The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations: Strategies and Variables in Prolonged International Negotiations

The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations: Strategies and Variables in Prolonged International Negotiations
ISBN-10
1783472103
ISBN-13
9781783472109
Category
Climate change mitigation
Pages
213
Language
English
Published
2014
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Author
Christian Downie

Description

The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations describes the successes and failures of long international negotiations and, most importantly, examines the lessons they hold for the future. Drawing on more than 100 interviews with climate change insiders including former ministers, chief negotiators and presidential advisers, Christian Downie presents a rare inside account of why states agree to what they do, why they change their position in long negotiations, and he identifies eight strategies that others can use to influence the most powerful states in the world. This book will be invaluable to academics and students working in the fields of international relations, political science, negotiation studies and global environmental politics. It will be of equal value to diplomats, policymakers and various nongovernmental organizations that seek to influence international negotiations.

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