Coalitions in the Climate Change Negotiations

This edited volume provides both a broad overview of cooperation patterns in the UNFCCC climate change negotiations and an in-depth analysis of specific coalitions and their relations. Over the course of three parts, this book maps out and takes stock of patterns of cooperation in the climate change negotiations since their inception in 1995. In Part I, the authors focus on the evolution of coalitions over time, examining why these emerged and how they function. PartII drills deeper into a set of coalitions, particularly "new" political groups that have emerged in the last rounds of negotiations around the Copenhagen Accord and the Paris Agreement. Finally, PartIII explores common themes and open questions in coalition research, and provides a comprehensive overview of coalitions in the climate change negotiations. By taking a broad approach to the study of coalitions in the climate change negotiations, this volume is an essential reference source for researchers, students, and negotiators with an interest in the dynamics of climate negotiations.

Introduction Carola Klöck, Paula Castro, Florian Weiler and Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær Part 1: Overview: Coalition Dynamics in the Climate Change Negotiations Fragmentation in the Climate Change Negotiations: Taking Stock of the Evolving Coalition Dynamics Paula Castro and Carola Klöck The Role of Coalitions in the Climate Change Negotiations Florian Weiler and Paula Castro The Temporal Emergence of Developing Country Coalitions Nicholas Chan Part 2: Individual Coalitions in the Climate Change Negotiations Pacific Island States and 30 Years of Global Climate Change Negotiations George Carter How the Cartagena Dialogue Brought UN Climate Negotiations Back on Track and Helped Deliver the Paris Agreement Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær The Narrative Position of the Like-Minded Developing Countries in Global Climate Negotiations Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær, Bård Lahn, Tobias Dan Nielsen, Lucia Green-Weiskel and Fang Fang One Voice, One Africa: The African Group of Negotiators Simon Chin-Yee, Tobias Nielsen And Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær AILAC and ALBA: Differing Visions of Latin America in Climate Change Negotiations Joshua Watts Part 3: Conclusion and Outlook Conclusions Florian Weiler, Paula Castro and Carola Klöck

Carola Klöck is an Assistant Professor at Sciences Po Paris, France. Paula Castro is a Research Associate at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. Florian Weiler is Assistant Professor at the Central European University, School of Public Policy, Vienna, Austria. Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær is Adjungated Researcher at the University of the Faroe Islands.