The Politics of Climate Change

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by Anthony Giddens

The Return of History and the End of Dreams (Kagan) 209–13

  Rice, Condoleezza 212

  Rifkin, Jeremy 132

  third industrial revolution 129–31

  Rio conference

  Carstedt and 127

  green movement and 50

  IPCC and 185

  precautionary principle 55

  success of 211

  sustainable development 60

  risk

  assessing seriousness of 8

  context of 59

  coping with 6

  cost-benefit analysis 58–9

  ensuring state and 95

  importance of global warming 32

  investment and 150

  precautionary principle 55–9

  social perception of 57–8

  vulnerabilities 164

  Roberts, J. Timmons 178–9

  Roberts, Simon 158–9

  Rockefeller Foundation 177

  Romania 197

  Ross, Michael 218

  Rousseff, Dilma 225

  Rowntree Foundation 154–6

  Royal Society 137, 139

  Russia

  Arctic resources 203–4

  asserts power 209–10, 210

  authoritarianism 77, 208, 209

  fossil fuel resources 44

  international agreements 213

  Kyoto negotiations 186, 187

  oil and gas politics 207, 218

  resources of 39

  see also Soviet Union

  Rwanda 212

  Sarkozy, Nicolas 196, 197

  Saudi Arabia 215

  China and 45

  conservativism 217

  supply of oil 39

  sceptics

  attacks on scientists 23–5

  exaggerated risks and 8–9

  media coverage of 3

  public attitudes and 107

  science and 20, 31

  support base 24–5

  tactics of 25–6

  viewpoints of 18–25

  Scheer, Herman 79

  Schröder, Gerhard 80

  Schwarzenegger, Arnold 200–1

  science 230, 231

  co-operative efforts 72

  consensus of 25

  green principles and 51

  greens principles and 73

  integrity of data 23

  NGOs and 123

  sceptics and 9, 20, 23–5, 31

  uncertainty of 26

  see also radicalism; sceptics; technology

  sea level rise

  Bangladesh 182–3

  cause of 14

  future building and 171–2

  India 224

  the Netherlands and 22–3

  predictions of 17

  UK coastal management 172–3

  security see conflict and warfare

  Shanghai Cooperation Organization 208

  Shearman, David

  The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy (with Smith) 76

  Shellenberger, Michael 148–9

  Sierra Club 50

  Singer, Fred 18

  The Skeptical Environmentalist (Lomborg) 19

  Slovakia 197

  Smartgrids (European Commission) 146

  Smith, Joseph Wayne

  The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy (with Shearman) 76

  social justice

  the bottom billion 213–14

  green principles and 51

  polluter pays 67

  sustainable development and 60

  society see civil society; public attitudes

  Socolow, Robert 140

  solar energy 127

  Germany 79

  present technology 131, 136–7

  status of 138

  sun’s outupt 16

  UK 85

  Somalia 215

  South Africa 207

  Copenhagen Accord 191–2, 193

  Kyoto negotiations 188

  South Korea 207

  authoritarian modernization 77

  Soviet Union 222

  planning 95, 98–9

  see also Russia

  Spain

  environmental performance 82–3, 92

  local solutions 168

  Sri Lanka 180

  states

  adaptation 97, 165

  agriculture and 70

  authoritarian 76–7, 208

  bad governance 215–16

  business lobbies 96, 144

  civil war 215

  climate change on agenda 96

  coalitions and collaborations 220–2

  econometric studies 148

  ensuring 71–2, 94

  inertia of 92

  innovative technology and 140–6

  as insurer 177–8

  international agreements and 4

  leadership of problem 107

  levels of 5

  local and regional integration with 97

  market intervention 95–6

  natural resources of 215

  planning 98

  political and economic convergence 95

  as poverty traps 214–16

  precautionary principle 57

  responsibility of industrialized 9

  security concerns 90–1

  sovereignty of 209–13

  support from citizens 94

  thinking ahead 94–5

  see also democracy; local governance; regions

  Stavins, Robert 198

  Stern, Nicholas 48–9

  stewardship 62

  Storms of My Grandchildren (Hansen) 28–9

  Strahan, David 38

  subsidiarity 168

  Sudan 215, 216

  drought 179–80

  resources and conflict 205, 208

  Sunstein, Cass 56–9

  Suntech 223

  Sununu, John H. 122

  sustainability

  concept of 61–2

  future generations and 52–3

  green principles and 51

  politics of 71

  ‘sustainable development’ 59–61

  Sustainability Index 61–2

  Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan 169

  Sustainable Society Index (SSI) 65

  Sweden

  Arctic resources 204

  carbon tax 153

  Carstedt and biofuels 127–8

  energy efficiencies 35

  environmental performance 77–9, 87

