Veranstaltungsart
Book Presentation
Ort/Datum
Bonn, 19.05.2016
Veranstalter
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Latin American countries have increased their influence at the UN climate change negotiations and offered potential solutions on coping with global warming. But in the face of competing priorities, sometimes these climate policies are jettisoned, undermined, or simply ignored. J. Timmons Roberts, currently a guest researcher at DIE, will present his recent book A Fragmented Continent (MIT Press, 2015) on Latin America’s role(s) in the global politics of climate change. He argues that three distinct Latin American blocs have emerged in international climate negotiations and analyzes how they attempt to balance climate action with building prosperity. Accordingly, Brazil has reduced its deforestation but continues its drive for economic growth and global recognition. A leftist group led by Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador decries the injustice of climate change but is highly dependent on the export of fossil fuels. A new group, including Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru and supported by Mexico, offers sharp reductions in their carbon emissions in return for greater action by others; these countries now have to deliver on their promises. Weaving together issues of politics and economy, trade, foreign policy, civil society, and environmental protection, A Fragmented Continent offers a long-missing perspective on one of this century’s greatest challenges and neglected regions, which Professor Roberts will be happy to discuss with the audience.
Source: Notification from DIE from 08.04.2016Veranstaltungsart
Book Presentation
Ort/Datum
Bonn, 19.05.2016
Veranstalter
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Latin American countries have increased their influence at the UN climate change negotiations and offered potential solutions on coping with global warming. But in the face of competing priorities, sometimes these climate policies are jettisoned, undermined, or simply ignored. J. Timmons Roberts, currently a guest researcher at DIE, will present his recent book A Fragmented Continent (MIT Press, 2015) on Latin America’s role(s) in the global politics of climate change. He argues that three distinct Latin American blocs have emerged in international climate negotiations and analyzes how they attempt to balance climate action with building prosperity. Accordingly, Brazil has reduced its deforestation but continues its drive for economic growth and global recognition. A leftist group led by Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador decries the injustice of climate change but is highly dependent on the export of fossil fuels. A new group, including Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru and supported by Mexico, offers sharp reductions in their carbon emissions in return for greater action by others; these countries now have to deliver on their promises. Weaving together issues of politics and economy, trade, foreign policy, civil society, and environmental protection, A Fragmented Continent offers a long-missing perspective on one of this century’s greatest challenges and neglected regions, which Professor Roberts will be happy to discuss with the audience.
Source: Notification from DIE from 08.04.2016