ISBN:
9781009341554
,
9781009341561
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 203 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hughes, Hannah, 1980- IPCC and the politics of writing climate change
DDC:
363.7/056
Keywords:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
;
Climatic changes
;
Climat - Changements
;
climate change
Abstract:
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is one of the most significant global assessment bodies established, and it provides the most authoritative and influential assessments of climate change knowledge. This book examines the history and politics of the organisation, and how this shapes its assessment practice and the climate knowledge it produces. Developing a new methodology, this book focuses on the actors, activities, and forms of authority affecting the IPCC's constructions of climate change. It describes how social, economic, and political dynamics influence all aspects of the organisation and its work. The book contributes to understanding the place of science in politics and politics in science, and offers important insights for designing new knowledge bodies for global environmental agreement-making. It is indispensable for students and researchers in environmental studies, international relations, and political science, as well as policymakers and anyone interested in the IPCC
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms -- IPCC -- Other -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The IPCC as a Practice of Writing -- 1.2 The Method of Data Collection -- 1.3 Contribution to Knowledge -- 1.4 The Journey of the Book -- 2 Knowledge, Power and Order in the Construction of Environmental Politics -- 2.1 Power versus Science: The Epistemic Community Model -- 2.2 The Power of Discourse -- 2.3 The Power of Ideas -- 2.4 From Power to Social Order -- 2.5 Summing Up -- 3 Situating the IPCC as a Practice of Writing
Description / Table of Contents:
3.1 The Politics of Naming Climate Change -- 3.2 The IPCC as a Field of Practice -- 3.3 The Method for Unravelling a Practice -- 3.4 Summing Up -- 4 Analysing the IPCC as Actors, Activities and Forms of Authority -- 4.1 Constructions of Science and Politics in the IPCC -- 4.2 The Units of the IPCC -- 4.2.1 The Panel -- 4.2.1.1 Historical Involvement -- 4.2.1.2 Knowledge of the Process -- 4.3 The Bureau -- 4.4 The Technical Support Units -- 4.5 The Secretariat -- 4.6 The Authors -- 4.7 Summing Up -- 5 A New Assessment Cycle -- 5.1 The Decision to Repeat the Process -- 5.2 Electing the Bureau
Description / Table of Contents:
5.3 Scoping the Next Assessment of Climate Change -- 5.4 Approving the Outline -- 5.5 Summing Up -- 6 The Order of Scientific Assessment -- 6.1 Author Nomination and Selection -- 6.2 The Authorship -- 6.3 The Order of Authorship in Practice -- 6.4 Reviewing -- 6.5 Re-ordering Author Relations -- 6.6 Summing Up -- 7 The Politics of Approval -- 7.1 The Stakes in the Practice of Approval -- 7.2 The Order of Drafting and Reviewing -- 7.3 The Politics of Approval -- 7.3.1 The Co-chairs -- 7.3.2 The Delegates -- 7.3.3 The Authors -- 7.4 Summing Up
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Concluding on the Meaning and Implications of Writing Climate Change -- 8.1 The Model of Science in Politics -- 8.2 Actors and the Forms of Authority That Matter -- 8.3 Government Participation and Power -- 8.4 Imprinting Order -- 8.5 The Implications of the Book -- Appendix: Interview Data -- IPCC References -- Other References -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
