Geography and the Politics of Climate Policy

Bailey, Ian and Compston, Hugh William 2010. Geography and the Politics of Climate Policy. Geography Compass 4 (8) , pp. 1097-1114. 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00366.x

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Abstract

Despite widespread recognition that many of the severest obstacles to climate policy are political (in the form of resistance from political parties, business groups and electorates) rather than scientific, technological or economic and a growing literature on the spatial dimensions of climate governance, geographical research has yet systematically to address how geographical thinking can inform the development of political strategies to assist governments to overcome political opposition to climate policy. In this article we argue for, and explore the outlines of, such a geographical contribution to understanding and reinvigorating the politics of climate change. We particularly draw attention to the importance of context and of how geographical theorisations on the politics of scale and networks can assist in evaluating future political strategies for climate policy.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	1749-8198
Last Modified:	30 Jun 2017 02:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/18670

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