[gep-ed] Re: WPSA conference theme: The Politics of Climate Change

[aseem]

Here is a piece on the "Politics of climate change adaptation" forthcoming in 
the Annual Review of Environment and Resource:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325607009_The_Politics_of_Climate_Change_Adaptation
(pls email me if you need the PDF version).

Regarding fires in the American/Canadian West, we published this blog on August 
22:
http://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/403093-seattles-smoky-summers-are-becoming-the-new-normal

We suggest that all actors need to think of climate adaptation even as they 
work towards mitigation. Forest fires afflicting Western US and Canada have 
distinct transboundary character. Given their scale, tackling them is perhaps 
beyond the capacity of any given state; a regional approach is needed. 
Importantly, we need bipartisanship and explore collaborative 
business-NGO-government arrangements. The desire for the perfect should not 
become the enemy of the practical.

***
Aseem Prakash
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
University of Washington, Seattle
http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/

On Fri, 24 Aug 2018, John M Meyer wrote:

> Environmental Politics colleagues, Please see the call from the WPSA, below. 
> Many of you know that this conference has long been a welcoming home for 
> scholarship in
> our field/s, but with this year's conference theme on the politics of climate 
> change, that seems especially true. I hope you'll join me in attending.
> All best,
> John
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: Richard Clucas 
> Date: Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 4:28 PM
> Subject: Please share this announcement 
> To: John M. Meyer 
> 
> With much of the American West blanketed in smoke this summer and the East 
> repeatedly saturated in rain, it is hard not to believe that the environment 
> has begun to
> suffer from the devastations of climate change. But to climate change 
> experts, it is only going to get worse. One scholarly projection, which was 
> just published in
> the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concludes that the world 
> may be at a threshold which, if crossed, will make it increasingly futile to 
> stop the
> crises that are about to unfold, not just in the ecosystem, but in societies, 
> economies, and politics. The term the study used to describe this projection 
> is “Hothouse
> Earth.” 
> 
> Despite the dire picture presented in the study, the authors of the paper 
> believe, as must scholars do, that there is still time to act. Given the 
> pressing
> significance of this issue, the Western Political Science Association has 
> decided to adopt a theme for its April 2019 meeting on “The Politics of 
> Climate Change.” It
> is a threat that demands the attention of political scientists.
> 
> While proposals are welcome on all topics in political science, we are 
> particularly encouraging proposals that enhance our understanding of the 
> politics related to
> climate change. Scholars in all subfields of the discipline are welcome to 
> submit proposals on subjects related to this theme.
> 
> We are sending you this note now because the deadline for paper and panel 
> proposals will be coming up shortly (September 21). Details about the 
> conference, its theme,
> the Call for Papers, and proposal instructions are available on the WPSA 
> website:  www.wpsanet.org. 
> 
> The conference will be held at the Manchester Hyatt in San Diego, California, 
> from April 18 to 20, 2019
> 
> -- 
> Richard A. Clucas
> Executive Director
> Western Political Science Association
> Professor
> Political Science Department
> Hatfield School of Government
> Portland State University
> Portland, OR 97207
> (503) 725-3258
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> For current news about the Western Political Science Association visit: WPSA 
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[gep-ed] WPSA conference theme: The Politics of Climate Change

[John M Meyer]

Environmental Politics colleagues, Please see the call from the WPSA,
below. Many of you know that this conference has long been a welcoming home
for scholarship in our field/s, but with this year's conference theme on
the politics of climate change, that seems especially true. I hope you'll
join me in attending.

All best,
John
-- Forwarded message -
From: Richard Clucas 
Date: Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 4:28 PM
Subject: Please share this announcement
To: John M. Meyer 

With much of the American West blanketed in smoke this summer and the East
repeatedly saturated in rain, it is hard not to believe that the
environment has begun to suffer from the devastations of climate change.
But to climate change experts, it is only going to get worse. One scholarly
projection, which was just published in the *Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences*, concludes that the world may be at a threshold which,
if crossed, will make it increasingly futile to stop the crises that are
about to unfold, not just in the ecosystem, but in societies, economies,
and politics. The term the study used to describe this projection is
“Hothouse Earth.”

Despite the dire picture presented in the study, the authors of the paper
believe, as must scholars do, that there is still time to act. Given the
pressing significance of this issue, the Western Political Science
Association has decided to adopt a theme for its April 2019 meeting on “The
Politics of Climate Change.” It is a threat that demands the attention of
political scientists.

While proposals are welcome on all topics in political science, we are
particularly encouraging proposals that enhance our understanding of the
politics related to climate change. Scholars in all subfields of the
discipline are welcome to submit proposals on subjects related to this
theme.

We are sending you this note now because the deadline for paper and panel
proposals will be coming up shortly (September 21). Details about the
conference, its theme, the Call for Papers, and proposal instructions are
available on the WPSA website:  www.wpsanet.org .

The conference will be held at the Manchester Hyatt in San Diego,
California, from April 18 to 20, 2019

-- 
Richard A. Clucas
Executive Director
Western Political Science Association
Professor
Political Science Department
Hatfield School of Government
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207
(503) 725-3258



For current news about the Western Political Science Association visit: WPSA
on Facebook


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Department of Politics , Humboldt State
University
Arcata, CA 95521  USA. p: 707.826.4497
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[gep-ed] Re: Comparative Expenditures on Environmental Protection

[Hamish van der Ven]

Hi GEP-ers,

Thanks to those who replied to my query on cross-national variation in
levels of expenditures on environmental protection. I've abbreviated and
copied the responses below:

There is a literature on regime-type and environmental protection. Rodger
Payne published a mostly theoretical piece in J of  Democracy back in 1995
and there has been a fair amount of empirical work since then. The
empirical testing uses a variety of measures for environmental protection,
including treaty ratification, pollution measures, etc. Some may use
spending, but I don't recall any off-hand.

…


Running the danger to be totally off topic, here are just some scatty
links to data sources on aspects of expenditures on environmental
protection:

Public R spending on the environment for EU countries can be found
here: https://green-horizons.eu/tis/environmental-governance

Environmental protection expenditure on waste management her:
https://green-horizons.eu/tis/waste-and-recycling

Government expenditure on renewable energy demo projects her:
https://green-horizons.eu/tis/renewable-energy

On the website there are also some other indicators your student may
find interesting for building a model.

What the website nicely demonstrates is the variety of different aspects
of environmental protection and I would recommend to your student to
disaggregate parts of it as sometimes specific expenditures may have
very regionally specific explanations, for example mining activities.



…



Lyle SCRUGGS – Sustaining Abundance



Steinburg and VanDeveer's Comparative Environmental Politics book for
comparative politics grounded ideas about the many factors that probably
interact with (or intervene in the relationships between) cost and
performance.


With thanks,


hvdv

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:03 AM Hamish van der Ven <
hamish.vander...@utoronto.ca> wrote:

> Dear GEP-ers,
>
>
>
> I have a doctoral student who is interested in explaining cross-national
> variation in levels of expenditures on environmental protection (broadly
> construed). He is looking for literature that outlines or probes hypotheses
> for why some countries might spend more than others. Any recommendations?
> Please email me off-list and I will share the compiled results with the
> listserve.
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> Hamish
>
> --
> Hamish van der Ven
>
> Assistant Professor
>
> Department of Political Science and School of Environment
>
> McGill University
>
> hamishvanderven.com
>

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