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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2025

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Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance , pp. 267 - 270
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Index

accountability, 9, 177, 179, 182, 186–187, 212, 242, 248, 250
activism, 2–3, 7, 9–10, 20, 35, 37–40, 42, 45, 56–58, 60, 65–66, 68–71, 74, 77, 79, 115, 117, 124, 134, 136, 258, 262. See also social movements
adaptation, 2, 41, 43, 45, 86, 109, 114–115, 117, 119–120, 122, 184, 208, 212, 264
agriculture, 84–85, 90–91, 103, 134, 165, 185, 264
air pollution, 67, 70
Australia, 73, 191, 193–194, 197–199, 211, 215, 260
Labor Party, 193–195, 199
Liberal Party, 194
Aztecs, 67
backlash, 1, 6, 65, 74, 78, 123–124, 163, 189, 245, 262
batteries, 226, 228–230, 232, 245
Biden, Joe, 74, 231, 246
biodiversity, 7, 39, 86, 89, 93, 195
Blair, Tony, 192, 212
Bloomberg, Michael, 68, 121
Bolivia, 217
Bondevik, Kjell Magne, 167–169
Brazil, 11, 84, 129–130, 133–139, 143, 215, 228, 256, 260
Rio de Janeiro, 139
Britain. See United Kingdom
Bulgaria, 74
Bush, George W., 211, 213–215
Cameron, David, 192
Canada, 1, 49, 69, 113, 198, 215, 230, 232, 245, 250
Montreal, 211–212
New Brunswick, 198
Ontario, 245
cap-and-trade, 36, 40, 45
capitalism, 2, 7, 67, 101, 105
carbon budgets, 4, 5, 87, 173, 181–182, 184–185, 195, 199
carbon capture and storage (CCS), 167–170, 172–173, 258
carbon pricing, 6, 199, 243, 247
carbon sequestration, 84, 86, 89
carbon tax, 131, 164–165, 184
carbon trap, 12, 239–240, 243–244, 246, 248, 250, 257
cement, 40, 83–84, 168
central banks, 3, 11–12, 99–109, 178, 186, 189, 198, 256, 258, 261
Chile, 73
China, 1, 11, 36, 67, 73, 75, 102, 122, 146–160, 206, 209, 211, 215–217, 222–223, 225–232, 234, 256–258
China Energy Investment Group (CHN Energy), 156–158
state-owned enterprises, 154–157
State Power Corporation of China, 154
strategic emerging industries (SEI), 226
Chirac, Jacques, 212
Christians, 22, 30, 32, 52, 165, 167, 195
cities, 139, 171, 250. See also local level
Clean Development Mechanism, 148, 151, 210, 214
clean energy. See renewable energy
Climate Acts, 11, 85–86, 138–139, 164, 176–187, 191–197, 199, 257, 259
climate denial, 6–7
climate laws. See Climate Acts
Clinton, Bill, 213
coal phaseout, 10, 12, 25–27, 30–32, 65–67, 69–73, 75–78, 152, 257–258
coal power, 7, 10–12, 20, 24–27, 30–32, 65–78, 83–84, 122–123, 129, 140–142, 151–152, 155–158, 160, 213, 247, 256–259
colonialism, 8, 58, 76, 78. See also decolonization
complex system, 4, 12, 243
Conferences of the Parties, 68, 70, 72, 216, 254. See also United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
COP3. See Kyoto Protocol
COP13, 213, 215
COP15, 152, 215–216
COP16, 216
COP21, 68. See also Paris Agreement
COP23, 69
COP26, 69, 84, 89, 92, 120, 152
COP27, 92, 208
COP28, 69–70, 254
corporations, 7, 36, 45, 72–74, 87, 100, 105, 227
corporate social responsibility, 114
COVID-19, 1, 22, 31, 99, 101, 105, 152, 170
crisis, 1, 3–4, 44, 53, 83, 91, 99–104, 108–109, 113, 124, 129, 138, 146, 160, 170, 191, 195, 197, 218, 225, 227, 240–241, 260, 264. See also polycrisis
Cuba, 217
da Silva, Lula, 138–139
decolonization, 76, 78, 259. See also colonialism
democracy, 3, 146, 248, 250–251
Denmark, 91, 182–183, 185–186, 191, 195–197, 199, 260
Danish People’s Party, 196
Social Democrats, 195–196
