Climate Policy in Turbulent Times: Party Politics and Coalition Building

Abstract

This panel is inspired by two broad developments in recent years: (i) the proliferation of international and domestic climate change mitigation targets; (ii) increasing contestation and division over their implementation within countries. The panel engages with such issues via a series of papers all examining coalitions mobilising to support or oppose climate change policy, with a particular focus on political parties. The overall purpose is to delineate, analyse and advance understanding of the precise nature of such coalitions, and how they are influencing climate change policy. The panel will scrutinise how actors are enabling or blocking the implementation of policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions within countries. It will feature detailed exploration of how different categories of party family are framing climate change or formally positioning themselves on the issue, what approaches both mainstream and radical right parties are taking to climate change, and whether the dominant coalitions of support for climate change policies have developed and changed over time within OECD countries. The papers vary between those investigating case studies and those providing larger, cross-country comparisons, as well as those more focused on recent data versus those seeking to trace long-run developments in these areas. Together, they provide a stimulating and insightful explanation of the complicated and dynamic nature of contemporary climate politics.

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