Politicization conflicts in global climate governance

Allan, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1353-5744 2025. Politicization conflicts in global climate governance. Tobin, Paul, Paterson, Matthew and VanDeveer, Stacy D., eds. Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 205-221. (10.1017/9781009352444.018)

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Abstract

The history of global climate governance can be seen as a series of politicization conflicts. Countries seek to either legitimize and strengthen hard-won global rules or reinterpret or replace them. This chapter focuses on one such conflict, whether to replace or protect the Kyoto Protocol. This conflict primarily pitted the United States against the EU, but each drew other countries into their side of the conflict. By focusing on one conflict, this chapter provides insights into how processes and strategies of politicization unfold in international politics. Countries employed a range of tools, rhetorical and behavioral, to question or support the Kyoto Protocol inside and outside the negotiation process. Several of these strategies are currently employed in relation to the Paris Agreement, marking another politicization conflict.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	978-1009352451
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	2 September 2025
Date of Acceptance:	25 August 2025
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2025 11:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180838

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