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The powerful norm for climate change action : how international organizations legitimate themselves amid contestation / Laura von Allwörden.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allwörden, Laura von, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Government policy.
- Climatic changes.
- Greenhouse gases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 168 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.How do international climate and energy organizations survive and thrive despite powerful contestation?This analysis reveals how the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) maintain legitimacy when key players like.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- The Powerful Norm for Climate Change Action: How International Organizations Legitimate Themselves Amid Contestation
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Contested International Organizations in Climate and Energy
- International organizations, contestations and climate change
- Studies of the global climate regime
- The norm for climate change action
- The case studies: the UNFCCC and the IEA
- Findings and contribution
- Outline of the book
- 2 Understanding Norms as Guiding Frames in Contestation-Legitimation Processes
- The stages of contestation-legitimation processes in brief
- Starting the process: contestation
- The struggle of contestation-legitimation processes: legitimacy
- Norms as guiding frames of contestation-legitimation processes
- Legitimacy beliefs
- Practices of de-legitimation and legitimation
- Practice tracing in contestation-legitimation processes
- To conclude: the contestation-legitimation process framework
- 3 Emergence of the Norm for Climate Change Action: The UNFCCC and Contestation of Global South
- The background of the G77 walkout: the norm for CCA and loss and damage
- The G77 walkout: contestation for loss and damage and CCA
- Contestation doubled: the walkout of civil society
- Bringing parties back on track for CCA: legitimation by the UNFCCC
- Conclusion: Successful legitimation after contestation in the name of CCA
- 4 The UNFCCC, US Contestation and Guidance by the Norm for Climate Change Action
- The US, the UNFCCC and CCA: the Kyoto Protocol experience and the Trump election
- The contestation: the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
- Legitimation practices by the UNFCCC.
- Legitimation practices of member state actors, sub- and non-state actors
- Conclusion: Diverse, collective legitimation in the name of CCA after contestation
- 5 Contestation Along the North-South Divide: The International Energy Agency Turning to Collective Action
- The contestation: IEA OECD membership outdated
- The middle ground: self-legitimation through member association
- Exclusive at the core: self-legitimation by keeping the 'safe space'
- Conclusion: Middle ground to act collectively on climate change
- 6 Frozen in Time: The International Energy Agency Moving Towards Climate Change Action
- The contestation: 'frozen in time' without renewables
- Legitimation: including renewable energy expertise
- Legitimation: keeping the 'raison d' ê tre'
- Conclusion: Finding the middle ground for energy expertise
- 7 Comparing Cases: Climate Change Action Across the Climate-Energy Nexus
- The norm for CCA and the North-South divide: contestation
- The norm for CCA and the North-South divide: legitimation
- The norm for CCA and the institutional format: contestation
- The norm for CCA and the institutional format: legitimation
- Discussion: the norm for climate change action in contestation-legitimation processes of the UNFCCC and the IEA
- Conclusion: The norm for CCA in contestation-legitimation processes
- 8 Conclusion: Contestation and Legitimation of IOs in the Global Climate Regime
- Revisiting the puzzle and the research question
- Findings: contestation, legitimation and the adoption of the norm for CCA
- Reflections: looking back and moving forward
- Appendix A List of Interviews
- Appendix B Questions to the Interviewees
- UNFCCC: Interview questions 1st draft
- UNFCCC: Interview questions 2nd draft
- UNFCC: Interview questions 3rd draft
- IEA: Interview questions 1st draft in German.
- IEA: Interview questions 2nd draft in English
- IRENA: Questions
- Appendix C Ethics - Consensual and Safe Research with Participants and Data
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Appendix C
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5292-5241-5
- 9781529252415
- OCLC:
- 1569922884
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