scholarly journals State Leadership in U.S. Climate Change and Energy Policy: The California Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-74
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Mazmanian ◽  
John L. Jurewitz ◽  
Hal T. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Implementation Strategy ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Federal System ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Environmental Goals

It is a long-held belief among scholars and practitioners that the State of California is a notable subnational leader in environmental and climate change policy. This article focuses primarily on four essential contextual factors that explain why and how within the United States’ federal system of government California has become such an important leader, performing far in excess of the national government and most other states. These essential factors are preferences, authority, capacity, and effectiveness. The article then moves to the multifaceted implementation strategy California policy makers have employed to realize their environmental goals. Finally, despite the history of strong leadership, the state continues to face a host of significant challenges in realizing its ambitious climate change goals for the coming decades.

Juliana v United States of America: The Final Frontier for Climate Litigation in America?

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-26
Author(s):  
Yolandi Meyer ◽  
Willem H. Gravet
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
The United States ◽  
Majority Opinion ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
History Of

Summary This article analyses the protracted climate change case of Juliana v United States of America. We consider the history of the case as well as the most recent judgment of the Federal Court of Appeals, which seems to be the final judgment in this case as it is not foreseen that the case will be appealed with any success. The Juliana case provided hope for many people in the United States that the case would be able to succeed and possibly alter climate change policy in the country. Although the latest judgment will be disappointing to climate change activists and those affected by climate change, we agree with the ruling of the majority opinion in the Court of Appeals case and believe that it is a sound legal decision despite its general disapprobation.

scholarly journals Climate Change: Reversing the Past and Advancing the Future

AJIL Unbound ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Daniel Bodansky
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Montreal Protocol ◽  
Global Institutions ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Global Action ◽  
Nationally Determined Contributions ◽  
Executive Action

After four years of not simply inaction but significant retrogression in U.S. climate change policy, the Biden administration has its work cut out. As a start, it needs to undo what Trump did. The Biden administration took a step in that direction on Day 1 by rejoining the Paris Agreement. But simply restoring the pre-Trump status quo ante is not enough. The United States also needs to push for more ambitious global action. In part, this will require strengthening parties’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement; but it will also require actions by what Sue Biniaz, the former State Department climate change lawyer, likes to call the Greater Metropolitan Paris Agreement—that is, the array of other international actors that help advance the Paris Agreement's goals, including global institutions such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Montreal Protocol, and the World Bank, as well as regional organizations and non-state actors. Although the Biden administration can pursue some of these international initiatives directly through executive action, new regulatory initiatives will face an uncertain fate in the Supreme Court. So how much the Biden Administration is able to achieve will likely depend significantly on how much a nearly evenly-divided Congress is willing to support.

The Impacts of Climate Change on Societies: What Can We Learn from the Past?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagomar Degroot
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Ice Cores ◽  
Keynote Presentation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Paleoclimatic Proxy

<p>This keynote presentation introduces the sources, methods, and major findings of the History of Climate and Society (HCS), a recently-coined field that uncovers the past influences of climate change on human history. It begins by offering a brief history of the field, from the eighteenth century through the present. It then describes how HCS scholars “reconstruct” past climate changes by combining what they call the “archives of nature” – paleoclimatic proxy sources such as tree rings, ice cores, or marine sediments – with the texts, stories, and ruins that constitute the “archives of society.” Next, it explains how HCS scholars in different disciplines have used distinct statistical and qualitative methods, and distinct causal frameworks, to identify the influence of climate change in the archives of society. It explores how HCS scholars conceptualize the vulnerability and resilience of past societies by introducing some telling case studies, and explaining how those case studies have grown more complex as HCS matured as a field. It then emphasizes the enduring challenges faced by HCS scholars and how, in recent months, they have been identified and are beginning to be addressed. Finally, it describes how HCS has informed climate change policy and public discourse, before offering some key lessons that policymakers can learn from the field.</p>

China will resist becoming climate change leader

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Trading Scheme ◽  
Export Industries

Subject China's climate change policy after US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. Significance Beijing is seen as a potential global leader on climate change following US President Donald Trump’s June 2 announcement that Washington will pull out from Paris Agreement. China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, has already won applause simply by promising to honour existing commitment to the international climate accord. Impacts China prefers to aid developing countries through its South-South fund, so it is unlikely to contribute to the Green Climate Fund. Concerns over competitiveness, especially in export industries, will weaken the national carbon trading scheme due to launch this year. China will negotiate energy sector deals with the United States on economic criteria rather than environmental or climate impacts.

Livestock and Climate Change

2016 ◽  
pp. 75-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Mayes
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Newspaper Articles

A global shift away from diets dominated by meat, dairy and eggs to mainly plant-based diets is as necessary in mitigating anthropogenic climate change as the shift away from fossil fuels. Yet a large awareness gap exists about animal agriculture's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies in Australia and the United States show this issue is represented in less than 1 percent of all newspaper articles about climate change. This chapter examines the opportunities and barriers in addressing the livestock sector's impact on climate change. Policy recommendations in the literature are compared with the responses of governments, industry and the NGO sector. Australia's unique socioeconomic and cultural ties to livestock production and the consumption of animal products represent a significant barrier to demand-side mitigation. An analysis of newspaper articles mentioning animal agriculture's link to climate change in The Sydney Morning Herald between 2006 and 2014 provides insights into the facilitation and shaping of public awareness on the issue to date. The findings can inform strategies to increase future media coverage and encourage a more engaged discourse on demand-side mitigation.

scholarly journals Advocacy coalitions, beliefs and climate change policy in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kukkonen ◽  
Tuomas Ylä-Anttila ◽  
Jeffrey Broadbent
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Advocacy Coalitions ◽  
Change Policy
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