
What's Wrong with Climate Politics and How to Fix It
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To answer these questions, Paul G. Harris looks at climate politicsas a doctor might look at a very sick patient. He performs urgentdiagnoses and prescribes vital treatments to revive our ailingplanet before it's too late.
The book begins by diagnosing what's most wrong with climatepolitics, including the anachronistic international system, whichencourages nations to fight for their narrowly perceived interestsand makes major cuts in greenhouse pollution extraordinarilydifficult; the deadlock between the United States and China, whichtogether produce over one-third of global greenhouse gas pollutionbut do little more than demand that the other act first; andaffluent lifestyles and overconsumption, which are spreadingrapidly from industrialized nations to the developing world.
The book then prescribes several "remedies" for the failed politicsof climate change, including a new kind of climate diplomacy withpeople at its center, national policies that put the common butdifferentiated responsibilities of individuals alongside those ofnations, and a campaign for simultaneously enhancing humanwellbeing and environmental sustainability. While these treatmentsare aspirational, they are not intended to be utopian. As Harrisshows, they are genuine, workable solutions to what ails thepolitics of climate change today.
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Preface vii
1 Introduction 1
Part I: Diagnoses
2 Cancer of Westphalia: Climate Diplomacy and the International System 33
3 Malignancy of the Great Polluters: The United States and China 64
4 Addictions of Modernity: Affl uence and Consumption 93
Part II: Treatments
5 People-Centered Diplomacy: Human Rights and Globalized Justice 119
6 Differentiated Responsibility: National and Individual 144
7 Consumption of Happiness: Sustainability and Wellbeing 171
8 Conclusion 197
Notes 224
References 245
Index 277
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