Russia’s Climate Policy: International Bargaining and Domestic Modernisation

Henry, Laura A.; Sundstrom, Lisa McIntosh

doi:10.1080/09668136.2012.701388

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“…Bernstein and Cashore [11] likewise favor more attention to the issue of domestic influences of environmental regimes and broader international influences. Still, in spite of two decades of continuously evolving and widening international efforts to deal with climate change, attention to such perspectives has been modest [11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

Section: Domestic Politics Governmental Authority Structures and Intmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Second-Image Reversed and Climate Policy: How International Influences Helped Changing Brazil’s Positions on Climate Change

Kasa

2013

Sustainability

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Abstract:International climate policy over the last 7-8 years has been characterized by the increasing involvement of developing countries. While COP-13 at Bali marked a stronger willingness to participate in mitigation efforts in principle, there are now numerous examples of domestic programs for mitigation by this group of countries. Brazil has gone furthest among developing countries, with a substantial voluntary commitment to reduce its emissions proclaimed in 2009. The dynamics behind the change in Brazil's position are discussed, with a particular eye to the effects of international influences. In conjunction with important domestic changes, a set of interacting influences through a variety of pathways both changed preferences among important interest groups in Brazilian society towards favoring some kind of commitments and helped to change the structure of government forums and decision-making rules in a way that empowered reform-minded ministries. It is argued that this perspective, drawn from Peter Gourevitch's idea of the -second image reversed‖, is increasingly relevant for understanding the influence of the broad -regime complex‖ on climate change on politics in developing countries.

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Section: Domestic Politics Governmental Authority Structures and Intmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Second-Image Reversed and Climate Policy: How International Influences Helped Changing Brazil’s Positions on Climate Change

Kasa

2013

Sustainability

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“…This is also supported by the claim that in Russia, any attempted systemic reforms are hampered by grinding bureaucracy and corruption [16]. All the participants agreed on that the mentality of both people and government needs to change.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…The interviewed students have better education and better knowledge of other countries and they might have more flexible and open attitudes towards other countries. In addition, a significant proportion of Russian citizens, and especially those who identify themselves as young economic and intellectual 'elites', appear more concerned about modernization [16]. This may have affected the responses of our interviewees and therefore these responses may not represent attitudes of an average Russian.…”

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“…For example in Lithuania, an Energy Lab approach to exploit stakeholder involvement on energy and environmental decisions at community level and to increase community acceptance was proven to be quite popular [83]. However, the Russian policy-making process generally does not include consultation with organized groups in society or take public opinion into account [16].…”

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“…The Energy Efficiency Act from 2009 constitutes legally binding implementation of the strategy although it covers less than half of the energy efficiency measures mentioned in the strategy [15]. Even if energy efficiency policies offer many potential benefits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, climate concerns do not appear to be the government's primary motivation [16].…”

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Climate science, Russian politics, and the framing of climate change

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2013

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Historical studies have shown how Soviet scientists figured in politics in unexpected ways. However, little research has been done on the interplay between scientific expert knowledge and contemporary Russian policymaking. This article reviews existing research on a question central to understanding Russia's positions on climate change: What is the relationship between expert knowledge and politics in Russia today? We first address the narratives and practices that have emerged around environmental problems and the science–policy interface in Russia and the Soviet Union more generally and then provide a brief overview of Russia's international and domestic climate politics. How climate change has been framed in the Russian media and the role that scientists have played in these framings and in the Russian policymaking process more generally is then examined. Conceptually, this review draws upon scholarly work in Science and Technology Studies and international relations on the politics of scientific reception. WIREs Clim Change 2013, 4:457–465. doi: 10.1002/wcc.235 This article is categorized under: Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Climate Science and Decision Making

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Russia’s Climate Policy: International Bargaining and Domestic Modernisation

Cited by 41 publications

References 21 publications

The Second-Image Reversed and Climate Policy: How International Influences Helped Changing Brazil’s Positions on Climate Change

The Second-Image Reversed and Climate Policy: How International Influences Helped Changing Brazil’s Positions on Climate Change

Non-Technical Barriers to Energy Efficient Renovation of Residential Buildings and Potential Policy Instruments to overcome Them—Evidence from Young Russian Adults

Climate science, Russian politics, and the framing of climate change

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