  nuclear power 51

  as utopia 160

  Swiss Re 177

  Switzerland 215

  environmental performance 77

  nuclear power 134

  systems analysis

  neglecting 58

  Tajikistan 179, 208

  Talberth, John 64

  Tata, Ratan 46

  taxes, carbon 78–9, 91, 96–7

  concepts of 151–3

  Denmark 81

  EU and 84, 195–9, 201

  handicap for business 7

  as incentives 152

  industrial lobbies and 122

  oil-rich countries and 218

  Rowntree on the UK 154–6

  taxing polluters 148

  UK Climate Change levy 83–4

  technology 230, 231–2

  assessing new 66, 121

  discussion of 121

  eco-towns 145

  economics of 141

  expansion of 17

  green principles and 51, 73

  industry’s R&D 142

  innovations 10

  investing in low-carbon 89

  policies for 117

  present low-carbon 131–40

  questions concerning 7

  shale extraction of gas 40–1

  spill-over effects 144–5

  state role in innovation 140–6

  storing energy 145–6

  subsidies 96

  third industrial revolution 129–31

  unknown future of 61

  utopian
ideals 160–2

  see also low-carbon living; science

  terrorism and oil 217–18

  Tesco 123

  Thatcher, Margaret 83

  Thoreau, Henry David 50, 51

  Thumin, Joshua 158–9

  tidal and wave energy 85, 131, 134

  tourism 167, 168

  Transparency International 216

  transport

  carbon tax 155

  fossil fuel lobbies 121–2

  low-carbon living 161–2

  see also car industry

  Tunisia 218

  Tusk, Donald 197

  Tyndall Centre for Climate Change

  Research 158, 194

  Tyndall, John 11

  Uganda 215

  Ukraine 219

  Chernobyl 134

  uncertainty, coping with 6

  United Kingdom

  carbon tax 154–6

  Climate Change Act 84

  Climate Change Committee 118, 119

  coal 132

  coast management 172–3

  coastal management 181

  Energy Act 84

  energy markets 42–3

  environmental performance 83–7, 91

  floods in 170–2, 177, 181

  Foresight report 67–8

  imperialism and oil 34

  nuclear power 132

  political consensus 117–19

  public attitudes 103–5, 105–8

  resists EU tax 198

  scientists defend evidence 24

  weather events and 166

  wind power 134–5

  United Nations

  Adaptation Fund 163

  Bali conference 189

  Cancun conference 193–4

  climate change leadership of 3–4, 208, 227–8

  Copenhagen conference 190–2

  decline of 210

  Kyoto conference 185–9

  Millennium Declaration 214

  successes of 211–13

  United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

  job creation and 147

  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 185

  United States

  Arctic resources 203–4

  Bush outlook and 209, 212–13

  car use 160

  carbon markets 199, 200–1

  carbon tax 153–4

  Clean Energy and Security Act 88

  coal use 41, 47, 136

  collaboration with China 222–4

  dependence on oil 44

  earthquakes 177

  Energy Policy Conservation Act 35–6

  energy use 33, 45

  environmental performance 87–90, 91

  hurricanes 174–5, 176, 177

  importance of 230–2

  industrial lobby groups 122

  job creation 148–50

  low-emission cars 109

  Middle East and oil 9, 34, 39, 47

  NAFTA 210

  oil source 36

  opposes emissions agreements 185–7

  plastic trees 52

  polarized politics 117

  public attitudes 105

  re-engages in negotiations 190–1

  resource conflicts 207–8

  sulphur dioxide emissions 198–9

  weather events 165

  United States Geological Survey

  Emergency Events Database 178–9

  Uzbekistan 208

  Venus 28–9

  Victor, David 40

  Vietnam

  Climate Risk Index 179, 180

  Wal-Mart 123, 124

  Waldpolenz Solar Park 79

  Water Framework Directive 169

  water vapour 11

  Waxman, Henry 88

  weather events

  from climate change 14–15

  Climate Risk Index 179–80

  economic impact 64

  Europe 167

  foregrounding issues 115

  India 224

  insurance and 173–8

  El Niño/La Niña 27, 28

  rainfall and drought 17

  Shetland storms 170

  Wen Jiabao 191

  White, Stuart 101

  Wikileaks 39

  wind power 127

  Denmark 35, 81

  Germany 79

  Kyoto projects 189

  present technology 131, 134–5

  UK 85

  Witoelar, Rachmat 189

  World Bank

  Cancun negotiations 193

  Carbon Finance Unit 201

  Clean Development Mechanism and 188

  World Commission on Environment and Development 59–60

  World Economic Forum

  Sustainability Index 61–2

  World Trade Organization

  multilateral trade agreements 220–1

  Russia and Kyoto agreement 187

  World Wildlife Fund 123

  Coca-Cola and 125, 126

  Xcel Energy 110

  Yale University

  Environmental Performance Index 77

 

 

 


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