Feeling the Heat The Politics of Climate Policy in Rapidly Industrializing Countries

by Bailey, Ian; Compston, Hugh

• ISBN13: 9780230280403
• ISBN10: 0230280404
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control by major emitters outside the affluent West. The authors investigate the political obstacles in BRIC countries and what their governments could do to strengthen climate policies without incurring serious political damage.

Author Biography

Ian Bailey is Associate Professor of Human Geography at the University of Plymouth UK. He specializes in European and UK climate policy, carbon markets and energy policy. Hugh Compston is Professor of Politics at Cardiff University, UK. He has published widely on political economy, public policy and climate politics. Recent books include Policy Network and Policy Change Climate Change and Political strategy.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures and Box	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
Series Editor's Preface: Energy, Climate and the Environment	p. xi
Notes on Contributors	p. xiii
List of Abbreviations	p. xvi
Introduction	p. 1
Context
Climate Policy: Issues and Opportunities for Rapidly Industrializing Countries	p. 19
BRICs in the Global Climate Regime: Rapidly Industrializing Countries and International Climate Negotiations	p. 38
Ever Closer Partnerships? European Union Relations with Rapidly Industrializing Countries on Climate Change	p. 57
The United States and Rapidly Industrializing Countries: Climate Policy in Bilateral Relations	p. 75
Analysis
Supporting China's Green Leap Forward: Political Strategies for China's Climate Policies	p. 97
India and Climate Change: Energy, Equity and Development	p. 123
More Than Hot Air: The Economics and Politics of Climate Change in Russia	p. 149
Climate Politics in Brazil: Public Awareness, Social Transformations and Emissions Reduction	p. 175
Conclusions
Political Strategy and Climate Policy in Rapidly Industrializing Countries	p. 205
Index	p. 231
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