European climate diplomacy in the USA and China : embassy narratives and coalitions
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European climate diplomacy in the USA and China : embassy narratives and coalitions
（Diplomatic studies, v. 17）
Brill Nijhoff, c2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-488) and index
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Description
Buchmann analyses the work of UK, German, Danish and Swedish embassies in the USA and China on climate change in the late 2000s and early 2010s. She relates which coalitions and narratives embassies sought to develop to convince China and the United States that a more progressive climate policy was possible, to achieve gains supporting an agreement under the UNFCCC. This book shows that a key interpretation of climate diplomacy was selling/trade: Europe selling technology "solutions" to solve climate change. In this narrative, Europe has already done what needs to be done and outsourcing of production to China e.g. is ignored. In the USA, embassies entered coalitions with states, faith groups and the military, arguing that a more progressive climate policy was mandated by either God or security concerns. State politicians, including Democrats, often actually didn't implement any climate policies. Any gains were reversed through climate denial lobbying funded by corporations. Embassies did not address this.
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 Climate Change and Diplomacy
CHAPTER 3 Ministerial structures impacting climate diplomacy
CHAPTER 4 European climate diplomacy in China
CHAPTER 5 USA federal level
CHAPTER 6 Subnational climate diplomacy in the USA
CHAPTER 7 What happened next - the journey since
CHAPTER 8 Conclusion - Diplomacy under hegemony: Example narratives
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by "Nielsen BookData"