Climate change and motivation: the obstacle from conflicting perspectives

TY - CHAP

T1 - Climate change and motivation

T2 - the obstacle from conflicting perspectives

AU - Jensen, Karsten Klint

PY - 2015/5/15

Y1 - 2015/5/15

N2 - This chapter argues that the normative framework of liberal democracy is the main source of failure of a global climate politics and that there is high probability that at least some democracies will not consent to an international agreement to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. In this situation, the institution of judicial review is crucial to overcome the risk of a tragedy of the commons. However, in the case of climate change, an institutional change of the required sort cannot be derived from within the normative framework of liberal democracy itself.

AB - This chapter argues that the normative framework of liberal democracy is the main source of failure of a global climate politics and that there is high probability that at least some democracies will not consent to an international agreement to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. In this situation, the institution of judicial review is crucial to overcome the risk of a tragedy of the commons. However, in the case of climate change, an institutional change of the required sort cannot be derived from within the normative framework of liberal democracy itself.

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-1-138-85430-7

SN - 978-1-138-85429-1

T3 - Routledge Studies in Sustainability

SP - 11

EP - 19

BT - The Politics of sustainability

A2 - Birnbacher, Dieter

A2 - Thorseth, May

PB - Routledge

CY - London and New York

ER -