Hannah Hughes

The Ipcc and the Politics of Writing Climate Change

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Produktbeschreibung

"Using a new analytical framework, this book examines the history and politics of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and how this shapes its assessment practice and the climate knowledge it produces. It is indispensable for students and researchers of climate politics, and anyone interested in the IPCC"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009341530
• ISBN-10: 1009341537
• Artikelnr.: 69827388

Autorenporträt

Hannah Hughes is a senior lecturer in International Politics of Climate Change at Aberystwyth University. Her research is focused on questions of knowledge and power and global asymmetries in how we know and collectively address global environmental degradation. Through her research, collaborations, and publications she hopes to shape central sites and processes of global environmental agreement-making. She has just published another book with Cambridge University Press on Conducting Research on Global Environmental Agreement-Making that she co-edited with Alice Vadrot.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of acronyms
1. Introduction
2. Knowledge, power and order in the construction of environmental politics
3. Situating the IPCC as a practice of writing
4. Analysing the IPCC as actors, activities and forms of authority
5. A new assessment cycle
6. The order of scientific assessment
7. The politics of approval
8. Concluding on the meaning and implications of writing climate change
References
Appendix: interview data.