Mark Lawrence: More Democracy - A Second Chance for Climate Politics (VIDEO)

Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam

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Hope was high when the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted 2015. Countries pledged to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius. Five years later it is sobering: global emissions of carbon dioxide and other climate-relevant gases continue to rise. In "Science", Mark Lawrence and Stefan Schäfer of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) argue that the centralized approach to addressing global warming has failed and only greater democratic engagement can reanimate global climate politics.

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IASS/ S. Letz

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