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MANAGEMENT UNDER ANARCHY: THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
| Title: | MANAGEMENT UNDER ANARCHY: THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. |
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| Authors: | Thompson, Alexander |
| Source: | Climatic Change; Sep2006, Vol. 78 Issue 1, p7-29, 23p |
| Abstract: | This article analyzes climate change from the perspective of international politics. In the anarchy of the international system, various cooperation problems have stalled the formation of an effective climate regime at the international level. Obstacles occur at three stages of regime formation: the bargaining stage, the transition stage, and the implementation stage. The importance of the transition stage of cooperation, which takes place between the signing of an agreement and its entry into force, has been overlooked by international relations scholars and is particularly important in the climate case. The article assesses the possibility of applying 'adaptive management' principles to climate change as a partial response to these political obstacles. While such an approach has significant appeal given the uncertainty surrounding the human-climate interface, its experimental, top-down characteristics are not politically feasible at the international level. I recommend certain modifications of existing institutions and practices to improve international information sharing and facilitate efficient learning. These changes would serve to promote a decentralized and passive - and thus politically viable - version of adaptive management, an effective approach to dealing with climate change at the global level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Subject Terms: | CLIMATE change, PRECIPITATION variability, PRECIPITATION anomalies, METEOROLOGY, ADAPTIVE natural resource management, ADAPTIVE harvest management, SOCIAL adjustment, HUMAN ecology, INTERPERSONAL relations |
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| ISSN: | 01650009 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10584-006-9090-x |
| Database: | Complementary Index |