Understanding the Politics and Governance of Climate Change Loss and Damage

IF 3.9 2区 社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
L. Vanhala, E. Calliari, Adelle Thomas
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Abstract This introduction to the 2023 special issue of Global Environment Politics brings questions related to politics and political processes to the forefront in the study of climate change loss and damage. The aim of avoiding the detrimental impacts of climate change has been at the heart of the international response to global climate change for more than thirty years. Yet the development of global governance responses to climate change loss and damage—those impacts that we cannot, do not or choose not to prevent or adapt to—has only over the last decade become a central theme within the discussions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Loss and damage has also become a research topic of growing importance within an array of disciplines, from international law to the interdisciplinary environmental social sciences. However, the engagement of scholars working in the fields of political science and international relations has been more limited so far. This is surprising because questions about how to best respond to loss and damage are fundamentally political, as they derive from deliberative processes, invoke value judgments, imply contestation, demand the development of policies, and result in distributional outcomes. In this introduction we describe the context and contributions of the research articles in the special issue. By drawing on a wide range of perspectives from across the social sciences, the articles render visible the multifaceted politics of climate change loss and damage and help to account for the trajectory of governance processes.
理解气候变化损失和损害的政治和治理
本文介绍了2023年全球环境政治特刊,将与政治和政治过程相关的问题带到了气候变化损失和损害研究的最前沿。30多年来,避免气候变化的有害影响一直是国际社会应对全球气候变化的核心。然而,发展应对气候变化损失和损害的全球治理——那些我们不能、不愿或选择不去预防或适应的影响——直到最近十年才成为《联合国气候变化框架公约》(UNFCCC)下讨论的一个中心主题。损失和损害也成为从国际法到跨学科的环境社会科学等一系列学科中日益重要的研究课题。然而,到目前为止,在政治学和国际关系领域工作的学者的参与更为有限。这是令人惊讶的,因为关于如何最好地应对损失和损害的问题从根本上讲是政治性的,因为它们源于审议过程,引发价值判断,暗示争论,要求制定政策,并导致分配结果。在这篇引言中,我们描述了特刊中研究文章的背景和贡献。通过借鉴社会科学领域的广泛观点,这些文章揭示了气候变化损失和损害的多方面政治,并有助于解释治理过程的轨迹。
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CiteScore
7.40
自引率
8.30%
发文量
43
期刊介绍: Global Environmental Politics examines the relationship between global political forces and environmental change, with particular attention given to the implications of local-global interactions for environmental management as well as the implications of environmental change for world politics. Each issue is divided into research articles and a shorter forum articles focusing on issues such as the role of states, multilateral institutions and agreements, trade, international finance, corporations, science and technology, and grassroots movements.
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