Journal article
Advocating inaction: a historical analysis of the Global Climate Coalition
Environmental politics, v 32(2)
23 Feb 2023
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
Ever since climate change became a political issue in the late 1980s, a number of industry coalitions have formed to oppose mandatory carbon emissions reductions. One key coalition was the Global Climate Coalition (GCC). This paper conducts a historical and empirical review of the activities of this coalition. This review shows that the GCC engaged in four distinct activities to obstruct climate action: 1) monitoring and contesting climate science, 2) commissioning and utilizing economic studies to amplify and legitimate their arguments, 3) shifting the cultural understanding of climate change through public relations campaigns and 4) conducting aggressive lobbying of political elites. Through these activities, the GCC played an important role in obstructing climate action, both in the U.S. and internationally. Further analysis of similar coalitions can aid in our understanding of the organized opposition to climate action.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- Advocating inaction: a historical analysis of the Global Climate Coalition
- Creators
- Robert J. Brulle - Drexel University, Sociology
- Publication Details
- Environmental politics, v 32(2)
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000780813400001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85129142588
- Other Identifier
- 991019296567904721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Web of Science research areas
- Environmental Studies
- Political Science