Green for the Right reasons? How government ideology shapes preferences over climate change negotiations in the Global South

Research on the drivers of foreign policy regarding climate change negotiations has extensively delved into the effects of risks and mitigation costs, as well as the relevance of interest groups such as civil society organizations or carbon-intensive industries. However, the role of governments’...

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Autor principal: Yamin, Patricio
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint submittedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 2023
Materias:
Climate Change
Cambio climático
Foreign policy
Relaciones internacionales
Doctrina política
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/12019
https://doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2023-pkdsg
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spelling I57-R163-20.500.13098-120192023-09-01T07:00:09Z Green for the Right reasons? How government ideology shapes preferences over climate change negotiations in the Global South Yamin, Patricio Climate Change Cambio climático Foreign policy Relaciones internacionales Doctrina política Research on the drivers of foreign policy regarding climate change negotiations has extensively delved into the effects of risks and mitigation costs, as well as the relevance of interest groups such as civil society organizations or carbon-intensive industries. However, the role of governments’ ideological orientation has been neglected in most quantitative studies. Building upon an original dataset consisting of 1194 statements at the Conference of the Parties within multilateral climate change negotiations from 2010 to 2018, this paper addresses the impact of government ideology on the negotiating position of developing countries. Despite previous academic work that assert that left-wing governments are more likely to adopt pro-environment stances, I argue that this is only the case in developed countries. Results suggest that the effect of ideology is different in the Global South, where right-wing pluralist governments are more likely to adopt ambitious positions in climate change negotiations than left-wing executives as well as populist leaders. 2023-08-31T13:05:50Z 2023-08-31T13:05:50Z 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/12019 https://doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2023-pkdsg eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ar/ 34 p. application/pdf application/pdf Universidad Torcuato Di Tella American Political Science Association
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Cambio climático
Foreign policy
Relaciones internacionales
Doctrina política
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Cambio climático
Foreign policy
Relaciones internacionales
Doctrina política
Yamin, Patricio
Green for the Right reasons? How government ideology shapes preferences over climate change negotiations in the Global South
topic_facet Climate Change
Cambio climático
Foreign policy
Relaciones internacionales
Doctrina política
description Research on the drivers of foreign policy regarding climate change negotiations has extensively delved into the effects of risks and mitigation costs, as well as the relevance of interest groups such as civil society organizations or carbon-intensive industries. However, the role of governments’ ideological orientation has been neglected in most quantitative studies. Building upon an original dataset consisting of 1194 statements at the Conference of the Parties within multilateral climate change negotiations from 2010 to 2018, this paper addresses the impact of government ideology on the negotiating position of developing countries. Despite previous academic work that assert that left-wing governments are more likely to adopt pro-environment stances, I argue that this is only the case in developed countries. Results suggest that the effect of ideology is different in the Global South, where right-wing pluralist governments are more likely to adopt ambitious positions in climate change negotiations than left-wing executives as well as populist leaders.
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title Green for the Right reasons? How government ideology shapes preferences over climate change negotiations in the Global South
title_short Green for the Right reasons? How government ideology shapes preferences over climate change negotiations in the Global South
title_full Green for the Right reasons? How government ideology shapes preferences over climate change negotiations in the Global South
title_fullStr Green for the Right reasons? How government ideology shapes preferences over climate change negotiations in the Global South
title_full_unstemmed Green for the Right reasons? How government ideology shapes preferences over climate change negotiations in the Global South
title_sort green for the right reasons? how government ideology shapes preferences over climate change negotiations in the global south
publisher Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
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