Week 3 Gov

Question 1

Global regime of climate governance intails..?

Answer 1

action and coordination across the state and non-state actors

Question 2

What roles play nation states?

Answer 2

they still play a prominent role in the global action to govern climate change

Question 3

Is climate diplomacy important?

Answer 3

It has proven crucial to reduce the raise of emission rate; only thorugh internantional coorperation it is possible to achieve global goals

Question 4

Why isnt climate diplomacy yet not enough?

Answer 4

The problem is at the level of the economic model and of consumption patterns: growth-oriented/beoloberal capitalism has proven unable to allow for emission reduction

Question 5

Climate governance regime: International Governance

Answer 5

governance activities coordinated between or among nation-states

Question 6

transnational governance:

Answer 6

governance activities coordinated beyond nation-state level, inclduding non-state and local actors

Question 7

Is green capitalism possible?

Answer 7

The feasibility of green capitalism depends on the specific policies and institutions in place to promote sustainability within the market system.

Question 8

Why are CO2 emissions now 60% higher than they were in 1990?

Answer 8

the increase in CO2 emissions since 1990 is a result of a combination of factors related to economic and population growth, energy consumption, and land use changes.

Question 9

Is diplomacy enough?

Answer 9

Yet diplomacy alone is not enough. The problem is at the level of the economic model and of consumption patterns: growth-oriented/neoliberal capitalism has proved unable so far to allow for emission reduction.

Question 10

What is authority and why does it matter to understand climate governance?

Answer 10

Form of power

Question 11

authority

Answer 11

power+legitimacy

Question 12

Authorization

Answer 12

dynamic to give legitimacy and recognition

Question 13

Systemic change

Answer 13

The system should be changed at the level of epistemology (knowledge level)

Question 14

After 30 years of climate diplomacy CO2 emissions continue to rise but why?

Answer 14

the structural unbalance in the distribution of authority at both global and nation-state levels is at the core of this failure

Question 15

What helps to design mechanisms to accomplish climate governance and redistribute power

Answer 15

Understanding authority in a dynamic way as authorization and identifying the drivers of this dynamics

Question 16

Yet to accomplish climate governance is not enough, what do we have to do first?

Answer 16

We first need to address the root causes of systemic unbalance

Question 17

what offers an epistemological perspective to understand the root of systemic unbalance and to discuss systemic change

Answer 17

Coloniality of power

Question 18

colonialism

Answer 18

the historical process of occupation and exploitation

Question 19

coloniality

Answer 19

is the power strucutre of modernity and cultural heritage of colonialism (still dominant)

Question 20

Decoloniality

Answer 20

does NOT mean anti-modernity or de-westernization