724 CLI
LOC classification:
  • QC
Contents:
Editors' introduction : climate governance in the developing world / David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag -- Part I. Asia. A green revolution : China's governance of energy and climate change / David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag -- The evolution of climate policy in India : poverty and global ambition in tension / Aaron Atteridge -- The dynamics of climate change governance in Indonesia / Budy P. Resosudarmo, Fitrian Ardiansyah and Lucestezza Napitupulu -- Low carbon green growth and climate change governance in South Korea / Jae-Seung Lee -- Part II. Americas. Discounting the future : the politics of climate change in Argentina / Matías Franchini and Eduardo Viola -- Controlling the Amazon : Brazil's evolving response to climate change / David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag -- Making 'peace with nature' : Costa Rica's campaign for climate neutrality / Robert Fletcher -- A climate leader? : the politics and practice of climate governance in Mexico / Simone Pulver -- Part III. Africa. Resources and revenues : the political economy of climate initiatives in Egypt / Jeannie Sowers -- Ethiopia's path to a climate-resilient green economy / David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag -- Reducing climate change vulnerability in Mozambique : from policy to practice / Angus Hervey and Jessica Blythe -- Reaching the crossroads : the development of climate governance in South Africa / Lesley Masters.
Summary: "Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Some scholars have gone so far as to argue that these targets are now even more ambitious than those put forward by their wealthier counterparts. But what really lies behind these new pledges? What actions are being taken to meet them? And what stumbling blocks lie in the way of their realization? In this book, an international group of scholars seeks to address these questions by analysing the experiences of twelve states from across Asia, the Americas and Africa. The authors map the evolution of climate policies in each country and examine the complex array of actors, interests, institutions and ideas that has shaped their approaches. Offering the most comprehensive analysis thus far of the unique challenges that developing countries face in the domain of climate change, Climate Governance in the Developing World reveals the political, economic and environmental realities that underpin the pledges made by developing states, and which together determine the chances of success and failure."--Page 4 of cover.
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Editors' introduction : climate governance in the developing world / David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag --
Part I. Asia. A green revolution : China's governance of energy and climate change / David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag --
The evolution of climate policy in India : poverty and global ambition in tension / Aaron Atteridge --
The dynamics of climate change governance in Indonesia / Budy P. Resosudarmo, Fitrian Ardiansyah and Lucestezza Napitupulu --
Low carbon green growth and climate change governance in South Korea / Jae-Seung Lee --
Part II. Americas. Discounting the future : the politics of climate change in Argentina / Matías Franchini and Eduardo Viola --
Controlling the Amazon : Brazil's evolving response to climate change / David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag --
Making 'peace with nature' : Costa Rica's campaign for climate neutrality / Robert Fletcher --
A climate leader? : the politics and practice of climate governance in Mexico / Simone Pulver --
Part III. Africa. Resources and revenues : the political economy of climate initiatives in Egypt / Jeannie Sowers --
Ethiopia's path to a climate-resilient green economy / David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag --
Reducing climate change vulnerability in Mozambique : from policy to practice / Angus Hervey and Jessica Blythe --
Reaching the crossroads : the development of climate governance in South Africa / Lesley Masters.


"Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Some scholars have gone so far as to argue that these targets are now even more ambitious than those put forward by their wealthier counterparts. But what really lies behind these new pledges? What actions are being taken to meet them? And what stumbling blocks lie in the way of their realization? In this book, an international group of scholars seeks to address these questions by analysing the experiences of twelve states from across Asia, the Americas and Africa. The authors map the evolution of climate policies in each country and examine the complex array of actors, interests, institutions and ideas that has shaped their approaches. Offering the most comprehensive analysis thus far of the unique challenges that developing countries face in the domain of climate change, Climate Governance in the Developing World reveals the political, economic and environmental realities that underpin the pledges made by developing states, and which together determine the chances of success and failure."--Page 4 of cover.

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