Governance and Climate Change presentation by Graham Smith, Professor of Politics, University of Southampton at the BSA Climate Change Study Group Conference on 17 January 2011 at the British Library Conference Centre, London, UK.
Governance and Climate Change - Graham Smith, Professor of Politics, University of Southampton
1. BSA Climate Change Study Group “Governance and Climate Change” Graham Smith Professor of Politics [email_address]
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ESRC think-piece Sense from ESRC that questions of governance/regulation had not been considered in recent years Broad-brush overview of challenges facing environmental regulation Interest government departments in collaborative programme of research Run-up to election! Post-election budget cuts. Good timing! 2. Emerging work on boundary between political science and sociology – and other disciplines
Integrating economy and environment Low-carbon economy (‘green new deal’) Enabling (disabling?) grassroots initiatives Future of market-based tools Impact of economic globalisation, deregulation, privatisation, etc. New geo-politics BRICs and post-Copenhagen Private climate regulation/governance – e.g. FSC Social (and environmental) justice Responsiveness (or otherwise) to needs and interests of vulnerable groups Resistance Unintended consequences Coordination/integration Horizontal, vertical, across sectors – e.g. ‘perfect storm’ - food production, water and energy in relation to climate and population change (John Beddington (Chief Scientific Advisor) Forum-shifting strategies by powerful interests – IPR, trade, biod, etc. ‘ Joined-up’ government – coordination across networks Policy trade-offs – e.g. mitigation vs. adaptation Accountability, participation, representation Knowledge politics Take-up and employment of experts/expertise Interdisciplinary knowledge Politics of expectations Framing of discourses – development, institutionalisation, resistance, etc. Engaging publics Engagement against backdrop of distrust and disaffection Shaping everyday practices Making sense of a changing landscape…. Theoretical and conceptual tools to adequately understand uneven and diverse patterns of climate governance? Disparate disciplinary insights.
Bounded rationality – Herbert Simon Heuristics etc ‘ Nudge’
Actors – structures – co-constitutive of practices.