The United States in a warming world: the political economy of government, business and public responses to climate change
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Autor: Brewer, Thomas L
Jahr: 2015
Contents
List of boxes page xi
List of figures xiii
List of tables XV
List of maps xvii
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxiii
Permissions xxvii
Introduction: a chronological overview 1
PART 1 ISSUES
1 Questions, analytic framework, and context 15
1.1 Analytic framework and themes: the political economy
of climate change 16
1.2 Sources of emissions: sectors and the regional locations of industries 24
1.3 Socio-economic impacts: regional variations 30
1.4 Implications: economic interests and economic geography 35
Suggestions for further reading and research 36
Appendix 1.1 Per-capita greenhouse gas emissions of states and regions 41
Appendix 1.2 A short history of climate science 45
Appendix 1.3 Global warming potentials, emission rates, and
concentration levels 50
PART II DOMESTIC ECONOMICS AND POLITICS
2 Business: part of the problem and part of the solution 53
2.1 Diversity of interests and responses 55
2.2 Insurance industry 62
2.3 Relations with stakeholders 63
2.4 Industry associations positions on government policy issues 68
2.5 Lobbying and campaign contributions 71
2.6 Implications: variations in interests, attitudes, and actions 75
Suggestions for further reading and research 77
Appendix 2.1 Umbrella business organizations positions on climate
change issues 79
Appendix 2.2 The business partnership programs of environmental
organizations 82
3 Public perceptions and preferences 83
3.1 Perceptions of the problem 84
3.2 Preferences for government policies 91
3.3 Correlates of variations in perceptions and preferences 101
3.4 Consumer attitudes and behavior 106
3.5 Implications: shifting consensus - with ideological and
partisan differences 107
Suggestions for further reading and research 108
Appendix 3.1 Methodological issues about the surveys 110
Appendix 3.2 International comparisons of public opinion in the USA
and other countries 113
4 State and local governments - and the courts - in a federal system 117
4.1 Local government policies 118
4.2 State government policies 123
4.3 Regional programs 129
4.4 Collective impact of local, state, and regional programs 131
4.5 Court cases: state and local governments versus the
national government 132
4.6 Swing states and other electoral system issues 136
4.7 Implications: political geography 138
Suggestions for further reading and research 140
Appendix 4.1 California s early action and emissions trading programs 141
Appendix 4.2 Opinions in California 143
Appendix 4.3 Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey by state
insurance commissioners 145
PART III NATIONAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES
5 Regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases 149
5.1 Congressional action and inaction, 1988-2008 150
5.2 Cap-and-trade bills in the 111th Congress, 2009-2010 157
5.3 The new domestic political context starting with the 112th Congress 171
5.4 Regulatory agencies: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 173
5.5 Implications: interests, ideologies, and influence in Congress 176
Suggestions for further reading and research 179
Appendix 5.1 Titles and subtitles of the Waxman-Markey bill, as passed 181
Appendix 5.2 Comparison of four climate change / energy bills in the
Senate, 2010 183
Appendix 5.3 Organizations and firms engaged in the legislative process
concerning cap-and-trade bills in Congress, 2008-2010 185
6 Facilitating energy technology innovation and diffusion 189
6.1 Technologies: benefits and costs 192
6.2 Market failures in technological innovation and diffusion 198
6.3 Energy policies 201
6.4 The Climate Change Technology Program 205
6.5 Budgets 207
6.6 International technology issues 215
6.7 Implications: interests, institutions, and ideologies 217
Suggestions for further reading and research 218
Appendix 6.1 Chronology of major US energy policy legislation and
other actions 220
Appendix 6.2 Introduction to the budget process and terminology 222
7 Strengthening international cooperation 226
7.1 Multilateral institutional evolution: The Conference of the
Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (FCCC) 228
7.2 Financing adaptation and mitigation in developing countries 241
7.3 Monitoring, reporting, and verifying emissions and actions 243
7.4 Core international institutional design issues 245
7.5 Implications: domestic politics and international free riders 247
Suggestions for further reading and research 248
Appendix 7.1 Chronicle of international climate change negotiations
and agreements 250
Appendix 7.2 Simulation model used to measure the gap between
emissions targets and pledges 256
Appendix 7.3 Copenhagen Accord, Annex I countries 258
Appendix 7.4 Copenhagen Accord, non-Annex I countries 259
PART IV THE FUTURE
8 Options for the future: realities, visions, and pathways 263
8.1 Realities: the changing agenda and political economy 265
8.2 Visions: framing the issues 272
8.3 Pathways: Challenges and opportunities 274
8.4 Concluding remarks: incipient transformational trends 278
Suggestions for further reading and research 279
Appendix 8.1 Recommendations of the President s Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology 281
Appendix 8.2 Climate change issues in the 2012 presidential election:
party platforms and candidates answers to questions 284
Appendix 8.3 Policy recommendations and quotes from Republicans for
Environmental Protection 287
Appendix 8.4 Statement by a group of leading scholars: Thinking
Through the Climate Change Challenge - An Open Letter 290
Appendix 8.5 Spectrum of government-market mixes 293
Appendix 8.6 Design issues for a cap-and-trade system 295
Appendix 8.7 Discussion of international institutional venue issues 297
References 300
Index 340
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