Energy, Climate Change, and Global Governance: The 2015 Paris Agreement in Perspective

Vogler, John

Abstract

This chapter considers the relevance of international cooperation to the governance of global energy and climate issues and the restricted way in whichthese issues are framed. It provides an analysis of the development of the international climate change regime from the negotiation of the UNFCCC to the implementation of its Kyoto Protocol and the search for a new but very different agreement, achieved at Paris in late 2015. The Paris outcome reflected the intersection of national economic interests and seismic structural changes in the global political economy that vastly altered the distribution of emissions in the context of the increasing competitiveness of renewables. Meeting demands for climate justice with a new emphasis on development funding and adaptation was critical to the achievement of an agreement. As ever, what might seem to be functional and technical negotiations were permeated by international politics and assertions of national sovereignty, recognition, and prestige.

• Online Publication Date: Jul 10, 2018
• Publication Date: Jul 10, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jun 6, 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Book Title: Oxford Handbook of Energy and Society Get access Arrow
• Chapter Number: 2
• ISBN: 9780190633851
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190633851.013.0002
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