Carbon coalitions : business, climate politics, and the rise of emissions trading / Jonas Meckling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meckling, Jonas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emissions trading.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Emissions trading--United States.

Emissions trading--European Union countries.

Emissions trading--Great Britain.

Climatic changes--Government policy--United States.

Climatic changes--Government policy--European Union countries.

Climatic changes--Government policy--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An examination of how a transnational coalition of firms and NGOs influenced the emergence of emissions trading as a central component of global climate governance.Over the past decade, carbon trading has emerged as the industrialized world's primary policy response to global climate change despite considerable controversy. With carbon markets worth $144 billion in 2009, carbon trading represents the largest manifestation of the trend toward market-based environmental governance. In Carbon Coalitions, Jonas Meckling presents the first comprehensive study on the rise of carbon trading and the role business played in making this policy instrument a central pillar of global climate governance.Meckling explains how a transnational coalition of firms and a few market-oriented environmental groups actively promoted international emissions trading as a compromise policy solution in a situation of political stalemate. The coalition sidelined not only environmental groups that favored taxation and command-and-control regulation but also business interests that rejected any emissions controls. Considering the sources of business influence, Meckling emphasizes the importance of political opportunities (policy crises and norms), coalition resources (funding and legitimacy,) and political strategy (mobilizing state allies and multilevel advocacy).Meckling presents three case studies that represent milestones in the rise of carbon trading: the internationalization of emissions trading in the Kyoto Protocol (1989-2000); the creation of the EU Emissions Trading System (1998-2008); and the reemergence of emissions trading on the U.S. policy agenda (2001-2009). These cases and the theoretical framework that Meckling develops for understanding the influence of transnational business coalitions offer critical insights into the role of business in the emergence of market-based global environmental governance.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

Business Coalitions in Global Climate Politics

Alternative Explanations: Capital, States, and Ideas

Methodological Issues

Overview of the Book

Chapter 2. Business Coalitions in Global Environmental Politics

Business Coalitions, Strategy, and Political Entrepreneurs

International Opportunities and Constraints

Coalition Resources: Financial Resources and Legitimacy

Coalition Strategies: State Allies and Multilevel Games

Summary: An Analytic Framework

Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Carbon Trading

Explaining Emissions Trading

The Intellectual and Political History of Emissions Trading

The State of the Global Carbon Market

Business and Carbon Trading: Risks and Opportunities

Conclusion

Chapter 4. The Kyoto Protocol: Internationalizing a U.S. Regulatory Approach

The Business Opposition in Control of Early Climate Politics, 1989-1995

The Industry Split and the Campaign for Market Mechanisms, 1995-1997

The Kyoto Protocol: The Emissions Trading Compromise, 1997

Institutionalizing the Protrading Lobby, 1998-2000

Chapter 5. The European Union: From Foe to Friend of Carbon Trading

Pioneering Trading from Bottom- up: Business in the United Kingdom, 1998-2000

Building a Coalition for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, 1998-2004

Winds of Opposition: Germany and Energy- Intensive Industries, 1998-2004

The Future of Carbon Trading: The Coalition at Risk, 2005-2008

Chapter 6. The United States: Reimporting Carbon Trading

The Bush Administration and Voluntary Climate Policy, 2001-2003

Pioneering Trading from the Bottom- up: Firms and States, 2003-2006

Business and NGOs Calling for Cap and Trade, 2005-2008

Congress Responds: Cap- and- Trade Bills, 2007-2009

Conclusion.

Chapter 7. Business and the Rise of Market- Based Climate Governance

Business and the Making of Carbon Markets

The Influence of Transnational Business Coalitions Revisited

The Strengths and Weaknesses of Alternative Explanations

Business Infl uence and Market- Based Global Environmental Governance

Implications for the Study and Practice of Global Environmental Politics

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-29801-5

1-283-30290-X

9786613302908

0-262-29888-0

OCLC:

758384451