Winter 2012 (26.4) • Review
Briefly Noted
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.
Winter 2012 (26.4) • Feature
Introductory Note
Recent developments in climate policy have done little to suggest that the world is acting quickly enough to avoid a dangerous rise in global temperatures. ...
Winter 2012 (26.4) • Essay
Arctic Stewardship: Maintaining Regional Resilience in an Era of Global Change [Full Text]
What sorts of harms arising from changes in the Arctic are actionable, and who should take the actions required to respond to them?
Winter 2012 (26.4) • Feature
“If Equity’s In, We’re Out”: Scope for Fairness in the Next Global Climate Agreement
This article sets out a conceptual framework for normative theorizing about fairness in international negotiations, with a particular emphasis on the role of feasibility considerations. ...
Winter 2012 (26.4) • Feature
Climate Justice and Capabilities: A Framework for Adaptation Policy
This article argues that most well-known approaches to climate justice have two important weaknesses, in that they fail to take advantage of two crucial developments: ...
Winter 2012 (26.4) • Feature
Coaxing Climate Policy Leadership
In this article, I identify several conditions for and obstacles to effective international policy leadership with a view toward creating the conditions for that leadership ...
Online Exclusive • 11/12/2012 • Blog
Frankenstorms and Climate Change
The mere possibility that the damage Hurricane Sandy has wrought could be caused by our emissions should be enough to spur our political leaders to ...
Online Exclusive • 10/23/2012 • Blog
Elected Security Council Members: Power, Process, Purpose
Candidate countries engage in long and drawn-out campaigns to garner promises of support when it comes to the vote—promises that are undeclared and sometimes ...