Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Some scholars have gone so far as to argue that these targets are now even more ambitious than those put forward by their wealthier counterparts. But what really lies behind these new pledges? What actions are being taken to meet them? And what stumbling blocks lie in the way of their realization?
In this book, an international group of scholars seeks to address these questions by analyzing the experiences of twelve states from across Asia, the Americas and Africa. The authors map the evolution of climate policies in each country and examine the complex array of actors, interests, institutions and ideas that has shaped their approaches. Offering the most comprehensive analysis thus far of the unique challenges that developing countries face in the domain of climate change, Climate Governance in the Developing World reveals the political, economic and environmental realities that underpin the pledges made by developing states, and which together determine the chances of success and failure.
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Contributors vii
Preface xi
Abbreviations xiii
1. Editors’ Introduction: Climate Governance in the
Developing World 1
David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag
Part I Asia
2. A Green Revolution: China’s Governance of Energy and
Climate Change 29
David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag
3. The Evolution of Climate Policy in India: Poverty and Global
Ambition in Tension 53
Aaron Atteridge
4. The Dynamics of Climate Change Governance in Indonesia
72
Budy P. Resosudarmo, Fitrian Ardiansyah and Lucentezza
Napitupulu
5. Low Carbon Green Growth and Climate Change Governance in
South Korea 91
Jae-Seung Lee
Part II Americas
6. Discounting the Future: The Politics of Climate Change in
Argentina 113
Matías Franchini and Eduardo Viola
7. Controlling the Amazon: Brazil’s Evolving Response to
Climate Change 134
David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag
8. Making ‘Peace with Nature’: Costa Rica’s
Campaign for Climate Neutrality 155
Robert Fletcher
9. A Climate Leader? The Politics and Practice of Climate
Governance in Mexico 174
Simone Pulver
Part III Africa
10. Resources and Revenues: The Political Economy of Climate
Initiatives in Egypt 199
Jeannie Sowers
11. Ethiopia’s Path to a Climate-Resilient Green Economy
218
David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag
12. Reducing Climate Change Vulnerability in Mozambique: From
Policy to Practice 238
Angus Hervey and Jessica Blythe
13. Reaching the Crossroads: The Development of Climate
Governance in South Africa 258
Lesley Masters
Index 277
Sobre el autor
David Held is Master of University College, and Professor of Politics and International Relations, at Durham University.
Eva-Maria Nag is the Executive Editor of Global Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Charles Roger is a Ph D student at the University of British Columbia and Liu Scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues.
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