Launch of Major Edited Book on Climate Change Policy
Launch of Major Edited Book on Climate Change Policy Climate Change and Global Policy Regimes: Towards Institutional Legitimacy
Experts Claim Many Climate Change Institutions Are ‘Remote from the Public’ and Call for ‘Increased Public Participation in Policy Making’
Climate Change and Global Policy Regimes: Towards Institutional Legitimacy. Book editor and UTas alumnus Dr Tim Cadman, with chapter author Assoc Prof Fred Gale.
Since the creation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, media and public attention has been focussed on the global negotiations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Little attention has been paid to the institutions that are charged with the responsibility of developing effective responses. These are often remote from the public, and communities most threatened by global warming are often excluded from decision-making.
The authors investigate a wide range of institutions within the ‘climate change regime complex’. From carbon trading, to food and water availability, energy production, human security, local government, and the intergovernmental climate talks themselves, they find much that should be of concern to policy makers, and the public at large. In doing so they provide a series of recommendations to improve governance legitimacy, and assist public participation in policy deliberations that will affect future generations.
For more information contact: Tim Cadman 0419 628 709 or Assoc Fred Gale 6324 3376
web: http://globalclimatechangepolicy.org