Comprender la obstrucción climática es fundamental para avanzar en acciones efectivas. A partir de finales de la década de 1980, una amplia gama de actores, incluidas corporaciones y asociaciones comerciales, actuando en coordinación con grupos de expertos conservadores, fundaciones y empresas de relaciones públicas, montaron un esfuerzo a largo plazo para oponerse a las acciones para mitigar las emisiones de carbono responsables del cambio climático. Muchas representaciones de este esfuerzo se centran en los Estados Unidos; Climate Obstruction across Europe documenta por primera vez el desarrollo y la naturaleza de estas actividades en todo el continente y el Reino Unido. Destacados equipos de expertos examinan estudios de caso de once países y de la Unión Europea (UE). Cada equipo documenta el desarrollo histórico de la obstrucción climática en un país, las principales organizaciones involucradas en estos esfuerzos, las estrategias y tácticas utilizadas, y la naturaleza de los argumentos esgrimidos para ralentizar o detener la acción climática. Señalando diferencias significativas entre países, el libro concluye con diez lecciones sobre la obstrucción climática en toda Europa que surgen de los estudios. Las economías y las historias nacionales son fundamentales para dar forma a la obstrucción y a los actores, los grupos de presión y los lugares donde operan los think tanks.
Understanding climate obstruction is foundational to advancing effective action on the issue. Starting in the late 1980s, a broad range of actors, including corporations and trade associations, acting in coordination with conservative think tanks, foundations, and public relations firms, mounted a long-term effort to oppose action to mitigate carbon emissions responsible for climate change. Many portrayals of this effort focus on the United States; Climate Obstruction across Europe for the first time documents the development and nature of these activities across the Continent and the United Kingdom. Leading teams of experts examine case studies of eleven nations and the European Union (EU). Each team documents the historic development of climate obstruction in a country, the principal organizations involved in these efforts, the strategies and tactics utilized, and the nature of the arguments made to slow or stop climate action. Noting significant differences between countries, the book concludes with ten lessons on climate obstruction across Europe which emerge from the studies. National economies and histories are foundational in shaping obstruction and shaping the actors, lobbies, and the places for think tanks to operate. The public relations industry pushes climate delay into the public and policymaking arenas, providing fodder for a media already inclined to support the (fossil fuel-dependent) status quo. Finally, environmentalists, pro-climate policymakers, and the EU are being blamed for damaging national and regional economies and are labelled as radicals, ‘kooks’, and ‘the enemy’. Future research is suggested to better understand the development of intentional barriers to action on climate change in Europe.
Introduction: The First Portrait of Climate Obstruction across Europe
Robert J. Brulle, J. Timmons Roberts
págs. 16-40
Climate Obstruction in the United Kingdom: Charting the Resistance to Climate Action
págs. 41-71
Climate Obstruction in Scotland: The Politics of Oil and Gas
págs. 72-94
Climate Obstruction in Ireland: The Contested Transformation of an Agricultural Economy
págs. 95-123
Climate Obstruction in Sweden: The Green Welfare State—Both Progressive and Obstructionist
págs. 124-150
Climate Obstruction in Germany: Hidden in Plain Sight?
págs. 151-176
Climate Obstruction in the Netherlands: Strategic and Systemic Obstruction of Dutch Climate Policies (1980–Present)
págs. 177-200
Climate Obstruction in Poland: A Governmental–Industrial Complex
págs. 201-228
Climate Obstruction in Russia: Surviving a Resource-Dependent Economy, an Authoritarian Regime, and a Disappearing Civil Society
págs. 229-257
Climate Obstruction in the Czech Republic: Winning by Default
págs. 258-282
Climate Obstruction in Italy: From Outright Denial to Widespread Climate Delay
págs. 283-308
Climate Obstruction in Spain: From Boycotting the Expansion of Renewable Energy to Blocking Compassion Toward Animals
págs. 309-334
Climate Obstruction in the European Union: Business Coalitions and the Technocracy of Delay
Dieter Plehwe, Tobias Haas, Moritz Neujeffski
págs. 335-361
Conclusion: Ten Lessons about Climate Obstruction in Europe
J. Timmons Roberts, Robert J. Brulle
págs. 362-379
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