Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 256 pages)
ISBN:
9789811263750
Content:
"The year 2020 was a watershed event in the history of climate change politics. It marked the end of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol and the beginning of the ambitious Paris Agreement. It was also the year of the pandemic, where the disruption caused severe implications on a global scale. The pandemic also brought before the world the severity and scale of the transboundary challenges in a globally interconnected world. It exposed the weaknesses of the global institutions and governance structures in tackling the complex and imminent threat of climate change. As states prepare for the future of global climate change negotiations post the COP26 event of 2021, there has been a significant shift in the politics of climate change at all levels. The negotiations took place in the shadows of the pandemic, which has challenged the political lethargy and non-committal attitudes of states on the climate change question. Unlike in the past, climate change is now a hot issue on the political high tables. It has also spilled outside these negotiating spaces and into the public sphere. Whether it is the school strikes led by children or the indigenous struggles of marginalized populations, the politics of climate change today is far more diverse, representative, and active. At the same time, we can witness the shifts in the state's understanding of the problem, which is actively inquiring about its security and geopolitical dimensions. The boundaries between traditional and non-traditional threats to security are getting blurred as climate change, and its myriad impacts wreak havoc on ecosystem resilience, the state's welfare capacity, and people's everyday lives. Hence, this volume seeks to decipher the nature of global climate change politics in the post-pandemic and climate insecure world. Who will be its main actors, main stakeholders, and losers? How will questions of equity, sustainability, and finance interplay at the COP26 event and thereafter? How will developing and poor countries engage with the issue in the next phase of climate politics? Finally, how will the ambition of the Paris Agreement, which is reflected in the language of net-zero targets and the two degrees Celsius temperature goals, be brought into action?"--
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Politics of Climate Change: Accords and Discord -- Introduction -- IPCC Report 2022: Cold Truths for a Warming Planet -- India and Climate Change Narratives -- Structure of the Volume -- Part 1: Issues -- Part 2: Institutions and Initiatives -- Part 3: Climate Change from an Indian Perspective -- References -- Section I Issues -- Chapter 2 All Ships Are Not Raised: The Politics of Climate Disasters in the Anthropocene -- Introduction -- Climate Change and Its Interpretations -- Post-Paris World and Fresh Consensus -- Anthropocene and International Relations -- The Anthropocene Debate: A View from the South -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Climatic Politics of Non-State Actors in the Post-Pandemic Era: Insights from Eco-Cinema of the Global South -- Introduction -- The Aesthetic Turn in International Relations -- Theoretical and Methodological Framework -- Climate Change and International Relations -- Temporality of Climate Change: Pre-trauma and Risk -- Aesthetics of Excess: Charismatic Species, Sublime Landscapes, and Spectacles -- Cinema of the Global South: Four Alternative Visions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Climate Change as a New Area of Sino-Quad Competition: Pacific Islands Perspectives -- The Context: Australia and China's Influence in the South Pacific -- The Meaning of "Security" for PICs and Its Foreign Policy Strategies -- Climate Change's Impact on PICs -- The "Green" Rivalry between Quad and China in the South Pacific -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 Political Economy of River Ecocide in Bangladesh: A Study in the Context of Dhaleshwari River -- Introduction -- Research Objective -- Conceptual Framework -- Methodology -- Area of Study -- Findings.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789811263743
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789811263743
Language:
English
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