Social Liberal Party, 196
Socialist Peoples’ Party, 196
depoliticization, 3–5, 9, 11, 32, 54, 59, 74, 78, 85, 87, 94, 100–101, 103, 106, 108–109, 116, 130, 134, 164–165, 168–169, 172–174, 177, 186, 190–191, 194, 197–198, 200, 205–209, 215, 217, 239–240, 242–243, 247, 250–251, 255–262
divestment, 7, 74
Douglass, Frederick, 113, 124
drought, 37, 41, 103, 113
electric vehicles, 132–133, 164, 166, 170–173, 222, 224, 227, 229, 231–232, 245, 247, 263
electricity grids, 132–133, 136, 141–142, 158, 224, 226, 231
European Union, 1, 3, 20, 22, 24–26, 31, 36, 67, 73–74, 91, 99–100, 102, 164–165, 173, 176, 182, 184, 205–206, 210–217, 222, 228, 230, 232, 242, 248–249, 251
Common Agricultural Policy, 91
Effort Sharing Regulation, 164–166, 173
Emissions Trading Scheme, 164, 210
Emissions Trading System, 24, 164–165, 173, 242
European Green Deal, 246, 249, 251
European Parliament, 24, 26, 264
Just Transition Mechanism, 248
Europeanization, 173
experts, 4, 85, 158, 176–177, 179, 182, 185–186
Extinction Rebellion, 22, 57, 123
XR Muslims, 57
feedback mechanism, 4, 12, 132, 146, 185, 198, 241–242, 245
feed-in tariffs, 19, 155
Finland, 84, 180, 183
flooding, 41, 86, 88, 99, 103, 107, 113, 119, 122
fossil fuel industry, 1–2, 5–7, 10–12, 37–38, 65, 67, 69–71, 74–77, 79, 83, 103–105, 107–108, 115, 119, 121–122, 130, 132–134, 136–139, 141, 143, 147, 152, 157, 159, 170, 172–173, 223–224, 249–250, 255, 258
fracking, 7
framework climate laws. See Climate Acts
France, 6, 120, 181–186, 212, 215
Fridays for Future, 10, 20–22, 24–26, 30, 55, 248, 256–257, 260–261
Friends of the Earth, 192
gender, 8, 23, 40, 53, 58, 99, 107
Germany, 10, 19–32, 49, 72, 75, 120, 180–181, 184–185, 187, 215, 225, 256–257, 260
Alternative for Germany (AfD), 22–24, 27–31
Bundestag, 26–30
Christian Democratic Union, 22, 24–25, 27–30
Christian Social Union, 22, 24–25, 27–30
Free Democratic Party, 22–24, 27–32
Social Democratic Party, 22, 24–25, 27, 29–31
Gillard, Julia, 193–194
global financial crisis (2008), 101, 104
global governance, 7, 75–77, 114, 207
Gove, Michael, 91
Greece, 67, 72
Green New Deal, 7, 246
Green Party
of Australia, 193–194, 199
of Germany, 19–20, 22–23, 25, 27–28, 30–32, 260
of Norway, 170
historical institutionalism, 191
Hungary, 1
hydropower, 134, 136–137, 154, 157, 165
implementation, 24, 32, 35–36, 40, 72–75, 77–78, 115, 152–153, 166, 173–174, 179, 183, 206–208, 212, 216–218, 230–231, 247, 251
monitoring, 116, 176–177, 179, 185–186, 192, 208
India, 73, 75, 77, 152, 206, 209, 211, 215–217, 228, 230, 264
Indonesia, 52, 69, 75, 215, 228
industrialization, 7, 37, 67, 70, 115
inequality, 1, 49–50, 58, 90, 101, 105
Inflation Reduction Act. See United States of America, Inflation Reduction Act
insurance, 11–12, 114–115, 117, 119–123, 256, 261
Lloyd’s of London, 122
Munich Re, 119–120, 122
Swiss Re, 119–120, 122
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 38, 83, 113, 115
intermediaries, 53, 74
International Monetary Fund, 74
intersectionality, 50–51, 53, 58
Iran, 264
Ireland, 84–85, 181–187
Islam, 52. See also Muslims
hadith, 52
Islamophobia, 5, 10, 50, 53, 56
Mosques, 54
Israel, 73
Italy, 72, 120, 215
Rome, 67
Japan, 22, 120, 211, 215, 227, 230
Fukushima, 21
Just Stop Oil, 55
justice, 7, 9–10, 35, 37–45, 50–52, 56, 58–59, 68–70, 75–78, 99–101, 103, 105–109, 120, 142, 240–242, 248–249, 251, 255–259, 262
just transition, 26, 75, 248, 251, 258, 262
