After Paris: Embedded environmentalism?

The agreement reached in Paris will only be meaningful if countries make progress on their pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Lack of progress is often attributed to the influence of climate skepticism, and some observers expect a new wave of skeptical voices in the coming years. Yesterday Michael Oppenheimer was quoted in the Washington Post, saying

“Denialism draws its oxygen from larger political agendas and Paris won’t put an end to those... There will still be plenty of opposition to regulating greenhouse gas emissions, to regulation in general, and to any sort of international cooperation.”

Geden in english - now available: The end of climate Policy as we knew it

On Nov 24, 20101 we had a discussion ab out Oliver Geden's analysis Das Ende der Klimapolitik, wie wir sie kannten. This paper is now available in English - see "The End of Climate Policy as We Knew It". An interesting and thought provoking scenario of climate policies and emerging perspectives in 2015.