scholarly journals Youth Mobilization to Stop Global Climate Change: Narratives and Impact

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heejin Han ◽  
Sang Wuk Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Moral Legitimacy ◽  
Climate Politics ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Governance

Galvanized by Greta Thunberg’s idea for Friday school strikes, “climate strikes” emerged in 2018 and 2019 as a form of youth social movement demanding far-reaching action on climate change. Youths have taken various actions to combat climate change, but academics have not paid sufficient attention to youth climate mobilization. This study thus examines the questions of what has motivated youth to mobilize and how they have shaped global climate politics and governance. This study focuses particularly on the narrative of youth activists to address their understanding of climate change and their ideas regarding how to respond to it. Youth collective action has succeeded in problematizing global climate inaction and inertia and in framing climate change from a justice perspective, but activists have faced limitations in converting their moral legitimacy into the power required for sweeping changes. Overall, this study demonstrates the emergence of young people as agents of change in the global climate change arena and the urgency of engaging them in climate change governance and policymaking.

Bridging Theory and Practice

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-116
Author(s):  
Alix Dietzel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Transnational Governance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
Change Problem ◽  
Climate Change Governance

Chapter Four sets out the parameters for the cosmopolitan assessment of climate governance. The chapter first provides overview of the processes involved in global climate change governance: multilateral (United Nations Framework for the Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC) and transnational (cities, corporations, NGOs, sub-state authorities). Following this, Chapter Four outlines why actors in the UNFCCC and actors involved in transnational governance processes can be held responsible for bringing about a just response to the climate change problem. The chapter grounds the responsibility of these actors in their capability to enable the three demands of justice set out in Chapter Three by restructuring the social and political context. Finally, Chapter Four outlines a methodological framework to clarify how current practice will be assessed. This framework is based on a four-point hierarchy that can be used to investigate to what extent global governance actors enable each demand of justice.

6. Global environmental governance and climate change

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-144
Author(s):  
Nicole Scicluna
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Global Environmental Governance ◽  
Law And Politics ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Regulatory Landscape ◽  
Climate Change Governance

This chapter focuses on the intersection of law and politics in global environmental governance. A key characteristic of global environmental governance is its fragmentation. The regulatory landscape is populated by a variety of hard and soft law regimes, institutions, processes, and actors, which address particular environmental challenges, or address them in particular ways. Yet there are core principles that are common to many of these regimes, including the precautionary principle, the prevention principle, the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, and the concept of sustainable development. The chapter then turns to an in-depth analysis of global climate change governance. It traces the evolution of climate change governance from the creation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1994 to the present, focusing on the major legal-institutional milestones of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and the 2015 Paris Agreement. Finally, the chapter returns to the problem of fragmentation, considering recent attempts to bring greater unity and coherence to global environmental governance.

scholarly journals The contribution of the European Union to global climate change governance: explaining the conditions for EU actorness

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (spe) ◽  
pp. 125-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina B. Pavese ◽  
Diarmuid Torney
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Climate Change Governance

Como organização regional, o papel da União Europeia na governança global do clima enfrenta obstáculos que não se aplicam a nenhuma outra parte da Convenção-Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre a Mudança do Clima (CQNUMC) e do Protocolo de Quioto. Avaliando essa singularidade, este artigo fornece uma analise teórica e empírica de como os elementos de actorness (reconhecimento, capacidade, oportunidade e coesão) definem a participação da UE no regime internacional de mudanças climáticas.

scholarly journals TURKEY’S CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES IN THE CONTEXT OF GOVERNANCE

2021 ◽  
pp. 178-191
Author(s):  
Fulya AKGÜL DURAKÇAY, ◽  
Özge BOZKAYA
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Climate Change Governance

Climate change is a global issue that has proven individual state-centred responses inadequate and it necessitates sustainable collective actions. It requires cooperation and coordination at global, national and local levels to tackle with its adverse effects. This study argues that climate change’s cross-cutting nature and its effects compel states to adapt a new governance approach as the most effective tool. Turkey as a part of the Mediterranean Basin is de􀏐ined as one of the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Its position on global climate change governance is intertwined with its priorities for economic development which makes it a “unique” party to the current global climate change regime because of its “special circumstances”. This study analyses the case of Turkey by identifying the reasons behind Turkey’s attitude and position in its integration into the global climate change regime as well as its national responses to issues arising from climate change. It aims to evaluate: the determinants of Turkey’s approach to climate change governance and Turkey’s formulation of its national climate change policies. Also, it interrogates the ef􀏐iciency of Turkey’s steps taken towards climate change mitigation. In order to analyse Turkey’s existing national structure regarding climate change governance, of􀏐icial documents such as strategy papers and action plans composed by Turkey and framework documents generated by international organisations, mainly the UN, are used as primary sources as well as the prominent publications as secondary resources. This study concludes that Turkey’s climate change policies and governance structure are still at an early stage. There is a need for a shift in its policy patterns towards climate change governance in the post-Paris Agreement context. Keywords: Turkey, Climate Change, Governance, National Policies.

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