5. International Climate Cooperation in an Era of Geopolitical Turmoil

This article critiques the dominant collective action model in climate change policy, arguing that empirical evidence weakly supports the theory, and that distributive conflicts, rather than free-riding, better explain global climate policy patterns. Read more

This article is about how green industrial policies are changing global environmental politics by driving technological innovation, affecting domestic and international economies, and increasing competition between countries to lead in green industries, with big impacts on climate action, social policy, and global power dynamics. Read more

This case-based approach helps to understand the origins of the Paris Agreement with a foundation on scientific knowledge, but also offers a unique, historically grounded way to examine questions of institutional design. Read more

This article unpacks the scope for renewed progress on climate change by exploring the relationship between leaders and followers. Read more

An introduction to understanding climate politics as a contest between owners of assets that accelerate climate change and owners of assets vulnerable to climate change. Read more

This article explores how we are behind in emissions reductions progress and the reasons for this, including how attention is being rebalanced to shifting politics and national policies. Read more

This article argues that a climate change regime complex has advantages over politically feasible comprehensive regimes, but is still unlikely to lead to meaningful reductions in emissions. Read more

This book explains why the transformations needed for emissions cuts must rise locally. It serves as a road map of institutional design that can lead to self-sustaining reductions in emissions that global diplomacy has failed to achieve. Read more