John Vogler examines the international politics of climate change, with a focus on the United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCCC). He considers how the international system treats the problem of climate change, analysing the ways in which this has been defined by the international community and the interests and alignments of state governments.

Multi-faceted view of climate change from an International Relations, global governance, justice, sustainable development and national identity perspective The author has worked on global environmental issues for more than 20 years and is a member of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Links climate change to ongoing economic, financial and political crises Author focuses on the explicitly political and international dimension of the wider climate problem Includes a dedicated chapter on the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), the international environmental treaty with the broadest legitimacy and membership

Autorentext
John Vogler is Professorial Research Fellow in International Relations at Keele University, UK. He has published widely on the international relations of the environment, the global commons and the external relations of the European Union. For over twenty years he was chair of the British International Studies Association working group on the environment and he is currently a member of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change, Economics and Policy.

Inhalt

1. Introduction
2. Framing and Fragmentation
3. The UNFCCC Regime
4. Interests and Alignments
5. The Pursuit of Justice
6. Recognition and Prestige
7. Structural Change and Climate Politics
8. Conclusion