Part IMovement Politics

1. 2The Fridays for Future Movement and the Repoliticization of Climate Change Policy in Germany

   Jale Tosun and Marc Debus

   1. 2.1Is Climate Change Salient and Politicized?

   2. 2.2Issue Politicization as a Driver of Policy Change

   3. 2.3Issue Politicization as a Driver of Electoral Competition

   4. 2.4Discussion and Conclusion

   5. References

2. 3Climate Change Worldviews and the Scale of Environmental Justice

   Michael Méndez

   1. 3.1Carbon Reductionism

   2. 3.2Climate Change from the Streets

   3. 3.3Conclusion

   4. References

3. 4“When You Think about Climate Change, It Is a Social Justice Issue”: Between the Rock of Stability and the Hard Place of Politicization for Muslim Climate Actors

   Paul Tobin, Nafhesa Ali, Sherilyn MacGregor, and Zarina Ahmad

   1. 4.1Muslim Communities as Environmental Actors

   2. 4.2Stability

   3. 4.3Re/politicization

   4. 4.4Next Steps: The Pursuit of Intersectional Climate Justice

   5. 4.5Conclusion: Where Next for Muslim Climate Actors and for Research?

   6. Appendix: Descriptions of Interviewees

   7. References

Part IIPolitical Economy

1. 5Politicizing Coal Burning: Phaseout Policies from Cheap Signals to Emergent Norms and North–South Contention

   Stacy D. VanDeveer

   1. 5.1From Black Diamonds and the Big Smoke to Planet Killer

   2. 5.2Coal and the COPs

   3. 5.3Politicizing Coal Burning: Demanding and (Sometimes) Achieving Coal Phaseout Policies

   4. 5.4Norm Making and Proliferation: Politicizing Coal Burning and Stabilizing Bans and Phaseout Deadlines

   5. 5.5Politicizing and Contesting Phaseouts and Financing Bans

   6. 5.6Whither Coal and Politicized Fossil Fuel Infrastructures?

   7. References

2. 6Peaty Politics

   Matthew Paterson

   1. 6.1Peat as an Object of Climate Governance

   2. 6.2The Contested Politics of Peat

   3. 6.3Conclusions

   4. References

3. 7Politicizing Financial Innovations for Transformative Climate Justice

   Jennie C. Stephens and Martin Sokol

   1. 7.1Financialization and the (De)Politicization of Central Banks

   2. 7.2Monetary Policy, Central Banks, and the Climate Crisis

   3. 7.3Central Banks at a Crossroads: Between Stability and (Re)Politicization

   4. 7.4Conclusions

   5. References

4. 8Private Climate Governance and Policy Stability in the Financial Sector

   Virginia Haufler

   1. 8.1Private Governance, Policy Stability, and Policy Lock-In

   2. 8.2Insurance and Climate Change

   3. 8.3Private Climate Governance, Insurance, and Policy Stability

   4. 8.4Disruptions and Repoliticization?

   5. References

Part IIIComparative Politics

1. 9Energy Transition in Brazil and South Africa: Policy Stability vs. Politicization

   Kathryn Hochstetler

   1. 9.1Overview of the Case Studies

   2. 9.2Energy Transition, Policy Stability, and Politicization: Four Political Economies

   3. 9.3Energy Transition in Brazil: Advancing the New Renewables

   4. 9.4Energy Non-transition in Brazil: Advancing the Oil and Gas Sector Too

   5. 9.5Energy Non-transition in South Africa

   6. 9.6Conclusions

   7. References

2. 10Steering Political Conflicts for Climate Stability: The Case of China

   Yixian Sun, Wei Shen, and Joanna I. Lewis

   1. 10.1Governing Climate Change in China: Challenges and Opportunities

   2. 10.2Power Sector Reform and State-Owned Enterprise Restructuring

   3. 10.3Conclusions

   4. References

3. 11For Better or for Worse: A Break with Norway’s Consensual Climate Tradition?

   Fay M. Farstad, Erlend A. T. Hermansen, and Bård Lahn

   1. 11.1Norwegian Climate Policy: Key Frameworks and Debates

   2. 11.2Oil and Gas: Politicizing and Depoliticizing with Mixed Effects

   3. 11.3A Generous EV Scheme Becomes Increasingly Effective, Expensive, and Politicized

   4. 11.4Discussion and Conclusions

   5. References

4. 12Stability and Politicization in Framework Climate Laws

   Diarmuid Torney

   1. 12.1Stability, Delegation, and Politicization in Climate Policy

   2. 12.2Enshrining Climate Targets in Law

   3. 12.3Arrangements for Incorporation of Expert Advice

   4. 12.4Arrangements for Policy Planning

   5. 12.5Monitoring and Accountability

   6. 12.6Conclusions

   7. References

5. 13The Illusion of “Apolitical” Climate Policy

   Matto Mildenberger and Matthew Lockwood

   1. 13.1The 2008 UK Climate Change Committee

   2. 13.2The 2011 Australian Climate Change Authority

   3. 13.3The 2008 Norwegian Climate Settlement

   4. 13.4The 2020 Danish Climate Act

   5. 13.5The Illusion of Apolitical Climate Policy

   6. References

Part IVGlobal Politics

1. 14Politicization Conflicts in Global Climate Governance

   Jen Iris Allan

   1. 14.1Politicization Strategies in International Climate Negotiations

   2. 14.2Politicization Conflicts over the Kyoto Protocol

   3. 14.3Repoliticizing the Paris Agreement

   4. 14.4Conclusion

   5. References

2. 15US-China Relations and the Competitive Turn of Green Industrial Policymaking

   Jonas Nahm

   1. 15.1The Political Logic of Industrial Policy

   2. 15.2Domestic Policy and the Emergence of Global Supply Chains

   3. 15.3The Politicization of Green Industrial Policy

   4. 15.4Conclusion

   5. References

Part VReflections

1. 16The Politics of Stability and Politicization of Change: The Carbon Trap and Just Transition

   Steven Bernstein and Matthew Hoffmann

   1. 16.1The False Dichotomy of Politicization and Stability

   2. 16.2The Carbon Trap

   3. 16.3The Double Trap

   4. 16.4Just Transitioning Out of the Carbon Trap

   5. 16.5Conclusion

   6. References

2. 17Conclusions for Stability and Re/politicization in Climate Governance

   Stacy D. VanDeveer, Paul Tobin, and Matthew Paterson

   1. 17.1Understanding Stability

   2. 17.2Understanding Politicization and Repoliticization

   3. 17.3Combining Stability and Politicization

   4. 17.4Depoliticizing Strategies and Discourses

   5. 17.5Understanding Antagonisms and Iterated Politics over Time

   6. 17.6Concluding Remarks and Future Research

   7. References