Kerry, John, 121
Kyoto Protocol, 12, 38, 148, 164–165, 169, 173, 205–206, 209–218, 258
land use, 84, 211, 250
Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), 165
legitimacy, 151, 207–209, 214
LGBTQ+, 57–58
lobbying, 35, 133, 241, 247, 255, 262
local level, 3, 7, 25, 35–46, 52, 54, 65–67, 69–70, 72, 75–78, 87–88, 116, 123, 136, 138–139, 142, 151–153, 157, 169, 171, 173, 192, 222, 224–225, 228, 230–233, 248, 255, 258–259
Malaysia, 229, 231
Merkel, Angela, 24, 31
Mexico, 215, 264
Miliband, David, 192
Muslims, 5, 9–10, 49–60, 256, 258, 260
natural gas, 1, 12, 24, 31–32, 40, 65, 72–74, 76–78, 83, 123, 129, 133, 137–140, 146, 163, 166–170, 172, 246–247, 257
neoliberalism, 8, 108–109
net zero, 49, 83–87, 94, 115, 120–122, 148, 180, 222, 250–251
Netherlands, 66, 181–182, 185–186, 211
nitrogen oxides, 38
nongovernmental organizations, 7, 25, 57, 86–87, 114, 123, 139, 143, 167, 170–171, 173, 210, 257–258
non-majoritarian institutions, 177–178, 182, 186, 190
norms, 69–72, 159
Norway, 11, 84, 163–174, 191, 194–195, 197–199, 256–257, 260–261
Christian Democrats, 30, 167, 195
Climate Settlement, 163–164, 166, 171, 194–195
Conservative Party, 165, 167–168, 170
Labour Party, 165, 167–168, 170
Liberal Party, 165, 172, 192, 194, 199
Socialist Left, 195
Obama, Barack, 74, 200, 212, 216, 225
oil, 7, 31–32, 39–40, 72, 74, 76, 83, 123, 129–130, 133, 137–139, 163–166, 169–170, 172–173, 250, 254
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 170
Pakistan, 55–56, 264
Paris Agreement, 22, 56, 68, 72, 74, 84, 115, 120, 148, 152, 164, 173, 196, 206, 208, 216–218, 250
particulate matter, 38
path dependence, 4, 115, 136, 190, 240–241, 245
peat, 11, 84–94, 256, 258, 261
Poland, 1, 69, 72
policy, durability, 37, 86, 147, 241, 246
policy dismantling, 32, 179, 182, 194, 199, 240, 255–256, 262, 264
policy retrenchment. See policy dismantling
policymaking
climate, 6, 37–38, 57, 176–180, 182, 186–187, 189–190, 193–194, 197–198
environmental, 70
health, 37–43, 45, 67, 70, 76
industrial, 130, 132, 135, 141, 159, 222–225, 229–230, 232–234, 257
monetary, 4, 99–103, 106–109, 182, 189, 198
transport, 26, 163, 165, 169, 171–172, 263
welfare, 107, 190
politicization, 2–3, 5–12, 20, 22, 24, 26–27, 30–32, 49–51, 53–55, 57–59, 65–67, 70, 77, 78, 83–85, 92, 100, 102, 105, 114–115, 122–124, 129, 132, 140–143, 147, 164, 166–170, 172–174, 177, 179, 185–187, 205–207, 209, 217–218, 223, 229, 234, 239–243, 246, 248, 250–251, 254, 257–260, 262–263. See also depoliticization; repoliticization
as broader sociopolitical change, 9–10, 179, 257–258
as discourse, 9
as partisan competition, 9–10, 179, 257, 262
as scholarly praxis, 8–10, 49, 51, 71, 76, 78, 163, 254, 257–259
polycrisis, 109. See also crisis
populism, 1, 6–7, 22, 24, 30, 163–164, 196
poverty, 53, 76–77
principal–agent, 178
Pronk, Jan, 211
racism, 8, 39, 50–51, 54, 56, 58, 60, 76, 142, 256, 261
rational choice, 191
renewable energy, 11–12, 19, 24, 43, 68, 72–73, 76, 78, 129, 132, 134, 137, 141–142, 151, 155–160, 167, 169, 222–234, 243, 258. See also solar power; wind power
repoliticization, 3, 7, 9–10, 12, 35, 38, 41, 44–45, 51, 54–55, 59, 66, 78, 100–101, 107–109, 124, 146, 163–164, 172–174, 177, 181, 186–187, 198, 206–210, 215–216, 218, 241, 248–249, 251, 255, 257, 259, 262–263
research and development (R&D), 168, 224–228, 232
rhetoric, 9, 67, 104, 209, 213, 218, 257, 260
Rice, Condoleezza, 213
Rousseff, Dilma, 139
Russia, 1, 32, 72–73, 170, 211, 215, 264
Saudi Arabia, 216–217
Scholz, Olaf, 19, 27
security, 1, 77, 99
Sikhs, 57
slavery, 136
social movements, 1–3, 10–11, 20, 22, 25, 30, 37, 44, 51–52, 55–56, 59, 67, 71, 73, 77, 88, 114, 141, 164, 224, 248–249, 255–258, 261
solar power, 54, 129–130, 133–139, 141–143, 151, 154–158, 222, 224–232, 258
Solberg, Erna, 166
South Africa, 11, 75, 77, 129–130, 133, 140–143, 147, 213, 215, 256, 264
South Korea, 120, 215
Spain, 72, 75, 120, 183
stability, 2–6, 8–9, 11–12, 31–32, 37, 44–45, 49–51, 53–54, 58–59, 65, 67, 77–78, 83–85, 99–100, 102–109, 113–117, 120–123, 124, 129–132, 136, 141–143, 146–147, 159, 163–165, 172–174, 176–181, 183–187, 189–190, 197–198, 200, 205, 207, 209, 217–218, 224, 229, 233–234, 239–243, 246–251, 254–257, 259–260, 262–263
as engineering lock-in, 5, 8, 114, 239, 255–256
as long-term emissions reduction pathways, 5, 255
as policy lock-in, 3–5, 8, 11, 51, 53, 59, 114–116, 120, 124, 132–133, 146, 163, 172, 177–179, 186, 205, 226, 239–240, 243–247, 254–256, 262–264
as the status quo, 5–6, 9–11, 20, 51, 53–54, 58–59, 83–84, 99–100, 109, 113–114, 129–131, 139, 146, 163, 172, 177, 184, 186, 208–209, 233, 240–241, 243–244, 246–247, 249, 255–257, 259
Stoltenberg, Jens, 164, 167–168, 195
subnational, 1, 69, 72–73, 153, 258. See also local level
Sunak, Rishi, 86
Sweden, 1, 6, 20, 69, 75, 180, 183–185, 211
Switzerland, 183
Taiwan, 231
technocracy, 8, 85, 93–94, 99, 117, 120, 177, 182, 186, 189–190, 198–199, 247
temporality, 4, 43–44, 177–178, 189, 255, 262
Tesla, 171, 229
Thatcher, Margaret, 66, 76
think tanks, 213–214
Thunberg, Greta, 19, 55
trade, 1, 12, 36, 40, 45, 76, 107, 177–179, 184, 186, 196, 199, 210, 228, 230–233, 255
transnational governance, 1, 12, 65–66, 68–71, 75–78, 223, 243, 258, 263
Trump, Donald, 231
Ukraine, 1, 32, 72, 170
unions, 25, 35, 67, 76
United Kingdom, 1, 4–6, 10–11, 49–53, 55–57, 59–60, 66, 69, 76, 84–92, 94, 100, 102, 120, 176, 180–185, 191, 194–199, 212, 215, 258, 260, 264
Bank of England, 178. See also central banks
Conservative Party, 86, 192–193, 199
England, 87–90, 105
Labour Party, 89, 192–193
Liberal Democrats, 192, 199
Scotland, 85–87, 89–92, 94, 212
Wales, 89
United Nations Environment Programme, 115, 120
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1, 12, 22, 50, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 84, 148, 205–209, 211–214, 216–217, 254–255, 257. See also Conferences of the Parties
Annex I, 148, 206, 210–211, 216
common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, 206
Like-Minded Developing Countries, 217
Loss and Damage Fund, 207–208
nationally determined contributions, 206, 217
United Nations Global Compact, 120
United States of America, 1, 12, 35, 40, 52, 67, 69, 73–76, 100, 102–103, 105, 113, 119, 121–124, 137, 148, 174, 200, 205–207, 209–217, 222–223, 225–233, 246, 258, 264
California, 9–10, 35–36, 38–41, 44–46, 69, 122–123, 257
Congress, 138, 212
Democratic Party, 212
Environmental Protection Agency, 200
Federal Reserve, 102–103, 105
Inflation Reduction Act, 222, 231–233
Vietnam, 74, 228–229
wicked problem, 4, 176
wildfire, 37, 41, 119
wind power, 11, 129–130, 133–139, 141–143, 151, 154–158, 199, 222, 224–225, 227–228, 230, 232, 256, 260
World Bank, 74, 150, 155, 184
World Trade Organization, 211, 214, 227, 230, 232, 258

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