David Held & Charles Roger 
Climate Governance in the Developing World 

Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Some scholars have gone so far as to argue that these targets are now even more ambitious than those put forward by their wealthier counterparts. But what really lies behind these new pledges? What actions are being taken to meet them? And what stumbling blocks lie in the way of their realization?

In this book, an international group of scholars seeks to address these questions by analyzing the experiences of twelve states from across Asia, the Americas and Africa. The authors map the evolution of climate policies in each country and examine the complex array of actors, interests, institutions and ideas that has shaped their approaches. Offering the most comprehensive analysis thus far of the unique challenges that developing countries face in the domain of climate change, Climate Governance in the Developing World reveals the political, economic and environmental realities that underpin the pledges made by developing states, and which together determine the chances of success and failure.

Tabela de Conteúdo

Contributors vii

Preface xi

Abbreviations xiii

1. Editors’ Introduction: Climate Governance in the
Developing World 1

David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag

Part I Asia

2. A Green Revolution: China’s Governance of Energy and
Climate Change 29

David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag

3. The Evolution of Climate Policy in India: Poverty and Global
Ambition in Tension 53

Aaron Atteridge

4. The Dynamics of Climate Change Governance in Indonesia
72

Budy P. Resosudarmo, Fitrian Ardiansyah and Lucentezza
Napitupulu

5. Low Carbon Green Growth and Climate Change Governance in
South Korea 91

Jae-Seung Lee

Part II Americas

6. Discounting the Future: The Politics of Climate Change in
Argentina 113

Matías Franchini and Eduardo Viola

7. Controlling the Amazon: Brazil’s Evolving Response to
Climate Change 134

David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag

8. Making ‘Peace with Nature’: Costa Rica’s
Campaign for Climate Neutrality 155

Robert Fletcher

9. A Climate Leader? The Politics and Practice of Climate
Governance in Mexico 174

Simone Pulver

Part III Africa

10. Resources and Revenues: The Political Economy of Climate
Initiatives in Egypt 199

Jeannie Sowers

11. Ethiopia’s Path to a Climate-Resilient Green Economy
218

David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag

12. Reducing Climate Change Vulnerability in Mozambique: From
Policy to Practice 238

Angus Hervey and Jessica Blythe

13. Reaching the Crossroads: The Development of Climate
Governance in South Africa 258

Lesley Masters

Index 277

Sobre o autor

David Held is Master of University College, and Professor of Politics and International Relations, at Durham University.

Eva-Maria Nag is the Executive Editor of Global Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Charles Roger is a Ph D student at the University of British Columbia and Liu Scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues.