The role of great powers in international politics of climate change | LSE Research Showcase 2022

How does international power inequality affect the global ecological crisis and what role could and should great powers play in the international fight against climate change? Drawing on his new edited volume, Great Powers, Climate Change and Global Environmental Responsibilities, Dr Robert Falkner discusses what counts as a great power in the environmental field and what their special environmental responsibilities are. He explores whether emerging notions of great power responsibility for the environment can help mobilise some of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters (e.g. China, USA, India) to speed up the net zero transition.

🔸 Robert Falkner (ed) and Barry Buzan (ed), Great Powers, Climate Change, and Global Environmental Responsibilities, Oxford University Press, January 2022 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Powers-Clima...

🔸 Great Powers, Climate Change and Global Environmental Responsibilities | LSE Online Event (video) with Dr Alina Averchenkova, Professor Barry Buzan, Professor Kathy Hochstetler, Dr Miriam Prys-Hansen, Professor Stacy Vandeveer    • Great Powers, Climate Change and Glob...  

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