Third Phase of Climate Politics

[Jeffrey Colgan]

Hi all,

Last week, I argued in the Washington Post’s MonkeyCage blog that climate politics are entering a third phase. The piece might be useful for teaching because (a) it’s short and (b) it’s a 30,000-foot take on the phases of climate politics. 

The first phase was formal treaties in the 90s; the second was voluntary action at sub-national level. Finance and trade are key to the third phase (e.g., EU’s carbon border adjustment; ECB and Fed moves to incorporate climate risk into finance; etc.). 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/17/governments-havent-managed-reduce-greenhouse-gases-heres-whos-taking-charge-next-phase/ 

Cites research by several people on this list. I’d very interested in anyone's feedback. 

Jeff Colgan
Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science
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